- Cmdr DaeFaron
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Posted by: ROBERTO jh
3) R2-D2 is made out of steel, yet he took a direct hit from Vader's TIE Avanced and didn't even fly apart. Conversly, he also gets hit by a pistol round in Ep VI and the same thing happens, yet on a smaller scale. He gets knocked out. This same pistol later shoots Leia in the arm leaving only a small burn mark.
4) All Wars weapons use explosive power as their damage dealer; you can tell by the way they act. Plasma melts, lasers cut, Wars weapons explode. Thusly, every shot fired should explode with megatonnage, gigatonnage, or terratonnage force, yet not a SINGLE shot fired in any of the movies the movies does this.
Cut the bull -blam!- fanwank. It makes people who do this look like an ass who only goes with the highest number rather then thinks logically.
must correct these things.
A: R2-D2 was NOT hit by the damn stormtrooper. In episode VI, the trooper aims carefully, and hits the data port. The feedback from the port being hit by the blaster is what 'knocks out' R2-D2.
B: How do we know the shots don't result in that force? I mean, they are being shot at items which are built to withstand them (armor plating on ships, stormtrooper armor...) In IV we see Han Solo's blaster pistol destroying chunks of the landing bay wall.
If you care, look at the links I posted earlier, they are non-biased calculations using CANON numbers for Star Wars. One is based entirely from the movies.
Edit: Now, I agree a tie fighter, or a tie fighter squadron killing a Covenant cap ship by itself is stupid as hell. Covenant had advanced point defense systems which would shred the incoming fighters.
Though, about your last statement Roberto, it's half tech stats/numbers, half tactics. If you remember Devilspriest, he actually pointed out how halo could win against Star wars. Using the tech stats from the sides, he pointed out how Star wars shields don't/can't defend very well against mass driver projectiles. Meaning a MAC cannon could in theory bypass a Star Destroyer's shields and do heavy damage.
Second edit: Roberto, you must have forgotten that X-wings have shields, where basic Tie Fighters do not. That would be why R2-D2 survived, and Wedge's fighter didn't take lethal damage.
[Edited on 06.19.2011 5:12 PM PDT]