Here's a puzzler for all you maths types. Based on FFG's scale, how big would a model of the Death Star be?
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05-25-2014, 03:58 AM #1Chapter-Master
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How big would a Death Star be?
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05-25-2014, 04:43 AM #2Autarch-DPhil
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Well going by the measurement of 160km for Death Star I, I think the model would be 500ft? Approximately 3000 Y-wings laid nose to tail. Maths is not my strong point though.
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05-25-2014, 05:16 AM #3Chapter-Master
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half a mile wide? hahaha
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05-25-2014, 05:20 AM #4Autarch-DPhil
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Yup and the Death Star II is 5-6 time larger again.
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05-25-2014, 05:22 AM #5Chapter-Master
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it was bigger? never knew that
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05-25-2014, 05:24 AM #6Autarch-DPhil
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Yep I=160km II=900km
Or to use less widely used smaller measurements:
I=120km II=160km
Sadly most sources quote the first set. which is just crazy in my opinion.Ask not the EldarGal a question, for she will give you three answers, all of which are puns and terrifying to know. Back off man, I'm a feminist. Ia! Ia! Gloppal Snode!
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05-25-2014, 05:29 AM #7Chapter-Master
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Doesnt seem to wierd to me, was meant to be the size of a small moon and our moon is 1737.1 km in radius (so twice that in diameter)
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05-25-2014, 06:19 AM #8Brother-Captain
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If you're hitting that scale you're smacking into all sorts of joyous things like Roche limits and localised gravity and other 'hang on, how do we stop this self destructing' physical laws. On the other hand, this is a setting that canonically has antigrav, black hole power and plasma blades contained only at one end. The whole thing is too crazy for me to worry about things like physics.
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05-25-2014, 06:36 AM #9Autarch-DPhil
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I was thinking crazy more in terms of the variation between the two sets and that no one can agree, but yeah apparently there are some engineering/phsyicsy reasons for it being kind of cray cray as well.
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Bevel Lemelisk...Or some geonosian insecty thing.
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