Empire vs Yuuzhan Vong

[aNaRcHiSt44]

I agree, it just seems so titanic that a race previously hell bent on utter detsruction would ally themselves with thsoe they wished to destroy.

[Meyer]

the untouchables marched with republic troops on coruscant.

Aren't they called the Shamed Ones? At least that is my understanding. and all YV left to UR after the war ended. some came back to help but that was only later. After the LotF.

[aNaRcHiSt44]

Hmm. This is an area I am really not experienced with, so I will submit to everyone else on the matter.

[vadereclipse]

the shamed ones are the ones like omini, right?
and the vong wanted domination of the galaxy, not destruction.

[aNaRcHiSt44]

Ah. I must be confusing them with Tyranids.

[Meyer]

YV wanted to conguer the Galaxy and destroy all native species they found.

[aNaRcHiSt44]

Ok that sounds more like a cross between Tyranids and the Sith.
Pretty evil if you ask me.

[Dane Kiet]

Back on topic, Thrawn wins, the end.

[Isamu]

thank you thats what i wanted to hear.

[Slornie]

Okay, ive split off the book discussion, you can find that here

[GrndAdmrlPellaeon]

Back on topic, Thrawn wins, the end.

End of story. Lock the thread.

[Isamu]

what if the yv came before thrawn had a ship or a command post of any kind?

[Scarecrow63]

Tough one, depends on the time period

[Isamu]

hmm maybe like death star 1 era if the rebellion hadn't destroyed it.

[Meyer]

By that time Thrawn was already a admiral so he would still have kicked their ass.and with DS the yv would have been pulverized.

[Slornie]

The anti-alien bias of the Empire would hinder Thrawn greatly, many officers would resent (and maybe reject) his authority.  Also, Thrawn was only one officer, who could only be in one place at a time.

As for the Death Star (which i think we've discussed here before), it could only hit planet/moon sized objects, and could fire only once before it needed to recharge for 24 hours.  The Second Death Star would not exist if the Rebel Alliance hadnt destroyed the first one, as it was only considered and designed after the defeat at Yavin IV.  Without that, there would be no need to design and build another, and thus it wouldnt have happened.

[Meyer]

yes Thrawn is but a man person. but still he would have been a hard to beat by YV. After he had beat them once it would become a question of honor to the YV commanders to beat him. And DS needed 24 hours to charge on full power. it could shoot low powered shots much often. and even those would have been able to destroy a ship. and YV had very large ships. for example the Worldships.

[Slornie]

And DS needed 24 hours to charge on full power. it could shoot low powered shots much often. and even those would have been able to destroy a ship. and YV had very large ships. for example the Worldships.

The first Death Star couldnt target anything smaller than a planet/moon.  The Vong only had a few ships that would be large enough to be targeted.  So the Death Star would only be useful as a giant mobile command centre, capable of destroying planets (although if it just went round blowing up every planet the Vong invaded, it would probably spark another rebellion).

[Meyer]

but the DS doesn't need to be so accurate. if the superlaser even touches a space ship it is destroyed. and DS had thousands of turbolasers to battle fleets.

[Slornie]

Only if the Vong decided to battle the Death Star.  Personally, i would leave it be (something to come back to later), and concentrate on other matters - Like the fleet, production/population centres and my galactic domination plans.  Although, the Vong probably wouldnt think like that, considering how huge an abomination the Death Star would be in their eyes.