Worst ship design in sci-fi?

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:29 pm

It's cool, dude... a lot of multiple posts from you in this thread, here...

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:04 pm

Geez, tripple post. And not the first one I've done today. What the hell is up with my computer?

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:02 pm

Just thought about these, but they were such crap.

The Old Republic Dreadnaught heavy cruisers from Star Wars.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:04 pm

They're ugly buggers certainly, but they can pack a punch - look at three of them holding down an ISD in DFR.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:07 pm

Yeah, not too bad considering how old they are.

Hell, two hundred of them can swing a galactic-scale war.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:11 pm

The ISD's weren't the greatest of ships anyways. That and even having good firepower doesn't help you if your ship breaks down so often that you spend a third to half of your time in repair docks. It only took one Mon Cal HC to stand boot to boot with an ISD. Over all they just failed. Massive crew needed, break downs more then often, one of the worst plot fates in history and just very poorly thought out.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:15 pm

Mon Cals are far larger than Dreadnaughts, and are generally considered inferior to Star Destroyers anyway per Ackbar's statement at Endor that "at that range we won't last long".

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:20 pm

Well if you are equal or close to and you're out numbered 2 or 3 to 1 then its a fair bet you wouldn't last to long. But from what I saw they lasted out pretty damn good. I only saw 6 mon cal's in ROTJ, I could be wrong but I thought that there were 40 ISDs there. The fact that the only mon cal losses I saw were from the DS2, makes me think that whole 'inferior' wasn't very well carried out. Also the MC's are far smaller then the ISDs.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:57 pm

I never liked the ISD design. Poor weapon placement.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:00 pm

Neither do I but I already threw a rant about the ISDs so I'll stay calm, for now. 8)

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:02 pm

What's wrong with the weapon placement? Each of the main guns is stepped outboard and slightly above the one in front of it, allowing maximum fire to be concentrated forward and above, and 50% on either beam. Sure it's got a gap in the heavy coverage below (a gap the Tantive IV exploited in the opening scene of ANH), but the ISD can roll quicker than an enemy ship could pursue that blind spot.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:05 pm

It's a fairly good design for what it does. Remember; at that point the Galactic Empire was the only major power in the known galaxy. The ships they needed were more for use against smugglers and pirate fleets and the occasional low-tech alien race. With all of it's weapons able to fire forward, it would be able to bring a massive amount of firepower to bear on anything ahead of it. Given that most of it's opponents would likely be fleeing the ship, having a lot of it's guns in a forward-firing arc is a pretty good idea.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:07 pm

I still just don't like it. For all of the reasons I have said before. The ISD-II was a good jump though.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:11 pm

Yeah, the ISD-II kicked ass.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:16 pm

If only the New Republic could have mass produced MC90s like the imps did ISDs! That would have been great to see! Those are my favorite ships outside of the Venators.