L1l Devil
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Posted - 2008.08.18 11:58:00 -
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I think this should all come down to context really, whos rules are we using? which universe are all these ships going to be flying in?
I think if you took Eve ships and dropped them into the Startrek universe it would be quite obvious what the out come would be. They are two wildly differing tech bases to work in the different universal settings.
If you put a moros or mega in a different universe like startrek, star wars or B5, those ships would not just have a main armment of blasters or rails. Being a battle ship and drednought they would have a whole raft of secondary weapons. The mega would have medium batterys and small batterys for taking on the small faster moving ships while the main guns take on ships of the same class or larger. With them using turrets tracking is all ways going to be a problem, putting the rounds or lasers on target while trying to move a mutli hundred ton weapon around is all ways going to be a slow way of fighting. Any thing using this method from any universe is going to have a problem facing the small units that are going to be fielded. This effects Starwars, B5, EVE and some startrak ships. Turret Vs Turrets = intresting battles
The one thing i like with federation ships is the phazer banks are not turrets, they are stearable emmiters that can be moved way quicker than a huge turret. Tracking wouldnt be a problem on these weapons, Same with he Mimbari ships. If you notice they dont move turrets just the emmiters are the end of the weapon platforms. Emmiters vs Turrets = One sided battles
Fixed weapons like the Excaliber's main gun or forward pulse cannons are pointless on a ship that big! that = utter fail!
That only works on fast ships like say the defiant, which has the speed and tank to get in close and put rounds on target.
Fixed weapons are the most powerful, but rely on you fixing that target in place to make sure you hit it. Death star, SDF3, Victory class. Can all kill things out right but that Target must either be sat still inviting doom or pinned down some how.
Fixed weapons are limited use super weapons that can only be used in certain situations.
Torps, missles, rockets are a very mixed bag. The one warhead that seems to be used in all of the majoy universes is the Antimatter one. So if thats used as a base for damage then its all about getting that missle,torp or rocket on target. Which is where i have to say Star trek wins out right, they have these torps flung out of the ship on a rail gun first to give it a very high reltive speed and then they use a powered mode to increase speed, these babies can come at you at about 5% the speed of light.
The ultimate ship i can think of right now in all most any battle would be a Void hawk or black hawk. These ships can open worm holes and dive down them when ever they want, they are bio ships with their own minds, The can aceletrate and manovure like flies! And can pack a serious punch using antimatter combat wasps. But again these ships have a weakness, like any living being they cant deal with the hard radiation from an antimatter explosion. So if they are hit they will go down quick. Not to mention if a difiant class can punch a quantum through its rear end.
Shields and armour are two very different subjects which would need another post. But lets just asume every one has the same shild and armour hit points :P and resists lol
Here are some face offs i would like to see. All being equal using the same phsyics engine :P
Vaga vs Difiant..
Megathron vs Enterpise E
Reverlation vs Star destoryer
Shadow battle cruise vs Jove battleship
GSV Vs Titan
Void hawk vs Whitestar
TARDis Vs speical ed bus
Sdf3 vs Nyx
All being equal i would love to see those fights. I think they are probs the best matched for your viewing pleasure :P
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