More Star Wars EU idiocy

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:20 pm

Rochey wrote:
The Suncrusher's torps didn't just nuke the star. It was a chain-reaction.
Irrelevant. The fact remains that it had the power to destroy a star. That power is completely out of place in the SW universe, despite its already impressive power levels.

And quantum armor=neutronium.
Uh, no it isn't. For one, a ship made of neutronium would implode under its own mass. Secondly, ISD hulls are already neutronium impregnated, and they have nowhere near the durability of the Suncrusher.

No, it's not irrelevant. It doens't just shoot the star and it blows up. It's the pebble that starts the avalanche.

And okay, I didn't know that SDs had... wait, neutronium in their hulls? Okay... Still, don't care. It's cool and I like it. I like the JAT. I like the Bantam books. This is me in stuck-record mode. They made me feel good and bouyed my spirits after finishing.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:22 pm

Right, I give up.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:28 pm

I didn't read the SW Bantam novels and go, "That's out of place. That makes no technical sense." I wanted to have a good time with them and get a sense of 'everything's gonna work out' and stuff like that. I look at 'The Bacta War' and don't think too much about freighters beating the Lsankya. What I see is an evil person-Ysanne Isard-getting her just desserts and the good guys winning.

That was what I liked about the Bantam novels. Seeing the light eclipse the dark and the New, better Republic emerging from the ashes of the Galactic Civil War.

Probably another reason why I like ENT, too. I'm not a technical-minded guy. I like action, adventure. I wanna lose myself in what I'm reading/watching.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:58 pm

Same here. I don't usualy bother with the tech stuff until after I've read the book and it comes up in a debate somewhere. The problem is that there's stuff in the books that's either plain stupid or glaringly false.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:51 pm

Rochey wrote:Same here. I don't usualy bother with the tech stuff until after I've read the book and it comes up in a debate somewhere. The problem is that there's stuff in the books that's either plain stupid or glaringly false.

Okay, fair enough. I can admit there's continuity issues with the Bantam books. And some stuff are head-scratchers. Some stuff you see as stupid, though, I simply don't. Like the SUncrusher. It's not a simple star-killer that shoots it dead. it's the pebble that starts the avalanche.

SuperSaiyaMan12 · Post by **SuperSaiyaMan12** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:04 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Rochey wrote:Same here. I don't usualy bother with the tech stuff until after I've read the book and it comes up in a debate somewhere. The problem is that there's stuff in the books that's either plain stupid or glaringly false.
Okay, fair enough. I can admit there's continuity issues with the Bantam books. And some stuff are head-scratchers. Some stuff you see as stupid, though, I simply don't. Like the SUncrusher. It's not a simple star-killer that shoots it dead. it's the pebble that starts the avalanche.

Kind of like the device that was used in Star Trek: Generations or the shuttle that was going to be used to destroy Bajor's Star in DS9...

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:04 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:...They made me feel good and bouyed my spirits after finishing.

You should probably skip my stuff when it gets published, then. Dreadfully depressing.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:09 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Like the SUncrusher. It's not a simple star-killer that shoots it dead. it's the pebble that starts the avalanche.

You'd have better luck starting an avalanche in a sheet of metal than sending a main-sequence star supernova. They simply aren't massive enough.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:13 pm

Tsukiyumi wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:...They made me feel good and bouyed my spirits after finishing.
You should probably skip my stuff when it gets published, then. Dreadfully depressing.

Yeah, probably. I don't like too much in the way of depressing stuff.

Blackstar the Chakat · Thu May 08, 2008 11:14 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote: They made me feel good and bouyed my spirits after finishing.

You know porn does that too.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:18 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Tsukiyumi wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:...They made me feel good and bouyed my spirits after finishing.
You should probably skip my stuff when it gets published, then. Dreadfully depressing.
Yeah, probably. I don't like too much in the way of depressing stuff.

Don't get me wrong, all of my work has humorous moments, light-hearted character interactions, and triumphant victories, but it's never certain that everyone (or anyone) will survive, or succeed.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri May 09, 2008 5:03 am

Tsukiyumi wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Tsukiyumi wrote: You should probably skip my stuff when it gets published, then. Dreadfully depressing.
Yeah, probably. I don't like too much in the way of depressing stuff.
Don't get me wrong, all of my work has humorous moments, light-hearted character interactions, and triumphant victories, but it's never certain that everyone (or anyone) will survive, or succeed.

I think I came off too harsh, and I apologize. You're probably a great writer and I'd find it to be great... but I need light-hearted stuff for the most part.