Thanator vs Star Wars Beasts

[Zor]

In this thread the mighty Thanator shall be pitted against several cratures one by one.

A Rancor
A Reek
A Acklay

By happy co-incidence, the chemical structure of said star wars creatures and their metabolisms can handle Pandora's atmosphere without dying. Fighting takes place in a arena 100 meters arcosss.

Can these creatures hold their ground against a Thanator?

Zor

[Shroom Man 777]

They have the distinct disadvantage of being ground-based. The Thanator can just land on them from the sky, peck on them and bite their heads or throats and kill them. If they don't die, the Thanator can just lift off and attack again and again until the critters die. Hell, if the Thanator is really smart it can drop a boulder on them like what some birds do IRL.

Of course, if one of those critters catches the Thanator if it gets entangled after diving at them, the Thanator could get its wings broken and then it's fucked.

[Zor]

They have the distinct disadvantage of being ground-based. The Thanator can just land on them from the sky, peck on them and bite their heads or throats and kill them. If they don't die, the Thanator can just lift off and attack again and again until the critters die. Hell, if the Thanator is really smart it can drop a boulder on them like what some birds do IRL.

Of course, if one of those critters catches the Thanator if it gets entangled after diving at them, the Thanator could get its wings broken and then it's fucked.

This is a Thanator SHroomy

Zor

[Shroom Man 777]

Oh. Right. Sorry. I thought you meant the giant birdie thing.

In that case, it's definitely more nimble than all the beasties from Star Wars you mentioned. If it gets on the back of a Rancor, and sinks its teeth through the blaster-resistant hide, it could fuck up the Rancor if the Rancor doesn't grab it. If the Rancor grabs it, the Rancor might fuck it up just like how Captain I'm-on-Fire Scarface McBadass did in his Powerlifter. Then again, the Thanator can just kill the presumably slower Rancor by biting at it and retreating and attacking and retreating until the Rancor dies from its wounds.

The Thanator doesn't look huge, but that's because the characters interacted with it in either Avatars or bigass mechs, compared to a humie like Luke or Anakin and Padme in the arena, the Thanator would be a big beastie as large as those Warsie monsters.

The Acklay, if the Thanator again gets the jump on it, dies if the Thanator sinks its teeth on the thing's neck. I don't think the Acklay's arms are too dextrous to allow it to defend its backside. I don't think it's fast enough to chase down the Thanator if they fight face to face, since its feet suck. The Thanator can still outmaneuver it. If the Thanator gets frontal and up close with the Acklay, though, then those nasty claws will fuck up the Thanator. Hopefully it's smarter than that.

The Ruuk is not much different from the Pandoran herbivores the Thanator regularly preys on. Unless the Ruuk is able to gore the Thanator to death, the Thanator can just lunge on it or slow-kill it by wounding it repeatedly on its soft parts (like how hyenas or wild dogs run down their prey).

The Thanator is fast and nasty and can totally fuck things up. If it gets the drop on those other monsters, it can kill them. If it doesn't, it's still faster and more maneuverable than them. If they get the drop on it, the Thanator might still be able to react fast enough to evade 'em.

[LadyTevar]

have to agree with Shroomy .. the Reek and the Rancor are at a disadvantage against the Thanator. The Aklay would be a closer fight.

The Rancor might have a blaster-proof hide, but what we see of it in Jabba's Pit makes it seem clumsy and a bit stupid. If we go by Wookiepedia, most rancor are semi-sapient, while the Dathomir rancor can make primitive clubs and other weapons to protect themselves and their Witch-riders.
Even with a weapon-making Rancor, this fight would be closer to the scene with the Thanator and the AMP-suit -- A large biped v/s the six-legged tiger. The rancor's got reach with those long arms and clawed hands, but the short legs makes it more likely the Thanator can overbear it just like it did the AMP. The Rancor might get in a lucky strike or two, but I'd bet on the Thanator's quickness and dexterity.

The Reek is thoroughly fucked, as it's far too similar to the Hammerhead Titanothere, one of the Thanator's normal prey animals. I have little doubt the Thanator would be able to get behind the Reek, as the panther-like beast is very good at stalking. The Reek's defensive tusks will be useless once the Thanator gets behind it. Dead Reek.

