anakinskysolo posted:blackmyron posted: Wedge stated that droids were "better at precision firing", and Kueller had the schematics of the Mon Cal ships - that's why they were a bigger threat than normal. Mmmm... I still don't buy it. Come on, they are 2 MC90s, an MC80 and several support ships against three old VSD IIs... And those droid brains were stupid... It still is logically an easy victory for the NR.
blackmyron posted: Wedge stated that droids were "better at precision firing", and Kueller had the schematics of the Mon Cal ships - that's why they were a bigger threat than normal.
TIEDefenderPilot posted:anakinskysolo posted:blackmyron posted: Wedge stated that droids were "better at precision firing", and Kueller had the schematics of the Mon Cal ships - that's why they were a bigger threat than normal. Mmmm... I still don't buy it. Come on, they are 2 MC90s, an MC80 and several support ships against three old VSD IIs... And those droid brains were stupid... It still is logically an easy victory for the NR. Logically Endor should have been a Imperial victory with the Rebels routed, massacred, and then the survivors quartered. (:
solo posted: And these are the stats used for a very canonical and reliable interpretation of SW space battles in a mod for EAW: FOC
IceHawk-181 posted:I have already covered this, but I shall repeat myself. Captain Pellaeon, in the aftermath of reflecting upon the naiveté and inexperience of his entire crew, considered the integrity of the mission as his first priority. The Chimera was undertaking covert intelligence gathering missions, and was in the process of retrieving the recon flight. The mission did not, in so far as we were aware, include engagement of enemy capital ships in its profile. Pellaeon’s first reaction was to recover the fighters and leave the area, with the mission objectives completed with no further losses. Second, the force was obviously not impossible to defeat, as under the tactical guidance of Grand Admiral Thrawn the Chimera defeated the entire flotilla after an hour long engagement. As a corollary to this, tactical prowess aside, a single ISDII survived an hour of combat against four Heavy Cruisers and 108 proton torpedo armed strike fighters. That necessitates superiority in pure power generation on the part of the Star Destroyer. Finally, Grand Admiral Thrawn’s “genius” is a no limits fallacy. One might as well assume Thrawn could conquer the whole galaxy with a single modified Missile Boat, simply because he’s a genius… Physical limits constrain all tactical outcomes, and the physical limits in this case is the reality that an hour of battle left the Chimera relatively (if not completely) unscathed and the entire Republic force eradicated. solo posted: And these are the stats used for a very canonical and reliable interpretation of SW space battles in a mod for EAW: FOC In the first instance Lucas Arts game mechanics are not canonical source material. In the second instance, no matter how assumedly accurate it is, a fan made mod has absolutely no place in the discussion of canonical matters. It is immaterial. If you want a good, and I would argue more realistic, mod to demonstrate the scale of Star Wars battles go get the new Sins of the Solar Empire game. Download EvileJedi’s Mod (http://warlords.swrebellion.com/wp/) and be amazed… … And following up on the last few posts. Canon is canon. Period. You cannot assume that there are entire tracts of missing material from an author’s written descriptions within the novels simply because you disagree with the extant results of those writings.
solo posted: About your statement "canon is canon" I have to say that I've seen your ship compendium, and I see that many ship stats are not canonical at all. They even contradict canon.
Solo posted:About your statement "canon is canon" I have to say that I've seen your ship compendium, and I see that many ship stats are not canonical at all. They even contradict canon.
IceHawk181 posted:An interesting statement. I do not have a ship compendium, first of all. And I never argued that EJ’s mod utilized canon armaments…simply that it showed a more accurate portrayal of capital ship battles. Assuming of course that is what you are talking about.
DarthBoba posted: