Author: stcrmpilot

Would it be possible at all to partially dismantle DS-2’s superlaser and install three of its nodes in, say, the Executor? If so, does it sound plausible that the reactors (which would have to be upgraded, of course) would produce just barely enough juice to fire that thing, leaving the ship unshielded for approximately a minute after discharge?

Honestly, with something as specific and unexplored as this idea, I think you can do whatever you want. As for plausibility, it sounds just fine to me. The only thing is, if you want those three nodes to form a converging beam like they would if combined with the other five, you’re going to need a cone-shaped forcefield in the middle. If not, it should function more or less like a powerful individual laser.

Now, if this is related to your other ask where you talked about getting a hypermatter reactor, I think it’s reasonable that it would barely be able to fire the beams and might have to recharge for a while. The reactor installed on the Death Star is an advanced version of the ones that other ships often have, so I doubt it would be able to produce as much power as the lasers and shields combined would like to take up.

It sounds like you have a very interesting story here. Good luck!

~ Jacen

(Kinda spoilery I guess?) So, in Rogue One we see an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer enter a planet’s atmosphere as low as ~2000m. Could an Executor-class Star Dreadnought do that too (and fly back out without plummeting to the surface) or would it require more repulsorlifts than the ship comes with?

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writebetterstarwars:

I think the main issue here is that the Executor-class Dreadnought is just such a huge ship (19 km in length, 100 times more massive than the Star Destroyer). The I-class Star Destroyer already needs full power to the repulsors to stay in the air in an atmosphere, so I can only imagine how much power would be needed to keep the Dreadnought up. To even have a chance, you would probably have to lower the shields and redirect all available power to the engines. Ultimately, even the relatively tiny Star Destroyer is not suited to flying in an atmosphere, so the Dreadnought might be pushing it. Perhaps you could try just keeping it in a low orbit?

That said, if you’ve got a pretty small planet or a moon with not a lot of gravity, you could still give it a shot. There just isn’t enough information available to say you couldn’t do that if you wanted to. But anything Jedha-sized like in Rogue One, I would say it wouldn’t work.

I hope your Dreadnought cooperates with you more in the future!

~ Jacen

This anon was me, yo! I’m a lot of your anons lol

I’m planning for the Ex to receive several technical upgrades (including a state-of-the-art hypermatter reactor and extra repulsorlifts) over the course of my fic, so the power won’t be much of an issue. 

It’s just that the planet whose atmosphere she’s supposed to enter is Byss, which has some very wonky gravitational anomalies going on as far as I know. I’m no physicist, so I have no idea how that would work with the repulsors. D: Any thoughts on that?

Well, because the repulsors work by changing how gravity acts on them, I would assume that any anomalies in the gravity well they’re pushing against would definitely mess them up. Exactly how, I couldn’t say. I think in this case you could pretty much make it up, because I doubt it’s been explored much in the EU. Maybe the ship only has to shudder or change altitude every once in a while. Or maybe an anomaly hits half the ship but not the other half and the whole thing is torn apart. I say just have fun with it.

Force-attunement anon here! – No, the Force-attuned person isn’t a Force-user in the classic sense – they have no training whatsoever (as the fic takes place in 4-5 ABY) and are just /very/ mildly sensitive to the Force but don’t even know it until Luke points out to them that their mind feels more “aware” to him. He proceeds to educate them on how the Force works and offers to teach them some very basic telekinesis and mental shields. As for senses, I was mostly curious about sight and hearing.

Ah I see! Yeah, there’s no reason why that couldn’t work. Even the most powerful Jedi are rarely capable of harnessing their sensitivity to the Force until someone else makes them aware of it, so your character would be right at home in that sense.

Do keep in mind that telekinesis can be one of the more difficult Force skills. If your character is only slightly Force-sensitive, they might only be able to use a weak empathic ability. But that’s really up to you. The mind defence techniques tend to be taught early in the New Republic-era stories, so whether or not your character is good at them, they should be able to learn them. As for sight and hearing, there’s nothing to suggest that those senses couldn’t also be enhanced, it happens with most Force-sensitives.

I hope that helps!

~ Jacen

(Kinda spoilery I guess?) So, in Rogue One we see an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer enter a planet’s atmosphere as low as ~2000m. Could an Executor-class Star Dreadnought do that too (and fly back out without plummeting to the surface) or would it require more repulsorlifts than the ship comes with?

I think the main issue here is that the Executor-class Dreadnought is just such a huge ship (19 km in length, 100 times more massive than the Star Destroyer). The I-class Star Destroyer already needs full power to the repulsors to stay in the air in an atmosphere, so I can only imagine how much power would be needed to keep the Dreadnought up. To even have a chance, you would probably have to lower the shields and redirect all available power to the engines. Ultimately, even the relatively tiny Star Destroyer is not suited to flying in an atmosphere, so the Dreadnought might be pushing it. Perhaps you could try just keeping it in a low orbit?

That said, if you’ve got a pretty small planet or a moon with not a lot of gravity, you could still give it a shot. There just isn’t enough information available to say you couldn’t do that if you wanted to. But anything Jedha-sized like in Rogue One, I would say it wouldn’t work.

I hope your Dreadnought cooperates with you more in the future!

~ Jacen

Is there such a phenomenon as Force-attuned people having heightened senses and being able to faintly pick up others’ thoughts in close proximity to a strong Force-sensitive (Luke Skywalker in this case)? If not, does it sound plausible at all?

Do you mean that a Force user is having their abilities strengthened by just the presence of a stronger Force user? I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a case of that happening. But your character should still have no problem getting a vague sense of the thoughts, or at least feelings, of another person, with or without Luke there as well (especially if they have a bond with the person whose thoughts they’re trying to sense).

If it’s important to your story to have Luke’s presence strengthen your character’s abilities, for instance if they have a history of weak telepathic/empathic powers, then I think it’s plausible enough. There have been plenty of times where Jedi find their connection to the Force to be stronger around planets or objects associated with the Force (take Anakin and the planet Mortis from The Clone Wars). I don’t see why you couldn’t plausibly extend that to a person, but be careful you don’t take it too far.

Don’t be afraid to take some creative liberty when it comes to the workings of the Force. Good luck with your story!

~ Jacen

Greetings!

writebettertrek:

There are too many languages in Trek for me to even make a funny header out of them, hah.

My name is Garak, and I’ve been inspired by a lot of writing advice blogs lately, so! I have decided to open a Star Trek-specific writing resource blog. I’ve seen nearly the entire series, have a near-encylopedic knowledge of thirty out of fifty years of Trek, and am currently attempting to learn Klingon (as well as Romulan, if I can find some resources). Do you need to know just how fast the Enterprise can actually go? The difference between each incarnation of the Enterprise? What about the difference between all 4 Andorian genders?

If you have any questions, the ask box is open! This blog will be almost entirely ask-driven, unless specific masterposts are requested or deemed necessary. 

ghel yIDoH!

How much do you think an AT-AT costs, minus crew and all the stuff that’s stored inside (blasters, speeder bikes etc.)? Like, just the walker fresh off the assembly line?

This is a hard one. Within the Star Wars universe, AT-AT walkers aren’t available for commercial purchase, which means Wookieepedia doesn’t have a price listed for it. In our universe, people are making estimates of anywhere from $100M to $230M and probably higher, but that’s in our currency with our materials so I can’t give you a very accurate price. If you’re going to mention this as a one-off, it could be safe to just go with “over a hundred million credits” or even “hundreds of millions of credits.” If you need more detail than that, consider making up a price somewhere in that range. You can often take a bit of creative liberty with Star Wars.

Good luck!

~ Jacen