Did the Deathstar need to be that big?

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Elheru Aran wrote:*Points to this craft*

Now this would be, IMO, the best possible substitute for a Death Star... even at half again the diameter of DSI, it still has less mass (I think?) than DSII. What with the sheer size of this craft, it undoubtedly would be quite capable of carrying a fuckton of troops, armor, and several garrisons' worth of equipment... the ideal Darksaber.

I recommend HIMS Adequate as the name of this worthy craft... :D
I'm going to fucking kill the next person who posts that retarded piece of shit.
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Howedar wrote:I'm going to fucking kill the next person who posts that retarded piece of shit.
Why? It's insane, yes, but so is the Death Star.
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Stofsk wrote:
Howedar wrote:I'm going to fucking kill the next person who posts that retarded piece of shit.
Why? It's insane, yes, but so is the Death Star.
Meh, while the Deathstar is overkill, the super uber SD is pure wank. Atleast the DS is a compact and efficient shape and not a planet size knife blade.
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However, besieging a vessel that can destroy your vessels as fast as the superlaser can recharge is a losing game.
You don't besiege the vessel, you besiege its support base. THAT'S why the Death Star is so huge.... so it would have no support base to besiege.
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Stofsk wrote:
Howedar wrote:I'm going to fucking kill the next person who posts that retarded piece of shit.
Why? It's insane, yes, but so is the Death Star.
When you can explain why you need to have hangers for ISDs, the ability to dock an Eclipse, and a three km high bridge, let me know.
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It's kind of like... 'WHOOPEE! LOOK AT THIS!'

*produces Star Destroyer the size of the Milky Way*

I sort of like the look, but the scale is one-upping wankishness.
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SPOOFE wrote:You don't besiege the vessel, you besiege its support base. THAT'S why the Death Star is so huge.... so it would have no support base to besiege.
That is a valid strategy, but only if you BDZ its support base. Because otherwise it could just blast through your blockade fleet.

Of course, if Tarkin really was planning on taking his toy and going, he probably was including the notion of luring rebellious admirals and the like to his side, which brings us back to the prospect of a mobile supply dump on top of its regular battlefield capacities, because at least initially his people would be in the midst of organizing a new logistics chain independent of the GE.
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