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

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From: poke... Hutchinson
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00
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In <30EF7E...@nwu.edu> Evan Kaiser <core...@nwu.edu> writes: 
>> 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.

Didn't it take the Behemoth a looooong time to charge up its main
weapon?  Like, long enough for the STD to maneuver around the Behemoth?
Course, I dunno...the Behemoth, for all its size, still might not be as
big as the STD...do they ever give length/width/beam measurements of
the Behemoth?

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Lee Hutchinson
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From: poke...@ix.netcom.com(Lee Hutchinson )
Subject: Re: Behemoth vs star destroyer, no fighters on either side. Who would win?
Date: 1996/01/07
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