How would one go about figuring out how many borg cubes it would take to destroy a completed Death Star 2 that has no ship support?
I'm not interested in a number (if there is one ) as much I'm interested in coming up with a method to get that number.
I thought that Borg Cubes would be most effective using warp-speed kamikaze attacks to the point of where they overwhelm the suppressive TL fire, bring down the shields, and gradually destroy the superstructure of the DS. However, I don't know if Borg Cubes at warp-speed would simply be vaporized harmlessly and not detonate upon impacting the shields. Or is this avenue of reasoning like trying to calculate how many English Longbowman launching their arrows it would take to destroy an Iowa-class Battleship ? hmmmmm.
Bertie Wooster wrote:Or is this avenue of reasoning like trying to calculate how many English Longbowman launching their arrows it would take to destroy an Iowa-class Battleship ? hmmmmm.
That would seem to be an excellent comparison for the task.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
Mole of E-Es actually, and it was agreed that all those ships crammed into such a small space would create a black hole, and suck the DSII in
'Ai! ai!' wailed Legolas. 'A Balrog! A Balrog is come!'
Gimli stared with wide eyes. 'Durin's Bane!' he cried, and letting his axe fall he covered his face.
'A Balrog,' muttered Gandalf. 'Now I understand.' He faltered and leaned heavily on his staff. 'What an evil fortune! And I am already weary.'
- J.R.R Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Howedar wrote:Well in all fairness our SWvsST is not much better anymore. Thats just how the facts have swung the matter.
The SWvST debate is dead in terms of actually arguing that a Fed ship (or even a hundred Fed ships) could take out an ISD. The published specs and the onscreen events of the latest films have made that pretty clear. But it's better to actually accept that than to argue bullshit in order to keep the debate alive, which is what's happening in a lot of places.
"It's not evil for God to do it. Or for someone to do it at God's command."- Jonathan Boyd on baby-killing
"you guys are fascinated with the use of those "rules of logic" to the extent that you don't really want to discussus anything."- GC
"I do not believe Russian Roulette is a stupid act" - Embracer of Darkness
"Viagra commercials appear to save lives" - tharkûn on US health care.
I don't actually go on SB.com much anymore, but it pretty much has been accepted by all serious parties involved with the STvsSW debates. The problem crops up every once in a while that someone who's read Darkstar's website and is feeling like a big man shows up and rallies Scooters fans there. Then the same debate that has been said a dozen times before happens, as the more serious Trekkies try and talk the neophytes down and everyone else who cares tears into them. It always ends with the debate neophyte being beaten into submission and join the growing ranks of mostly silent Dorkstar supporters. They probably sit stewing in their juices and waiting for they day when they will rise up and make black the sky with their numbers, overwhelming all common sense, facts, and logic in an orgy of Dumb Trekker Rage.
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"Quetzalcoatl, plumed serpent of the Aztecs... you are a pussy." - Stephen Colbert
"Really, I'm jealous of how much smarter than me he is. I'm not an expert on anything and he's an expert on things he knows nothing about." - Me, concerning a bullshitter
Howedar wrote:Well in all fairness our SWvsST is not much better anymore. Thats just how the facts have swung the matter.
The SWvST debate is dead in terms of actually arguing that a Fed ship (or even a hundred Fed ships) could take out an ISD. The published specs and the onscreen events of the latest films have made that pretty clear. But it's better to actually accept that than to argue bullshit in order to keep the debate alive, which is what's happening in a lot of places.
Is there anything at all to argue over anymore?
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
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- George Carlin
Howedar wrote:Well in all fairness our SWvsST is not much better anymore. Thats just how the facts have swung the matter.
The SWvST debate is dead in terms of actually arguing that a Fed ship (or even a hundred Fed ships) could take out an ISD. The published specs and the onscreen events of the latest films have made that pretty clear. But it's better to actually accept that than to argue bullshit in order to keep the debate alive, which is what's happening in a lot of places.
Is there anything at all to argue over anymore?
Warsie:Bah, Beverly Crusher looks like a hog compared to Leia. And ST has nothing to compare with Natalie Portman, i.e, Amidala!
Trekkie:Hah! Seven of Nine my friend. Seven of Nine. JERI RYAN RULES!!!!!
Let him land on any Lyran world to taste firsthand the wrath of peace loving people thwarted by the myopic greed of a few miserly old farts- Katrina Steiner
Slartibartfast wrote:Which one is scarier, Janeway or Hutt porn.
Hutt's don't reproduce sexually so Janeway porn would be worse.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
) as much I'm interested in coming up with a method to get that number.
? hmmmmm.
