Post by Lord General Armstrong on Jul 6, 2011 4:15:50 GMT -5
I could say this for the lols.
The Imperium of Man won out against the Ruinous Powers during the Horus Heresy.
The Galactic Empire lost to some punk kid who had the hots for a princess 'til he found out she was his sister, a con man, two inept stereotype droids, and a 7ft relative of Cousin It.
And to throw salt into the wounds, the GE had an angsty emo kid, a "badass" bounty hunter who fail-fell in his first fight sequence, and was lead by a wrinkly old man blinded by his own lust for power.
Meanwhile, the Imperium has Marneus Calgar, Mephiston, Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken, and Commissar Yarrick etc.
Seriously though
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The Tartan Patrol Crusier armed with twenty laser cannons, the Tartan-class cruisers were designed for use against starfighters, bombers, and pirate vessels. Most notably, powerful sensor and computer systems enabled their guns to engage rapidly with swarms of small, swift targets, although these systems came at a hefty price.
In addition, powerful engines gave these ships the speed and maneuverability to engage directly with starfighters, and the systems that channeled power from the generators to systems throughout the hull were also versatile and sophisticated, being able to redirect energy from the deflector shields to give more firepower to the weapons systems. However, they were more or less useless against larger capital ships, unless in large numbers
vs
The Fury Interceptor is the most common starfighter used by the Imperial Navy for space combat. With some variants reaching 60 to 70 metres in length, the Fury is significantly larger than most atmospheric fighters, and carries a pilot, navigator and gunner, although a pilot and gunnery officer are more than sufficient on scouting missions. On occasion, an Astropath psyker will also be aboard, to provide greater communications capability. The crew of a Fury Interceptor often wear suspensor wire pressure suits and specially contoured helmets to prevent to side-effects of rapid-acceleration.
The Fury's reinforced hull contains an extensive network of circuitry and life-support systems including pumps that cycle super-oxygenated blood into the crew's body through spinal connections. A chemical toilet and sleeping compartments. Furies are normally equipped with multiple forward-firing banks of lascannons and anti-starfighter missiles and its twin engines are able to put out sixty thousand pounds of thrust.
Not to mention a Starhawk bombers are larger, slower craft, designed to carry a heavy payload of plasma bombs and armour piercing missiles, for use against enemy capital ships. Crewed by a pilot, co-pilot, tech-priest (plus acolytes), various turret gunners and a logistics officer, a standard Starhawk features limited sleeping quarters, chemical toilets and even an automated medical unit inside its hull. Armed with a multitude of short-range turret-mounted defence weapons, used to fend off enemy starfighters, a lone Starhawk can wreak havoc among enemy fighter squadrons before swooping in to deliver a crippling missile strike on an enemy capital ship. On rare occasions, Starhawks can be modified to carry and launch a very small number of anti-starship torpedoes. These are reaching 200 - 240 meters in length and that is just the standard Imperium of Man interstellar bomber and fighter.
The Imperium of Man won out against the Ruinous Powers during the Horus Heresy.
The Galactic Empire lost to some punk kid who had the hots for a princess 'til he found out she was his sister, a con man, two inept stereotype droids, and a 7ft relative of Cousin It.
And to throw salt into the wounds, the GE had an angsty emo kid, a "badass" bounty hunter who fail-fell in his first fight sequence, and was lead by a wrinkly old man blinded by his own lust for power.
Meanwhile, the Imperium has Marneus Calgar, Mephiston, Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken, and Commissar Yarrick etc.
Seriously though
....................................................................................................
The Tartan Patrol Crusier armed with twenty laser cannons, the Tartan-class cruisers were designed for use against starfighters, bombers, and pirate vessels. Most notably, powerful sensor and computer systems enabled their guns to engage rapidly with swarms of small, swift targets, although these systems came at a hefty price.
In addition, powerful engines gave these ships the speed and maneuverability to engage directly with starfighters, and the systems that channeled power from the generators to systems throughout the hull were also versatile and sophisticated, being able to redirect energy from the deflector shields to give more firepower to the weapons systems. However, they were more or less useless against larger capital ships, unless in large numbers
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The Fury Interceptor is the most common starfighter used by the Imperial Navy for space combat. With some variants reaching 60 to 70 metres in length, the Fury is significantly larger than most atmospheric fighters, and carries a pilot, navigator and gunner, although a pilot and gunnery officer are more than sufficient on scouting missions. On occasion, an Astropath psyker will also be aboard, to provide greater communications capability. The crew of a Fury Interceptor often wear suspensor wire pressure suits and specially contoured helmets to prevent to side-effects of rapid-acceleration.
The Fury's reinforced hull contains an extensive network of circuitry and life-support systems including pumps that cycle super-oxygenated blood into the crew's body through spinal connections. A chemical toilet and sleeping compartments. Furies are normally equipped with multiple forward-firing banks of lascannons and anti-starfighter missiles and its twin engines are able to put out sixty thousand pounds of thrust.
Not to mention a Starhawk bombers are larger, slower craft, designed to carry a heavy payload of plasma bombs and armour piercing missiles, for use against enemy capital ships. Crewed by a pilot, co-pilot, tech-priest (plus acolytes), various turret gunners and a logistics officer, a standard Starhawk features limited sleeping quarters, chemical toilets and even an automated medical unit inside its hull. Armed with a multitude of short-range turret-mounted defence weapons, used to fend off enemy starfighters, a lone Starhawk can wreak havoc among enemy fighter squadrons before swooping in to deliver a crippling missile strike on an enemy capital ship. On rare occasions, Starhawks can be modified to carry and launch a very small number of anti-starship torpedoes. These are reaching 200 - 240 meters in length and that is just the standard Imperium of Man interstellar bomber and fighter.
. Btw i wonder if having sex with beastmen is considered beastiality.
