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Re: Behemoth vs star destroyer, no fighters on either side. Who would win?

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From: Evan Kaiser
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00
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Damien wrote:
> 
> In <4cjncb$p...@news.worldlinx.com> Phil Paradias
> <ppar...@mail.bcs.ca> writes:
> >
> >Imperial star destroyer vs behemoth. With no fighters on either
> >side. Which ship do you think will win?
> >
> Star destroyer. Simply because the Behemoth had weak shields and
> limited defenses. As long as the destroyer stayed away from the
> Behemoth's main cannon, it's cornacopia of lasers and ion cannons would
> make short work of the behemoth.
> The obvious problem here is that a Star Destroyer's weapons aren't nearly
as long-ranged as the Behemoth's main gun. As long as they both start
relatively far away, it's no competition. Even if they start within each
other's weapons ranges (which seems really close for a SD) then the Behemoth
could definitely get off a shot before being destroyed by those pathetic
SW lasers.

> Damien                       "Yes, I did have too much time on my
>                                  hands tonight!"

Evan
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Subject: Re: Behemoth vs star destroyer, no fighters on either side. Who would win?
Date: 1996/01/07
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