Thrawn's Revenge

Off Topic => Star Wars Discussion => Topic started by: grandadmiralbeck on May 13, 2008, 12:14:28 AM

Title: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: grandadmiralbeck on May 13, 2008, 12:14:28 AM
Well I'm sure there is more, but these are the ones I can come up with off the top of my head. enjoy
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Meyer on May 13, 2008, 12:23:05 AM
hard to pick. sun crusher or DSII. I'll choose DSII.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Slornie on May 13, 2008, 07:24:33 AM
I'll go with the Sun Crusher, although they all have flaws, and the use of any is morally ambiguous at best..
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Meyer on May 13, 2008, 07:49:19 AM
Sun crusher is great at ramming ships. but the main weapon is stupid. and if DS II would be filled with normal turbolasers, ion cannons etc it would be great too.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Re4_wesker on May 13, 2008, 04:50:53 PM
im leaning towards centerpoint. both death stars are far too easy to destroy. also darksaber malfunctioned and blew up so thats a pretty bad superweapon. ummm sun crusher is good........ dark reaper yeah......
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Slornie on May 13, 2008, 05:05:23 PM
also darksaber malfunctioned and blew up so thats a pretty bad superweapon.
That was more down to the Hutts economising on the material for construction than any design deficiency..
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: GrndAdmrlPellaeon on May 13, 2008, 07:21:04 PM
DSII. I just loved the way it was portrayed in the movie.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: strike23 on May 13, 2008, 07:58:37 PM
star forge, its the only superweapon that could have potentially been used for good.
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Post by: Dane Kiet on May 13, 2008, 08:01:58 PM
star forge, its the only superweapon that could have potentially been used for good.
Wrong. It fed off dark side energies. The sun crusher (my pick) and the two Death Stars could have been used for good anyways. Mining and destroying dangerous planets and star systems before they kill anyone.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Re4_wesker on May 13, 2008, 08:57:19 PM
also darksaber malfunctioned and blew up so thats a pretty bad superweapon.
That was more down to the Hutts economising on the material for construction than any design deficiency..

yes but the design wuz never used after that. perhaps if it succeeded in a firing sequence i would think otherwise but i think of it as a failure.
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Post by: rebel82785 on May 13, 2008, 11:15:11 PM
star forge, its the only superweapon that could have potentially been used for good.
Wrong. It fed off dark side energies. The sun crusher (my pick) and the two Death Stars could have been used for good anyways. Mining and destroying dangerous planets and star systems before they kill anyone.

How could destroying a planet be for the good of the people.  I could see using DS II to prevent a fate similar to Serindipal, but destroying a planet?
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Meyer on May 13, 2008, 11:53:51 PM
if the planet was useless and had no life. maybe it should be destroyed to make way for a new lightspeed route. and destroyin asteroids it would be very efficient. so DSII is good choice. also in a way that it can destroy enemy forces without destroying everything, unlike DSI.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: strike23 on May 14, 2008, 03:17:10 PM
even feeding off of dark side energies, the star forge was cabable of making anything... it could have been used productivly to help others
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Post by: GrndAdmrlPellaeon on May 14, 2008, 06:23:38 PM
if the planet was useless and had no life. maybe it should be destroyed to make way for a new lightspeed route. and destroyin asteroids it would be very efficient. so DSII is good choice. also in a way that it can destroy enemy forces without destroying everything, unlike DSI.

The original DS could destroy fleets, because the prototype could. It just did not get the chance.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Slornie on May 14, 2008, 06:53:00 PM
Nope.  Its targeting system wasnt good enough to hit anything ship sized.  It also had a very long recharge time for the superlaser, which would prohibit efficient use against fleets, in any case.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: grandadmiralbeck on May 14, 2008, 08:22:31 PM
were not really talking about how it could be used for good. none of these superweapons were used for good. this is about which one you think is the best.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Re4_wesker on May 14, 2008, 08:53:47 PM
all of them were built for evil purposes plain and simple.

i suppose they could have been used against the vong. then again when they used centerpoint against the vong things didn't go too well.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Dr. Knickers on May 14, 2008, 09:44:16 PM
The StarForge would be good against the Vong; it wouldn't really attack you. The disruptor field might have interfered with their dovin basals. Even the Vong can't defeat an infinite fleet.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: vadereclipse on May 17, 2008, 09:22:04 AM
a superweapon you forgot was the orbital nightcloak. i believe there are models in the foc data, but they sound pretty poor, and you would be unable to work them into FOC.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Isamu on May 23, 2008, 10:20:41 PM
galaxy gun by far
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: aNaRcHiSt44 on May 23, 2008, 11:58:11 PM
I kind of like the Galaxy Gun.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Isamu on May 24, 2008, 03:30:27 PM
who wouldn't. load in a nuke big enough to kill a planet and launch it from accross a galaxy. thats like the greatest way to kill your opponent. when he can't strike back period
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Slornie on May 24, 2008, 07:44:08 PM
I personally think its kind of pointless.  I mean, if i destroy the planet the enemy is on, we both lose.  He dies, but i dont get the prize.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Isamu on May 24, 2008, 09:39:39 PM
depends on what your goal is really. from a practical perspective its better to kill the enemy rather than kill yourself
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Scarecrow63 on June 12, 2008, 12:52:18 AM
whats my favorite superweapon? Luke Skywalker
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Meyer on June 12, 2008, 04:05:59 AM
he's not a superweapon.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: grandadmiralbeck on June 12, 2008, 11:55:14 AM
yeah he is. harry potter is as welll. ever heard of that yellowstone supervolcano, he caused it.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Scarecrow63 on June 12, 2008, 03:47:31 PM
Those superweapons on the list, Luke either helped in killing or did it himself, he is a superweapon
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Meyer on June 12, 2008, 03:52:10 PM
destroying a superweapon does not make one a superweapon. If some person is a superweapon I would say Darth Nihilus. He killed everyone but one person on a planet.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: grandadmiralbeck on June 12, 2008, 03:53:22 PM
thats an excellent point. HOWEVER, a person can't really be considered a weapon. not to mention, nihilus didnt kill those people, he used the force to do it. the force is the superweapon in that situation.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Meyer on June 12, 2008, 04:23:42 PM
you're right. Nihilus is just the "gunner" how activates the weapon and fires it.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Pomerancak on June 13, 2008, 03:50:09 PM
I wonder why you didn't include that superweapon you are allready using (Leia Organa Solo, page around 200, Vision of the Future)? :D

