I'm probably a bit late to answer this, but...
The cruiser crashes in the Death Star after having lots of internal
explosions and going out of control (it was rammed by a figther).
The only reason being rammed by a fighter was able to knock theexplosions and going out of control (it was rammed by a figther).
cruiser
out of control was because it hit the bridge. That in it's self was a
lucky hit, but since it did hit the control room of a object floating in
space, it's not that amazing that object lost control. Besides, that was
a Kamikaze (sp?) A-wing pilot, and I always think that kind of
self-sacrifices should be rewarded! :-)
Interestly enought (or maybe not), B5 suffers from a similar
problem. 90% of attacks on big ships result in the ship blowing
up - yet they still make big ships. Bit of a waste of time if
it's going to get blown up in round 1 (not including shadows and
vorlon - don't want to start that flame war again.) If you know you
our going to loss your platform in battle, you give it the minimum
resources (as we do now with destroyers which have very little on
them).
This is a question which always bugged me when I was young. Why doproblem. 90% of attacks on big ships result in the ship blowing
up - yet they still make big ships. Bit of a waste of time if
it's going to get blown up in round 1 (not including shadows and
vorlon - don't want to start that flame war again.) If you know you
our going to loss your platform in battle, you give it the minimum
resources (as we do now with destroyers which have very little on
them).
they always build the big ships? You can see the phenomenon (sp?) in
every space-based sifi. (apart form Star Treck, perhaps). The answer I
eventually came to is that different sized ships are needed for
different jobs. The main (or only) purpose of a small fighter is to
fight. As a result it is designed to be fast and agile, to evade enemy
fire. Also it has to be well armed, but with all its guns facing
forward. A small fighter is an attacking ship, but has little in
defense.
A large cruiser has different uses. it is need for transporting
large volumes of troops and equipment to far off reaches of the
universe, and are vital for transporting the small fighters to battles
to do the fighting. (something I forgot to mention about small fighters
is that, of course, they can't carry that much flue).
They also provide a 'home base' for the small fighters at the brunt of
the battle, giving them a place to retreat to if there ship gets too
smashed up. What's more cruisers are vital to the Galactic Empire in
Star Wars because Empirical TIE fighters can't Hyperjump!
Since cruisers are larger, we expect them to be much less agile, so
they have to take on defensive position in battles. for this they are
given larger guns (one of they're few advantages in battle) and heavier
shield/amour (which the Rebel Alliance seem to found a weakness in.
It was strange how the defenses can shoot at X-wings flying around
trying
to avoid being shot, but not an uncontrolled object flying in a
straigth line
towards the front of the cruiser?
Oh yea?! it's something like having a V2 rocket flying at you in WW2,trying
to avoid being shot, but not an uncontrolled object flying in a
straigth line
towards the front of the cruiser?
try shooting that before it hits your hospital !!!!
James Hanley, EastEnder bitter about 'The War'