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how fast can a ssd perform one?

Unknown but most likely within one hour.

The limiting factor is almost certainly the velocity at which it can orbit a planet.

In RotJ the Executor made it from the far side of Endor to cut off the Rebel Fleet in minutes. Talk about a snowball from hell.

Cal Wright wrote:In RotJ the Executor made it from the far side of Endor to cut off the Rebel Fleet in minutes. Talk about a snowball from hell.

Except that was moving to a certain target. Movement while performing a BDZ would likely be slower and more methodical, although I agree with the sentiment that it wouldn't take very long at all.

Two full orbits of a planet: One to fry it all to hell, and then once more just for shits and giggles.

If the SSD has the same firepower density over its surface as an ISD, and an ISD uses one full hour to BDZ a planet, then the SSD requires 60 minuts/(11[length in ISDs]*6?[width in ISDs, guesstimated]) = 55 seconds to fry said planet.

Now, the question is, can it make a full circle around the planet in 55 seconds

I was thinking, would a star destroyer be able to simply use it's ion cannons for a BDZ operation? Just simply ionize the oceans? How bad do you think the ion storms on planet surface would get after that? Kind of a "BDZ lite" operation, if it's plausible.

irishmick79 wrote:I was thinking, would a star destroyer be able to simply use it's ion cannons for a BDZ operation? Just simply ionize the oceans? How bad do you think the ion storms on planet surface would get after that? Kind of a "BDZ lite" operation, if it's plausible.

I'm not sure if Ion cannons would work that way. It's possible, I suppose, but why bother?

The Galaxy guides say a few hours, but this could either be the time it takes to circle the planet (although this should be overriden by canon accele rates) or it may indicate that a SSD slagging/BDZ op is more intensive than what other ships employ. I tend to opt for the second choice

I heard it would take an ISD 27 hours to totaly destroy the planet I would imagine that a ESD doing just BDZ would take a very short while.

FettKyle wrote:I heard it would take an ISD 27 hours to totaly destroy the planet I would imagine that a ESD doing just BDZ would take a very short while.

Eclipse Star Destroyer wouldnt bother with a BDZ...just fire the fucking superlaser.

irishmick79 wrote:I was thinking, would a star destroyer be able to simply use it's ion cannons for a BDZ operation? Just simply ionize the oceans? How bad do you think the ion storms on planet surface would get after that? Kind of a "BDZ lite" operation, if it's plausible.

This was actually done once, albeit on a much smaller scale. An ISD used its weapons to super-heat the ocean around a particular city, and the resultant steam-cload pressure-cooked everyone there, making for easy mop-up operations. However, since a BDZ requires that a planet be entirely slagged, ion cannons targetting the oceans would be insufficient.

Also, the non-destructive nature of an ion cannon is a myth. Given that the ion cannon seems to more or less rely on a stream of relatavisticly-moving charged particles (the only way I can think of to get any real range from it) as well as various canon and official quotes indicating the destructive nature of the weapon - I find it inconceivable that anyone would think they are harmless.

Incidentally, the first Rogue Squadron novel features ion cannons bombarding a planetary target (which admittedly is protected by planetary shields) and dispersed energies radiating off the shield destroyed nearby forests and b uildings, IIRC.

Connor MacLeod wrote:Also, the non-destructive nature of an ion cannon is a myth. Given that the ion cannon seems to more or less rely on a stream of relatavisticly-moving charged particles (the only way I can think of to get any real range from it) as well as various canon and official quotes indicating the destructive nature of the weapon - I find it inconceivable that anyone would think they are harmless.

Incidentally, the first Rogue Squadron novel features ion cannons bombarding a planetary target (which admittedly is protected by planetary shields) and dispersed energies radiating off the shield destroyed nearby forests and b uildings, IIRC.

The bombardment included TL's at the start, they cut back to Ion Cannon to avoid dammage to the base once the sheild started to draw back.

FettKyle wrote:
I heard it would take an ISD 27 hours to totaly destroy the planet I would imagine that a ESD doing just BDZ would take a very short while.

Eclipse Star Destroyer wouldnt bother with a BDZ...just fire the fucking superlaser.

sorry I meant SSD