The Aklay's seems to be a predator like the Thanator, so it would be a more even match. The Aklay's claws and head are both strong weapons, and it shows good speed and coordination in the Arena battle. However, that was a flat plain -- how the Aklay's crab-like body would do in the uneven Pandoran forest is going to be the real question. I'm not sure the Aklay could move as well in the forest, as it is a amphibian that hunts oceanside for the most part. The Thanator's is sleek and dextrous, able to move surprisingly fast through the underbrush. At the end of the movie we see it sprinting through the forest like a cheetah, avoiding all obstacles. It would be like a crab v/s a mongoose... I think the Thanator will win in the end, but the Aklay might get in a few good hits. However, if the Aklay gets tipped over at any point and bares the softer underbelly, the fight's all over.

[Shroom Man 777]

Dunno about the Aklay's soft underbelly, since that underbelly's going to be surrounded by a shitload of really sharp claws. But with all those claws, and the fact that it can rear up to bring more claws to bear, I don't think a Thanator would be taking it on in a face-to-face fight. Most predators that fight face to face don't end decisively and just end with both parties squaring off and pissing off. Face-to-face, the Thanator can't go through those claws and the Aklay can't really chase after the Thanator since it's a slow fuck.

Now, the thing is, if it's NOT face-to-face, I don't think the Aklay is remotely capable of sneaking up on the Thanator. The Aklay's slow with its bug claw legs. On the other hand, the Thanator is sleek, fast and stealthy and ferocious. It can easily get behind the Aklay, and once it does, I think the Aklay's long and graceful neck will be a bigass juicy targets.

How big is the Thanator, anyway? If it's big enough to fuck off even a Na'vi, and can soak up that bigass gun Jake used when he was in his Na'vi body, then the size disparity might give the Thanator an advantage to just bitchsmack the Aklay. And if it's within the size range of a Rancor, then that fuck ugly monster in Jabba's palace is going to get its shit ruined.

[adam_grif]

Hell, if the Thanator is really smart it can drop a boulder on them

The one thread we can't solve with "throw space rocks at them" gets solved by "throw terrestrial rocks at them".

[LadyTevar]

Go back and follow the link, Shroomy. It states clearly that the thanator is over 20ft long (3m tall, over 5.5m long).

[Ritterin Sophia]

The Aklay's seems to be a predator like the Thanator, so it would be a more even match. The Aklay's claws and head are both strong weapons, and it shows good speed and coordination in the Arena battle. However, that was a flat plain -- how the Aklay's crab-like body would do in the uneven Pandoran forest is going to be the real question. I'm not sure the Aklay could move as well in the forest, as it is a amphibian that hunts oceanside for the most part.

Actually, we do. The Acklay proved rather adept at chasing Cade Skywalker and his crew across Vendaxa.

The Thanator's is sleek and dextrous, able to move surprisingly fast through the underbrush. At the end of the movie we see it sprinting through the forest like a cheetah, avoiding all obstacles. It would be like a crab v/s a mongoose... I think the Thanator will win in the end, but the Aklay might get in a few good hits. However, if the Aklay gets tipped over at any point and bares the softer underbelly, the fight's all over.

I'd contest that. Even the Acklay's underside was unaffected by point blank shots from a sawn-off double blaster rifle and Deliah Blue & Jariah Syn's blaster pistols. Cade's Rawk Chop Special is at least 100 years in advance of the E-11, the E-11 actually being smaller than the RCS, and I'm sure you remember what that does to concrete in the Docking Bay scene from ANH.

[LadyTevar]

I'd contest that. Even the Acklay's underside was unaffected by point blank shots from a sawn-off double blaster rifle and Deliah Blue & Jariah Syn's blaster pistols. Cade's Rawk Chop Special is at least 100 years in advance of the E-11, the E-11 actually being smaller than the RCS, and I'm sure you remember what that does to concrete in the Docking Bay scene from ANH.

.. A SAWED OFF DOUBLE BLASTER?
Ok, I will NOT go into the sheer stupidity of that particular contraption.

I will simply state that the information I gave on the Aklay was from wookiepedia, and I had no reason to disbelieve it. My personal problems with the usual StarWars comic and their questionable contents aside....

[Ritterin Sophia]

I will simply state that the information I gave on the Aklay was from wookiepedia, and I had no reason to disbelieve it.

Your information isn't necessarily off, it's just lacking in context.