Proton Torpedoes

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-07-05 05:11pm

Let's discuss yields, there has been many different attempts to calculate the yields of these strange weapons, well I decided to see how much energy the weapon would have to impart per cm^2 in order to equal a turbolaser blast.
I scaled a proton torpedoe to be about 40cm in diameter around it's base(from ANH).

A turbolaser normally does it's damage in a 1m circular area(many sources claim thats the width of a TL), for a 200GT TL we get:
200GT turbolaser: 25MT per cm^2

A Proton with no focusing impacting over a 40cm in diameter circular area:
100MT Proton: 0.008MT per cm^2
10GT Proton: 8Mt per cm^2
30GT Proton: 23MT per cm^2

With a 30 degree focusing of firepower(I believe was stated for another missile weapon, so I am applying that to the proton):
100MT Proton: 0.7MT per cm^2
500MT Proton: 3.2MT per cm^2
1GT Proton: 6.5MT per cm^2
2GT Proton: 13MT per cm^2
4GT Proton: 26MT per cm^2

So it seems to me that a proton torpedo has to be atleast 4GT and focus it's firepower in a 30 degree cone in order to impart as much energy per cm^2 as a TL.
And I do believe it's said that protons are focused weapons, this might be why it's so powerfull despite it's smaller yield.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2002-07-06 05:28am

So it seems to me that a proton torpedo has to be atleast 4GT and focus it's firepower in a 30 degree cone in order to impart as much energy per cm^2 as a TL.

HTL, if you please. Remember to strive for accuracy in every respect. Keeps your opponents from nitpicking you to death.

Dead on Arrival · Post by **Dead on Arrival** » 2002-07-06 05:34am

A turbolaser normally does it's damage in a 1m circular area(many sources claim thats the width of a TL),

What sources might those be? I could see the MT-yield weapons being that small, but the HTL-bolt we saw in RoTJ has a significantly larger area than 1m.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2002-07-06 07:13am

Well, the problem with scaling turbolaser strength based on the size of the bolt is that we don't know how much of it is actual bolt, and how much is merely luminosity. Further, we don't know if the "glow" is directly related to how strong the blast is or if it dissipates after leaving the barrel without weakening the shot itself.

Sith God · Post by **Sith God** » 2002-07-07 07:35pm

they can blow up an isd just two of them weg says so i know its true so capital ships are a waste of material in the sw universe thats why the rebels win every time isd's cant defend themselves and the rebels or nr just are superios

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-07-07 07:46pm

Dead on Arrival wrote:What sources might those be? I could see the MT-yield weapons being that small, but the HTL-bolt we saw in RoTJ has a significantly larger area than 1m.

Bolt with glow, hard to calculate size, it is.
Stated figure, so much better.
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His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-07-07 07:47pm

Sith God wrote:they can blow up an isd just two of them weg says so i know its true so capital ships are a waste of material in the sw universe thats why the rebels win every time isd's cant defend themselves and the rebels or nr just are superios

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If you're just going to post incoherent bullshit... don't.

Sith God · Post by **Sith God** » 2002-07-07 07:50pm

oh come on now they did a strike cruiser that way in one of those x-wing books wedge and his boys blew it in half and there were only 12 of them come on dont you like the eu stuff

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-07-07 07:51pm

Sith God wrote:oh come on now they did a strike cruiser that way in one of those x-wing books wedge and his boys blew it in half and there were only 12 of them come on dont you like the eu stuff

Wedge and his boys do alot of stuff thats nigh impossible.

Sith God · Post by **Sith God** » 2002-07-07 07:53pm

if they can trash a strike cruiser according to the world of the eu they could do an isd the same way right?

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-07-07 07:55pm

Sith God wrote:if they can trash a strike cruiser according to the world of the eu they could do an isd the same way right?

Why should they?

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2002-07-07 08:06pm

Sith God wrote:if they can trash a strike cruiser according to the world of the eu they could do an isd the same way right?

No. Strike Cruisers have weaker shields and weaker hulls and their hulls break apart easily due to their modulale hull.

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-08 02:38pm

The ability to adapt weakens the hull and is their greatest weakness

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David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-08 10:13pm

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