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Shark7 -> RE: New to the Game (2/7/2011 6:56:38 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Sabin Stargem
I think that I prefer the Star Wars & Star Trek conflict to have both sides to be roughly equal. Otherwise, it would be a boring fight of no significance. This would require changing the power levels and such to be a bit more equal, but I think it would be worth it.
Reducing the size of the Star Wars galaxy to be much smaller than the Milky Way would reduce the speed of the Hyperdrive and decrease the overall power of the Empire. (Assuming that the fight against the Federation takes place during Episode IV.) Hyperdrive would still be faster, but it also would require starcharts, which would make the device stronger in the Galaxy, but weaker in the Milky Way since Star Trek starcharts are not designed for Hyperdrives. Warp is slower, but more flexible for changing heading, speed level, and combat purposes.
Star Wars turbolasers seem good at making an explosive impact, but Star Trek phaser weaponry is better at making pinpoint attacks. Phasers are apparently more flexible in terms of power output, effect, and so on, but I wouldn't be surprised if Star Wars weaponry is cheaper, simpler, and more reliable.
Star Trek has transporters, Star Wars doesn't. This means that Star Trek can insert troops at specific locations, move cargo faster, and generally has more options to play with in that regard.
I feel that Star Trek ship shields should be superior to Star Wars shielding, but infantry shielding is rarer or perhaps weaker, judging from the prevalence of shields among Star Wars infantry forces.
Star Wars ships are generally tougher than Star Trek's, if only because they are huge. However, this also would mean that Star Wars capital ships are much more expensive.
Considering how many ships the Empire fields when compared to the Federation, the Empire must have some hefty expenses. The Empire probably can't use much of its Navy to conquer the Federation, mostly because the majority of the Empire has to maintain control over many worlds. The Federation consists of worlds that have willingly joined and partake in the government, so the Federation doesn't have to dedicate nearly as much of the military to peacekeeping.
Star Trek has little in the way of fighter support, so Star Wars generally wins. However, the unshielded TIE fighters would be especially vulnerable to transporters, and so careful timing of dropping ship shields could potentially result in getting some POWs and intelligence, but is potentially risky. What fighters Star Trek does have, is probably superior to Star Trek, with the exception of pure range. Hyperdrive must be efficient, considering that an X-Wing can go from one world to Dagobah.
The quality of life within the Federation is superior, as is education. It is likely that this would lead to economic and scientific superiority over the Empire, but a somewhat weaker military.
The Empire has very large armies, probably superior to the Federation in numbers. Once again, most of them have to be used for peacekeeping, but the advantage is still to the Empire.
The Federation is clearly superior when it comes to the sciences and general understanding of the universe. However, the Empire has superiority in superscaled construction, weapons, and other topics that relate to making the largest and most dangerous weapons.
The Star Wars galaxy has the Force, but only 5 force-users are known to exist in Episodes IV through VI: Luke, Vader, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and the Emperor. Leia is a potential 6th force-user, but doesn't actually have the training or desire to do so in those episodes. Star Trek does have a number of beings that possess supernatural abilities, including Q, Trelaine, Betazoids, Vulcans, Gary Mitchell, and others. The actual abilities, loyalties, and strength of such varies, but Star Trek has sufficient diversity to counter Star War's Force users. (By default, Q, Trelaine, and Gary wouldn't be involved, but are just examples of what exists.)
...If I had to sum up the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek, it is Power VS Flexibility.
And in the end, it's going to be a numbers game. Not sure how many ships the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, etc etc could muster, but the Galactic Empire had 25,000 ISDs at the height of its power...that doesn't include larger ships, smaller warships, or auxiliaries. Plus, does Star Trek have a Death Star Equivalent or more importantly...the will to use it?
Edit: I get the ISD number from the books of the Star Wars EU.
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