Darth Spock

Thanks for the link, seeing the numbers certainly puts it into perspective. Hey, if it works it works, but I ain't gonna pay it!

Unexpected indeed. Either they plan on turning this into a kind of Indiana Jones/Tomb Raider flavored spin off or they risk seriously retconning the original film.

Huh. Well, I didn't really think Discovery alone could float that crazy overpriced service, but if it did enough for long enough to get them what they want, I guess that's that, at least for the near future. The last time I looked at the prices for streaming services, CBS was kind of by itself with comparatively ridiculous prices. Unless they can maintain strong interest in exclusive content it'll have to go down eventually, no? I don't even watch TV (seriously, I live in the sticks with no basic signal available, and I'm too cheap to pay for this overpriced "rented" crap, I borrow from the library or buy DVDs when I actually find something I want) so I don't know what all is available to motivate people to willingly bleed money for these services. I guess that's the thing, like the "Triple A Video Game Studio" analogy with loot boxes and what have you, if enough people are willing to cave and shell out the cash, there's nothing to stop them from jacking the price. Ah well, so it goes, I don't mind being patient for the better deals.

I'm waiting for the season to wrap up than I'm gonna binge the first season on the "All CrApccess" free trial and hope they use a more sensible distribution method in the future. Until then I've just been picking up a few details here and there, like the above clip on youtube.

I'd like to call attention to the very last line on the stardestroyer.net page too: So the example there only really proves a shot in excess of ~ 390 MJ. Also, while I think the low GJ blast one-shotting a Danube in DS9 is quite relevant, that does involve one of the weakest examples of that ship from when it really was just a transport in season 1. IIRC they underwent a number of military upgrades in response to the Dominion threat as the show went on. The Danube's speed and maneuverability is debatable, depending on whether we're using theoretical capabilities, or strictly visuals, but the huge firing arc provided by the front and rear emitters really work in 'Trek's favor. At worst, I suspect a Danube would match the Millennium Falcon for combat effectiveness, at best it wades through fighters like a miniature capital ship. I don't know enough about Starcraft to even guess how well the Protoss would do. (It's on my to play list.) The Arwing wins by spamming "barrel rolls!" Naw, it's a tough bugger, but it's hard to tell how tough do to the excess of video game logic. My gut tells me it's roughly on par with a Star Wars X-Wing, though it did *supposedly* fly much closer to a star than SW fighters came in the Rebels episode Secret Cargo, and for an extended period.

Hello everyone. Personally I'd usually take any scenario of unsupported SW fighters against 'Trek vessels as unfair for Star Wars, depending on what level of maneuverability is being assigned to the 'Trek vessel at least. If the TIE's are having to chase this thing down as it matches or exceeds their own speed, they've got a problem. If the Oberth is unable/unwilling to turn this into a long range running fight, I agree the TIEs would take it apart with even greater efficiency than the Maquis fighters brought down the Cardassian ship in TNG 7:24 "Preemptive Strike." On a side note, while the case for TIE shields was well made early on, canon is pretty clear that TIE/LNs do not have shields, at least not in the traditional sense. I wouldn't be surprised if they have some sort active system bolstering the hull beyond bare metal, but actual energy shields are a no show. In this case, I'd guess any fire that hits a TIE would bring it down. Heck, even infantry weapons in SW damage them.