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Who would win?

Admiral Bosch and the Neo-Terran Front
31 (50%)
Admiral Thrawn and the Galactic Empire
31 (50%)

Total Members Voted: 26

Voting closed: March 08, 2003, 01:20:24 am

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Offline Tiara

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Reply #40 on: March 10, 2003, 01:22:17 am
Barroom brawl? It all depends on wether they are serving Bosch Beer™ or not :rolleyes:
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Reply #41 on: March 10, 2003, 01:26:25 am
Thrawn would rape Bosch so fast it's not even funny.


Sure FS has gigaton rated beam cannon, but the Empire has turbolasers that put out 200GT in a shot. And on and ISD there is about 60 of those bad boys.
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Reply #42 on: March 10, 2003, 01:27:50 am
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Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw
FFS!!!

Why don't we match skill with skill?!?!?!

Don't take ships,etc into the arguments, just tactical skill.

Give both sides the same ships, the same weapons, same everything, who would win?

I'd have to saw Thrawn... Thrawn was a complete tactical genius. He knew what he wanted(to win) and he knew how to do it. Thrawn would have taken over the Galaxy if it wasn't for Pellaeon backstabbing him. In the books, Thrawn is practically invincible... he won even with vasty outnumbered forces if I remember correctly.


Thrawn ownz j00! Period.


Thrawn was such a badass that he could study his enemy's art and come up with a plan to defeat them.
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Reply #43 on: March 10, 2003, 02:03:32 am
Maybe some pre-emptive manouvering like sabotage... NTF should be quite good at that by now :p

And Bosch can ship contaminated Bosch beer to Thrawn.
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Reply #44 on: March 10, 2003, 02:05:50 am
Thrawn could effectively counter Bosch's advantage by studying the beer...thereby gaining tactical insight into Bosch's plans. :p
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Reply #45 on: March 10, 2003, 03:47:05 am
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Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw
Thrawn would have taken over the Galaxy if it wasn't for Pellaeon backstabbing him.


Rukh, not Pellaeon. You actually manage to spell his name right, but it's the wrong name? :wtf:
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Reply #46 on: March 11, 2003, 12:46:55 am
These results are really close. :nervous:
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Reply #47 on: March 11, 2003, 01:10:52 am
As for being assassinated, there's always the clone-on-a-distant-world trick. Thrawn was particularly fond of that...
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Reply #48 on: March 11, 2003, 02:50:13 am
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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
These results are really close. :nervous:


There's 2 reasons for that:
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  • You're posting on a FS forum.
  • Most Bosch votes are from people who have never read the Thrawn trilogy.


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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #49 on: March 11, 2003, 04:40:58 am
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Originally posted by GrandAdmiralAbaht
SW capships, according to the Episode II Incredible Cross Sections, can reach speeds of about 16,000 km/h in atmospheres and about 3,500G acceleration in space.  Freespace capships have shown to be very sluggish in their maneuvers.  While the ISD is slightly sluggish by SW standards, Thrawn would literally fly circles around Bosch and I bet while the bridge crew was dancing to "Can't touch this" too.


Um... riiiiiiight :wtf:

Please watch the Empire Strikes Back. See when those two Star Destroyers are performing "evasive maneuvers"? First of all they can be barely moving more than a few hundred kph considering how long it takes for them to pass each other. Second of all, see those officers inside the ship getting thrown against the wall when they do so? That's like .5G's max (more likely less) of acceleration. Now 3500G's (which I must remind you means an acceleration of 3500 x 9.8m/s² which means in 1 sec it will reach 123,480 kph and the effect on the passengers inside would be like hitting them at that speed)? SPLAT!

Please don't give me the excuse of "inertial dampeners" to explain that. First of all I already used the movie example to disprove that (and of course the movies take precedence over any EU crap). Second, wtf are "inertial dampeners"? Some mysterious material of Ultimate Newtonian Defying Powers(tm) that pervades every atom of the vessel (and the pilot) that creates a virtually inertialess system? PUH-LEESE! If that was true, SOLAR WIND should be enough to blow the ships a billion miles off course. And when the ships blow up the pieces should go flying off at near lightspeed (with their ultimate reactors of Physics Defying Power(tm) that have outputs of exponentially greater energy output than anti-matter annihilation).

Don't even get me started on the utter crap of "turbolaser power." Gigatons my ass.

I absolutely hate so called Star Wars "physics" (especially EU books and stuff who obviously have no idea what the **** they're talking about, and pull values straight out of their asses and stick them in, such as weapon power) which make NO SENSE and are utter bull****. This applies to most sci-fi but Star Wars is one of the worst offenders.

Sorry, I just get so pissed off whenever I get reminded of the utter laughability of Star Wars "physics." :mad2: :mad:

Yes, I'm overreacting. :nervous:
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Reply #50 on: March 11, 2003, 05:09:45 am
Anyway, on-topic...

Bosch would 0wn Thrawn. Archaeologists > art critics. :p
 

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Reply #51 on: March 11, 2003, 07:03:19 am
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Sorry, I just get so pissed off whenever I get reminded of the utter laughability of Star Wars "physics." :mad2: :mad:

Yes, I'm overreacting. :nervous:


That's nice. Now go overreact in the early '70's, when the movies were made. Back when sci-fi was Pure. ;)
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #52 on: March 11, 2003, 07:50:40 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich


That's nice. Now go overreact in the early '70's, when the movies were made. Back when sci-fi was Pure. ;)


Urge to mock... rising... :shaking:

Heh, you know, for some reason whenever I read something in sci-fi that is nonsense, I go absolutely nuts. Call it an obsession. But somehow I have absolutely no problem with high fantasy (casting spells, dragons, etc). Is there something wrong with me? :nervous:
 

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Reply #53 on: March 11, 2003, 08:07:10 am
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Go post that at spacebattles. I dare you :p :D
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Reply #54 on: March 11, 2003, 12:37:17 pm
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There's 2 reasons for that:
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  • You're posting on a FS forum.
  • Most Bosch votes are from people who have never read the Thrawn trilogy.


:D


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Reply #55 on: March 11, 2003, 12:41:39 pm
God, that pic of Thrawn looks awful. :p
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Reply #56 on: March 11, 2003, 03:36:36 pm
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Rukh, not Pellaeon. You actually manage to spell his name right, but it's the wrong name? :wtf:


Oops, yeah, Rukh, Pellaeon's bodyguard =p

Sorry :p
 

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Reply #57 on: March 11, 2003, 03:49:22 pm
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Oops, yeah, Rukh, Pellaeon's bodyguard =p

Sorry :p


ummm Thrawn's bodyguard ya mean ;)
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Reply #58 on: March 11, 2003, 04:06:42 pm
Hat wins
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Reply #59 on: March 11, 2003, 04:55:23 pm
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You're forgetting the Hand of Thrawn series...


Not really, no. They were good, but not quite as incredible as the trilogy. :) Main negative point? No Thrawn. :D

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ummm Thrawn's bodyguard ya mean ;)


LOL @ DC - this just ain't your thread, eh?
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