razzy1319 posted:Sinrebirth posted:QuentinGeorge posted:It is of interesting to note that no one here defending the "3 million" absurdity would agree with it had, say, a random poster said it.... Um, Quentin, thats a fact. Because, you know, its a random poster!?! If the guys up above accept Karen Traviss's answers, I'm fine with it. We just have to work these facts into continuity. True enough, 000, but that could be more machines than troops, more troops than machines, fighters galore, or gunships galore, and so on. Which, as the episode attests, we have Acclmators filled with fighters, hundreds of the things. And then Acclamators filled with Larti's. So shrug. Its not an accurate source, really. And conscripts!!!!
Sinrebirth posted:QuentinGeorge posted:It is of interesting to note that no one here defending the "3 million" absurdity would agree with it had, say, a random poster said it.... Um, Quentin, thats a fact. Because, you know, its a random poster!?! If the guys up above accept Karen Traviss's answers, I'm fine with it. We just have to work these facts into continuity. True enough, 000, but that could be more machines than troops, more troops than machines, fighters galore, or gunships galore, and so on. Which, as the episode attests, we have Acclmators filled with fighters, hundreds of the things. And then Acclamators filled with Larti's. So shrug. Its not an accurate source, really.
QuentinGeorge posted:It is of interesting to note that no one here defending the "3 million" absurdity would agree with it had, say, a random poster said it....
Sinrebirth posted:No one believes 3 million was it, for the war, just it represented a strategic reserve.
000 posted:Sinrebirth posted:No one believes 3 million was it, for the war, just it represented a strategic reserve. Traviss does, though, hence the problem. I don't feel the need to bend over backwards in order to incorporate a number that was wrong from the get go when it's easier to just override it. Hydronium's "Council army" fix is the only one I've heard so far that makes sense.
Sinrebirth posted:MedStar : 1. I've lost the book in my boxes. But I recall it mentioned Priority Sector High Commanders, when introducing Admiral Bleyd of Saki.
Lord_Hydronium posted:Oh, OK, so I guess we can make up whatever we want. Well, people don't always type precisely, therefore the 3,000,000 mention was a typo. Hey, that was easy! Or since language is flexible, we can redefine "million" to mean "trillion", unless you're one of those people who insists on using the precise and real definition of words.
Lord_Hydronium posted:Out of curiosity, why are you so intent on retconning to fit the lower number, given that you have to twist or reinterpret almost every other reference to fit, as well as make up a bunch of "well, it might be.." statements? I've already given three separate ways you can reinterpret the smaller number so as not to entirely invalidate it.
Lord_Hydronium posted:Wrong. Syntax is not a "let's pretend" game - English is structured a specific way, and no matter how much you want to, you can not simply make up new rules of a language to fit your interpretation. That sentence is no different from the original - "conscript" is an adjective, and "more" as an indefinite pronoun can only take a noun antecedent. End of story.
Lord_Hydronium posted:Dooku himself says that they're outnumbered. Hmmm... Wait, someone says, it says "the forces on our borders", so that doesn't count all the droids. So apparently, out of a quintillion battle droids he apparently deployed less than three million to the front. That's three trillionths of the entire droid army.
Sinrebirth posted:And what Traviss 'believes' means little to actual continuity, if something within continuity says otherwise.
LtNOWIS posted:+ Republic Navy (clones and non-clones)
Thrawn McEwok posted:Sinrebirth posted:MedStar : 1. I've lost the book in my boxes. But I recall it mentioned Priority Sector High Commanders, when introducing Admiral Bleyd of Saki. Gah. Brilliant. So now we need to square that with the old RPG stuff... Sinrebirth posted:And what Traviss 'believes' means little to actual continuity, if something within continuity says otherwise. And right now, three million is the number in "actual continuity"... What fanboys believe can't - or at least, shouldn't - change canon... - The Imperial Ewok
Thrawn McEwok posted:*facepalm* This, of course, is something. Capital ship crews aren't part of the GAR... quite possibly aren't Kaminoan, or even Jango... I like! - The Imperial Ewok
Ive_Got_Two_Legs posted:Thrawn McEwok posted:*facepalm* This, of course, is something. Capital ship crews aren't part of the GAR... quite possibly aren't Kaminoan, or even Jango... I like! - The Imperial Ewok They wear the clonetrooper armor, though, something I wouldn't expect Navy officers to wear. I mean, the stormies in the OT aren't part of the Navy, but they're on capital ships.
Fist_of_Mandalore posted:Ive_Got_Two_Legs posted:Thrawn McEwok posted:*facepalm* This, of course, is something. Capital ship crews aren't part of the GAR... quite possibly aren't Kaminoan, or even Jango... I like! - The Imperial Ewok They wear the clonetrooper armor, though, something I wouldn't expect Navy officers to wear. I mean, the stormies in the OT aren't part of the Navy, but they're on capital ships. Obi-Wan wears clone armor from time to time. Considering how things on warships have the nasty habit of being shot at, armor is a good idea.
