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Master Ahnk
11  10:14pm 24/06/05        
Blink If You Can Hear Me
I think he has a gigantic, sycronized Star Destroyer dance number prepared.
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Demosthenes X
12  10:56pm 24/06/05        
fuck that duck
I'd like to see that...
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-Mitch Hedberg
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Zarko the Mad
13  10:48am 25/06/05        
assistant regional titus & epic space jesus
You'd like to read that, you mean.

Otherwise, where could Dolash get his hands on some Star Destroyers?
Demosthenes X
14  2:05am 26/06/05        
fuck that duck
*imagines the reaction of world leaders if a fleet of Star Destroyers showed up*

Hmm...
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-Mitch Hedberg
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Seth Vinda
15  8:38am 26/06/05        
Admin - New Republican - VC Magnate - Reasonable Redcoat
I would say that its likely that they could.

They would have manouvering thrusters to aide them I would have thought, mainly for when they are in dry dock , etc...

After all you wouldn't build a ship that big and not give it some method of being able to manouvre around.

..though I should imagine like Daemon said it would be real damn slooow, so no emergency reverse...

Could design one if you wanted to though, heh
Telan Desaria
16  3:02am 28/06/05        
Imperial Baron-Admiral<br><i>I am more honourable than thou!</i>
Star Destroyers can reverse albeit at painfully slow speeds. They cannot surpass manuevering thrusters in such a way.

I had a dream once where a Star Destroyer did appear over Earth and the Empire was placed in control - -all politicans were executed as the last vestiges of democracy were swept away....
[size=1]Requiem en Terra Pax[/size]
Steda
17  3:13am 28/06/05        
Where did I go right?
If only that would happen. We'd finally get rid of bleedin Blair
Judicious Kraken
18  3:19am 28/06/05        
I'm back, and I'm better than ever...
Hmmm, that would probably not realistically happen Telan, unless it occured in an earlier age that the modern. I figure the U.S. would expend about 160 F/A-18 Fighters and about two hundred ARAAMs to destroy the Destroyer's compliments of starfighters and shuttles, and the destroyer it's self would be destroyed by about 10 H-bombs. Of course the Star Destroyer's wreckage falling into the atmosphere would cause problems....
Steda
19  3:28am 28/06/05        
Where did I go right?
Except none of those weapons would stand a chance against the shields. Add to that the fact that the star destroyer can just rain lasers down on the major countries the whole planet would effectively be left in catastrophic state and no real means to fight against weapons far ahead of our own.
Judicious Kraken
20  3:43am 28/06/05        
I'm back, and I'm better than ever...
Except that they would work, since TIE Fighters don't have shields, and yes, the weapons would be powerful enough to take down the shields and destroy the ship.

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