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But Wedge was from Dune, and Biggs wasn't. Feydakin warriors are harder to kill.
I forget. Was the "Stay On Target" guy killed at the Death Star? Because I believe he was from Dune too. One of the Atreides, possibly even a fatter Duncan Idaho.
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I believe that the "Stay on target" guy was killed... I don't remember if he was killed in the trench or if he made it out first... I think he might have bought it in the trench... He was a Y-Wing pilot, right?
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Well, if you think about, the hero ship will always take a few dozen hits before damage occurs. While the non-hero ships will get detroyed by a fucking BB gun.
Well, Star Wars targeting computers are not worth "two shits in a bucket". My new phrase for the day.
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IIRC, he got out of the trench but Vader pursued and shot him down (even after another wing commander - Luke, maybe, but I don't think so - offered to give him cover).
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It's a mixture of Dune and Star Wars names, padawan. You must be mindful of such if you are to enjoy the cleverness.
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"But where was that type of Tech in the future in ANH etc?"
The Millennium falcon has excellent tracking, as is shown by the TIE-fighter debris floating around where the first Death Star was, and the second one.
The thing is, Obi-Wan's craft was very small, and you did see its shields lighting up golden due to hits, but he was an excellent flyer, just look at them rock-avoiding maneuvers when the last seismic charge detonates.
I've always thought the ships in Star Wars fly and turn much faster than a human could pilot, like in ROTJ, when the Falcon is flying into the Death Star, we're talking 90� turns at supersonic speeds. Ah well, it IS damn cool anyhow.
About the seismic charges; like a nuclear bomb is fueled by some matter that gets split (plutonium or something) maybe seismic charges have some stuff that emanates through shockwaves and such.
Many sci-fi stories have had seismic charges/missiles for space-bombing, asteroid-crushing and general mining work, I don't think it's far-fetched.
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Well, if you put a seismic charge on an asteroid, that could work for destroying the rock. The problem is that sound waves can't propogate through a space. A sound wave is nothing but molecules (of air, water, rock, whatever) being pushed against each other and vibrating. In space, there are no molecules to push each other, and therefore no place for the wave to go.
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It's like WWII dogfights: you can take dozens of rounds, lose half a wing and most of the tail, but still make it back. But if you take two rounds in the wrong place, you go up like a Roman candle.
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quote:Originally posted by David Templar: It's like WWII dogfights: you can take dozens of rounds, lose half a wing and most of the tail, but still make it back. But if you take two rounds in the wrong place, you go up like a Roman candle.
I have to agree with that very fitting comparison. One lucky shot to a power generator, or sublight engine and "poof". That Y-Wing pilot from ANH got smoked right on the starboard engine. blowing it right off. while he didn't go "poof" right at that instant, it didn't take long for him to blow.
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Yeah but look at Vader he had his whole wing taken off by a collision and he just tumbled away while the rest of the pasteboard boxes exploded.
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His wing was still intact. It may have taken damage, but it was clearly still on his fighter as he was spinning away.
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