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What if?
Posted: 2003-04-21 11:05am
by Trytostaydead
What if they quantum-armored a Star Destroyer?
Posted: 2003-04-21 11:13am
by Crayz9000
With the cost of QC armor, it would probably bankrupt whatever warlord tried such a stupid thing.
Posted: 2003-04-21 11:56am
by Lord_Xerxes
They could just as easily spend that time and money constructing several other SD...which would probably be much more cost-effective and intelligent.
Posted: 2003-04-21 11:59am
by Ghost Rider
It'd make a really purty vessel.
Aside from the waste...it's sort of having one invincible tank when you could've had a battalion of normal tanks.
Won't win any wars, but it'll look nice.
Posted: 2003-04-21 12:04pm
by Lord_Xerxes
Yeah, but the problem is that one ship can't do the work of many.
It can only be in one place at a time. If you were to spend that money on several SDs, then you can blockade and handle system problems, etc.
Posted: 2003-04-21 12:06pm
by Ghost Rider
Lord_Xerxes wrote:Yeah, but the problem is that one ship can't do the work of many.
It can only be in one place at a time. If you were to spend that money on several SDs, then you can blockade and handle system problems, etc.
D'uh
Won't win any wars, but it'll look nice
Posted: 2003-04-21 12:33pm
by Sea Skimmer
Theres also going to be weak points, and such a ship would cost so much it would have little if any support. After the shields are hammered down sheets of fire would find those unprotected points and exploit them.
Posted: 2003-04-21 12:54pm
by Cal Wright
If it was at the height of the Empire, then it would have been more effective than the SSD. Then at least it would have had support ships. However, yeah, it's almost pointless. Much like a planet destroying battlestation, or a united federation of planets. Who needs em?
Posted: 2003-04-21 02:18pm
by Grand Admiral Thrawn
Good for it. It'd be pounded to uselessnesss.
Re: What if?
Posted: 2003-04-21 02:56pm
by His Divine Shadow
Trytostaydead wrote:What if they quantum-armored a Star Destroyer?
Kinda useless, a Star Destroyer packs enough shielding and firepower to make it all but redundant, though if you really must do something like that, I reccomend Molecular Bonded Armor instead, helluva lot cheaper and still fucking strong.
Posted: 2003-04-21 02:58pm
by Admiral Drason
Cal Wright wrote:If it was at the height of the Empire, then it would have been more effective than the SSD. Then at least it would have had support ships. However, yeah, it's almost pointless. Much like a planet destroying battlestation, or a united federation of planets. Who needs em?
lol thats a good one.
It would make for a really cool maurader but little else.
Posted: 2003-04-21 04:27pm
by Trytostaydead
I think it has potential as the spearhead for major assaults. Can you imagine? Full speed ahead.. straight to the heart of the enemy! Into hell's heart I stab at thee!!
Has some potential.. or if you're assaulting a major base like Coruscant or the Hand of Thrawn where you'll be trading tit for tat.
Posted: 2003-04-21 09:38pm
by HemlockGrey
The guns on the Sun Crusher weren't armored. Concievably, the guns on this ISD could all be destroyed, reducing it a super-ram.
Posted: 2003-04-21 10:02pm
by phongn
I doubt you could armor the engines or sensors either, meaning those could be killed as well as the guns.