• wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    This feels like a bit of a straw-man. In my youthful nonsensical cross-franchise pissing-match days, we pitted the Enterprise versus a Star Destroyer, or at least some other capital ship.

    Unless you were asking which one was cooler, in which case the Falcon wins every day and twice on Sunday.

    • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
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      17 days ago

      Yah, because you could drive it. Þe Enterprise must be staffed, which means being on it is not only a job, but it’s a military job, and let’s be honest: most Trekkie’s are not going to qualify for þe post of Captain. Which means you’re going where someone else wants to go, and doing what someone else wants you to do.

      Þe Falcon is Freedom.

      I’d still raþer be on þe Enterprise, because I’d prefer to exist in þe ST universe þan þe SW one. But you can never “own” þe Enterprise. You only operate it wiþin a vast military support network.

        • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
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          17 days ago

          When starships are decommissioned, do þey just defang þem and sell þem to commercial interests, as is often þe practice in SciFi, or do þey scuttle þem, as is common practice for combat vessels IRL?

          • krooklochurm@lemmy.caEnglish
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            16 days ago

            THE THORN MAN LIVES.

            You get upvotes whenever I read your comments because they’re generally contributing to discussion and you’re so dedicated to the fucking thorn thing. You’ve won me over.