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  • Venator-Class Star Destroyer vs. Imperial Star Destroyer

    Okay, against Yellowbelly's better judgement (and to get people to stop debating Star Trek vs. Star Wars on a Military Aviation thread!), I offer you this:

    Which was the better Star Destroyer? The Venator-class Star Destroyer:



    I say the Imperial Star Destroyer is more utilitarian and purposeful; you just KNOW a giant wedge heading toward you bristling with guns means business.



    Place your votes!
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    Last edited by Stitch; 22 Aug 12,, 04:39.
    "There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge

  • #2
    I voted imperial but only because I think they look way cooler.

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    • #3
      Imperial. Hands down.

      And for the record, everything we're discussing is military aviation, it's just not current military aviation, it's futuristic.
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      • #4
        The Imperial class SD has a heavier throw weight and much better sheilds. It can also operate for longer periods without support. However the older design has way more fighters, is faster in FTL travel (if shorter ranged) and still packs a hell of a punch. Overall 1 v 1 with normal complements of fighters the older design would win.

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        • #5
          I'm really dissapointed in you, Stitch, for asking such a fanboy question.

          You should know that it's not the platform but the clone flying it.

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          • #6
            Imperial Destroyers were not manned by clones, they were manned by Imperial Navy forces. Look at the footage of all the troops on Imperial Destroyers, they're all different. In the Empire's time Stormtroopers were already trained instead of grown.
            Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

            Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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            • #7
              So do you have proof the Imperial Navy forces are not clones?

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              • #8
                Well, to begin with, you can see that in the original trilogy all the characters are played by different people, even the lower-ranking troops in the Death Star detention center and the Endor shield facility as well as the controllers on the bridge of every single Imperial Star Destroyer you see.

                Moreover, in the books, Kyp Durron used the Sun Crusher to destroy the Imperial Stormtrooper Academy in the Carida system while looking for his brother who was abducted and sent to become a Stormtrooper, proving that Stormtroopers were not grown anymore, but were trained

                Now, in the new trilogy, the one actually involving clones, you can see that every single trooper is played by the same person, as all the clones were replicas of Jango Fett, regardless of whether they were Navy, Infantry, etc....
                Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

                Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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                • #9
                  Venator-class Star Destroyer - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

                  Imperial I-class Star Destroyer - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

                  in my opinion (according SW Battlefront 1-2 experience :) ) ARC-170's (which is the bulk of Venator's fighter group) are no match for TIE Fighters.

                  in addition I-Class's have much more fire power&shields and driven by normal people not some dumb clones.

                  so i say Imperial wins...
                  Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather in power than use; and keep thy friend under thine own life's key; be checked for silence, but never taxed for speech.

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                  • #10
                    It's not quite a fair comparison, is it? While the Imperator class (IMP-1s, II's, etc) were in a sense successors to the Venator class, they don't fill identical roles. Venators seemed to have served as the primary capital ship combatant, fighter carrier and all-around multirole platform for the Republic Navy. However, the Imperial Navy specialized ships such that Imperators were designed predominantly for capital ship combat. Certainly, it could carry a respectable complement of fighters into combat, but in a large-scale fleet engagement, this would be heavily supplemented by fighter squadrons based on escort carriers.

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                    • #11
                      Oh jesus, not another walk through Nerd Boulevard in the city of Geekdom.

                      All I wanted to do was build up a general consensus that Stitch is a fanboy...and you guys are messing it up.

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                      • #12
                        He may be a fanboy, but his opinion is also the correct one
                        Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

                        Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by bigross86 View Post
                          He may be a fanboy, but his opinion is also the correct one

                          There you go.

                          OK, so over the last two days we've learned that tankie thinks UK laws are a joke, that bonehead doesn't know the difference between Florida and California and that Stitch is a fanboy.

                          Works for me.

                          Any dissenters?

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