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Except that ships in the ME universe are on a different, smaller scale than the SW universe. The Death Star has something like 25,000 turbolasers, when Star Destroyers only have 50. Do the math

Recall: Mass Effect ships are absolute garbage. Their shields are only good for stopping physical projectiles. ST weapons are either energy or plasma, save for the torpedoes. That aside, the only size estimates I could find for the Sovereign was 2km length. The DS-2 is 900 kilometers in diameter, if we're going with a completed DS-2 rather than the DS-1 (which was "only" 160km in diameter). To boot, both have shields which can block both physical projectiles and energy weapons.


Even if it came down to a literal battle of attrition with each combatant grinding down the other, the Death Star would win by virtue of being a fucking artificial moon covered in weapons.

By way of reference, an Imperial-class ISD is 1.6km in length. In other words, the Sovereign is only slightly larger than an ISD and has significantly worse weapons and shield tech, and plenty of ISDs have been destroyed by piddly rebel ships. To boot, ST FTL doesn't rely on anything external to the ship. The Death Star could easily kite the Sovereign, making microjumps in to fire the main laser, jumping away and recharging, then jumping back.

No contest. Put the Sovereign against, say, a Super Star Destroyer and it might be a fair fight. Maybe.

Just kidding, the smallest SSDs are still longer than the Sovereign.


Let's be honest here, Mass Effect tech sucks royally in comparison to just about any other mildly competent SF verse. That's why crossovers with it almost invariably are either curbstomps or small/recovering factions encountering the ME universe at large.

Good lord. That was glorious.

Once more putting in the mention that this shit has got to be the most awesome thing ever to play in, even if the updates do take a year and a half due to hueg

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Sirus just can't handle his schwartz.

He obviously hates yogurt.

What can I say? I hate crappy parodies. To me, Space Balls is on the same level of "wit" as the Scary Movie series.

Obviously his is a... Lone Starr? No? Fail? Fail.

He must not like Drewish princesses... No. Shit. This is harder than it looks...

Sirus must not like Barf either? Meh, I'll keep it.

Sirus just can't handle his schwartz.

I get the impression that the powers had a big squabble a thousand years back with myths and legends and all that jazz, but nowadays it is mostly stories and superstitions with nobody really believing in the powers.

I'd like to nominate my own Metamorphican Madness II: A successor to Digital Hellhound's game, the players take control of some experiments who have taken a teratomorphic serum. Now as they mutate, they clash with everyone from mysterious agents and ancient demons to hillbillies and common cops. The players make their own plot, which currently seems to involve some people trying to avoid trouble, some people trying to get into trouble, and one guy trying to summon his demon overlord against the advice of Worm, his totem.