Adam Baker Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Its funny b/c all through the novels Im reading, they still keep referring to the SSD as being about 8 km's long. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illithid00 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Its funny b/c all through the novels Im reading, they still keep referring to the SSD as being about 8 km's long. Yeah, from what I've heard that was a big controversy over the length of the SSD. Some said 8km, some said 19km, and some said 12.5km. I think it was finally set on 19km. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VOODOO73 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I think it was finally set on 19km. According to this site it was 19 km. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Executor-cl...tar_Dreadnought Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illithid00 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 According to this site it was 19 km.http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Executor-cl...tar_Dreadnought Yeah, that's the site I was getting my info from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Baker Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Yea, but see, the SW Wiki has the same problem as the regular Wiki, which is both a curse & a blessing, all its information is provided by its uses. I honestly think if i were going to go by anything, I'd go by the books, as the books are directly sanctioned by George Lucas, unless I could find definitive information otherwise. What I'd like to know is who "made the call" to go w/ 19, instead of the 8km that gets mentioned a fair bit in the books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illithid00 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Yea, but see, the SW Wiki has the same problem as the regular Wiki, which is both a curse & a blessing, all its information is provided by its uses.I honestly think if i were going to go by anything, I'd go by the books, as the books are directly sanctioned by George Lucas, unless I could find definitive information otherwise. What I'd like to know is who "made the call" to go w/ 19, instead of the 8km that gets mentioned a fair bit in the books. That's true. I read that most of the information on the Executor's length of 19km came from comparisons and calculations that fans made from the movie footage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Original all the way, but are you looking at doing ISD I or ISD II? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illithid00 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Original all the way, but are you looking at doing ISD I or ISD II? ISD II, but I thought they were both identical externally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 As I understand there are some differences in the bridge structure...... seems the shield generators are a bit larger and a bit differently shaped and the structure between the shield generators are different, then there´s the armament....ISD II have more turbolasers. There might be more differences but I don´t really know them....... LOL wonder if this knoweledge will get me girls at nightclubs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Baker Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 And the problem is you really cant make a comparison like that, since you cant tell the relative distances between the ships, which would throw off the calculations. That's true. I read that most of the information on the Executor's length of 19km came from comparisons and calculations that fans made from the movie footage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illithid00 Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 As I understand there are some differences in the bridge structure...... seems the shield generators are a bit larger and a bit differently shaped and the structure between the shield generators are different, then there´s the armament....ISD II have more turbolasers.There might be more differences but I don´t really know them....... LOL wonder if this knoweledge will get me girls at nightclubs? Doesn't sound too bad. I'll probably end up building both variants, eventually. I like the ISD II because it's beastly with a lot of turbolasers, but the Errant Venture, one of my favorite ships, was an ISD I. So, I've got some work cut out for me. My shelf is going to be FULL of awesome Star Destroyer stuff when I get done with all this. ;) And the problem is you really cant make a comparison like that, since you cant tell the relative distances between the ships, which would throw off the calculations. Yeah, that's one of the biggest problems with all this stuff. It's pretty much speculation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diamondback Six Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 And the problem is you really cant make a comparison like that, since you cant tell the relative distances between the ships, which would throw off the calculations. No, but if you have a common component you know to be the same on both, say the face and forward block on the bridge/conning tower, you can take the proportions of it to the rest of the ship on the one you do know, and then use that to calculate the proportions of the one you don't know. http://www.theforce.net/swtc/ssd.html#size Dr. Saxton may be a bit pushy on some things, but his adherence to scientific method and calculation I think deserves some respect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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