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Matt Huang wrote:
Ender wrote:
Matt Huang wrote:a ZPM's power dumped into a star makes the star turn into a shockwave of plasma.

the Ancient-experiment on zero point energy didn't destroy 5/6ths of the solar system as consume it in a weird, rapidly expanding blue fireball.
similar to how, say, a very hot incandescent surface would look? As in, how it would look if I dumped nova level power into the star system?
the shape of the explosion is mainly why I called it weird.

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while it's probably a brainbug by now (although Stargate's usually pretty good about avoiding em) the planar shockwave was throwing off alarms in my head.
That's an orbiting body, correct? Haven't seen this one, going of screenies and descriptions.

Anyways, in that case the planar bit is likely the result of conservation of angular momentum (rotating body, remember?)

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Depends on what ships you use...

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Sorry to open up an old topic, but I think it all depends on the ships you use. The EA destroyers are pretty much cannon fodder for everything (although the Starfuries could put up a good fight, due to their manuverability...)

On the other hand, a couple of Excaliburs (Victory class) guarded by a few ISA Whitestars, Minbari cruisers, and various B5 fighters could stand a chance against a few Hataks, or maybe a few Hive ships (5-10).

In general, it depends on numbers and strategy, but I think the EA would pretty much be done for, in most cases. I am guessing that there would be alot more Hataks out there than Excaliburs...and there is also that nasty problem with the Excalibur losing power for 1 minute after firing the main gun (design flaw? ^_^ )

The EA is definitely the underdog in this one.
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Dude...it's nearly 3 FUCKING YEARS OLD.

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