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Reasonable article. More and more, I think the empire had more production capabilities than it knew what to do with - that tech in star Wars is so staggeringly efficient than building the death star wasn't a big deal.
The Stargate discussion is also good. Now, is the staff weapons were artillery, maybe.
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Here's an interesting thought: bullets travel faster than magic. You can't use magic to enhance guns because bullets outfly it. Whether this effects defensive spells or aiming is left as an exercise to the reader. 😉
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I think "not a big deal" might be a little bit strong. I tend to think of it as more like a space station IRL. Impressive, requiring planning, logistics and resources beyond what even most governments could do alone. But they exist and seeing one won't break anyone's brain though they might ask "Why?".
ReplyDeleteAlso, let's not forget that humans aren't perfectly reasonable creatures. Saying they didn't need the deathstar when they had stardestroyers ignores actual human behaviour...we didn't need the nuke when fire bombs accomplished much the same effect...but we still made it.
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