Anyway i like Star Forge cause its BIG, rally OLDschool and sorta Force powered and so thats what counts  ;)
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Isamu on June 14, 2008, 03:32:39 AM
ok then heres a good one jack bauer
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Meyer on June 14, 2008, 04:14:12 AM
otherwise very good and powerful superweapon but it isn't part of the Star Wars. yet.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Mandalore-the-Inquizitor on June 14, 2008, 05:32:48 AM
i dispise super weapons
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Qui0jinn on June 29, 2008, 09:38:33 AM
...both death stars are far too easy to destroy...

I have to say I dont consider hitting a 2m wide thermal exhaust port perfectly to be a particularly easy task... and flying the Falcon into the reactor core of the DSII I'm sure was no walk in the park for Lando either.

I say the first DS be my favorite (planet full of enemies... hit any key to delete!)
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Isamu on July 02, 2008, 03:45:59 PM
i dispise super weapons
good luck being an effeciant commander then
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Post by: Slornie on July 02, 2008, 07:36:04 PM
Thrawn was an efficient commander who didnt use superweapons..
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Ahdanack030 on July 05, 2008, 11:49:40 AM
What about K'Krukhs hat and Chuck Norris?
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Vandar T on July 05, 2008, 03:09:21 PM
What about K'Krukhs hat and Chuck Norris?

Chuck would own the Empire.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: GrndAdmrlPellaeon on July 05, 2008, 09:11:14 PM
The Emperor shines his shoes and eats the dirt and such from his beard.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: vadereclipse on July 06, 2008, 03:35:06 AM
The Emperor shines his shoes and eats the dirt and such from his beard.

HERESY...
Never say that again.... Never...
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Corey on July 06, 2008, 07:01:39 AM
This isn't going to generate into a discussion about Chuck Norris or Kyle Katarn.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: PimpBacca on July 06, 2008, 10:32:21 AM
the star forge is not a weapon is it
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Vandar T on July 06, 2008, 11:41:31 AM
I think so.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: grandadmiralbeck on July 06, 2008, 12:47:05 PM
well it's ability to feed off the dark side and throw endless amounts of well anything makes it a force to be reckoned with. a superweapon doesnt have to have a giant laser on it to be a superweapon.

not to mention argue with wookiepedia. it lists it as a superweapon
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: vadereclipse on July 06, 2008, 02:35:16 PM
well, in function, it is a dark side relic which feeds from Rakata's star and the dark side to create years of buildig in mere minutes. it is also in possession of a disruptor field, destroying ships which get near the station. so, all in all, it is both a weapon and a tool.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Pomerancak on July 07, 2008, 09:00:58 AM
I prefer to called it SUPERWEAPON, tool sounds nearly like toy ;D
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Post by: Pentastar Enforcer on February 18, 2011, 07:28:27 PM
DS II vs Starforge? ???
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: WooZIE997 on February 18, 2011, 09:19:28 PM
lol i love the darksaber for some reason. i used darksaber 997 for an email for like 6+ years lmao!
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: capshades on March 03, 2011, 05:15:20 PM
World Devastator, definitely.  You can suck up enemy bases, fleets, and even planets, and build your own fleets and armies out of them!  Now that's what I call irony...                ;D
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: bobatbob on January 14, 2012, 10:39:13 PM
definatly the shawken device even though i didn't work.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Grayhawks on February 02, 2012, 01:40:18 PM
The Star Forge wins for me, because of it's unique nature as a factory rather than a "true" weapon.  It is the only one that can help whoever controls it actually maintain control the galaxy instead of using the Tarkin "rule through fear" doctrine. In combat, the disruptor field would have been quite effective at keeping enemy ships far away from the Star Forge itself. Not to mention, the true extent of its power to was never known, even to its creators.  Darth Malak's "experiment" was probably only the tip of the iceberg. 
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Senza on February 26, 2012, 09:51:09 PM
I'd say either the World Devastators or the Star Forge. They were both leagues more efficient than the others. I think destroying an entire planet is just silly. I'd say probably the World Devastators win for me because they could self replicate eventually, and you could be more selective with what they well, devastated.
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: MMM2409 on August 25, 2012, 04:48:23 PM
in my opinion the ultimate weapon is the force itself, especially the dark side
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Post by: mynameisyou on September 09, 2012, 11:06:31 AM
the galaxy gun was precise so it is cool
Title: Re: what is your favorite superweapon
Post by: Eclipse on October 02, 2012, 09:11:07 PM
I've voted the Deathstar II but I prefer the SSD Eclipse, that is hell of a ship, the super laser of the deathstar with the cool looking of a star destroyer