If you have $852 quadrillion

mapuc · 12-23-16, 07:10 PM

And hundreds of thousands of labor and of course lots and lots of time to spare

Then you have enough to build this......

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-bl...actic-economy/

Markus

Platapus · 12-23-16, 08:50 PM

For that money, it would be better to develop a biological weapon that would kill humanoids but leave resources and animals. A destroyed planet is of no use to anyone.

Unless you are building a space hobby, planets are seldom the problem. The inhabitants of the planet are the problem.

Wolferz · 12-23-16, 08:54 PM

Waste of empire money.

It only takes one green jedi in an x-wing to blow it to hell.

Oberon · 12-23-16, 09:07 PM

Or a single torpedo with some trilithium in. Does the job much cheaper.

Subnuts · 12-23-16, 09:19 PM

Never understood why you'd need a Death Star, when one of the Incredible Cross-Sections books gives the turbolasers on an average-sized troop transport a 200 gigaton per shot yield.

For reference:

The fireball would be 40 miles wide, concrete buildings 100 miles from the hypocenter would be demolished, and people 1,000 miles away from the blast would receive third degree burns.

But yeah, the Death Star is big and scary.

STEED · 12-24-16, 06:46 AM

Nah...better off buying booze.

Jimbuna · 12-24-16, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Or a single torpedo with some trilithium in. Does the job much cheaper.

Beat me to it

Rockin Robbins · 12-24-16, 08:14 AM

How about the cost of transportation? When you destroy a planet with the Death Star you have to move it to the next planet to be destroyed.....

Grossly inefficient I say!

Doesn't matter. The energy required to accelerate one piddly space ship to light speed is infinite. How about paying for THAT!

12-23-16, 07:10 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	If you have $852 quadrillion And hundreds of thousands of labor and of course lots and lots of time to spare Then you have enough to build this...... http://www.iflscience.com/editors-bl...actic-economy/ Markus

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	For that money, it would be better to develop a biological weapon that would kill humanoids but leave resources and animals. A destroyed planet is of no use to anyone. Unless you are building a space hobby, planets are seldom the problem. The inhabitants of the planet are the problem. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Waste of empire money. It only takes one green jedi in an x-wing to blow it to hell. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Never understood why you'd need a Death Star, when one of the Incredible Cross-Sections books gives the turbolasers on an average-sized troop transport a 200 gigaton per shot yield. For reference: The fireball would be 40 miles wide, concrete buildings 100 miles from the hypocenter would be demolished, and people 1,000 miles away from the blast would receive third degree burns. But yeah, the Death Star is big and scary. __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Nah...better off buying booze. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Or a single torpedo with some trilithium in. Does the job much cheaper.

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Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	How about the cost of transportation? When you destroy a planet with the Death Star you have to move it to the next planet to be destroyed..... Grossly inefficient I say! Doesn't matter. The energy required to accelerate one piddly space ship to light speed is infinite. How about paying for THAT! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS