I think that either Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader (taking them as different characters) could defeat Starfleet single handed if he was piloting a B-Wing.
It can be difficult to compare the offensive and defensive capacities of say the Empire and the United Federation of Planets, but I would say it is certain that the defensive systems (shields) used by Starfleet are not capable of absorbing 100% of the energy from most offensive weapons systems.
Similarly, the weapons on a B-Wing (Star Wars: Rebels season two) are comparable to a starship's phasers on a higher setting. Combined with his obvious piloting skill, Vader could easily defeat Starfleet one task force at a time.
A caveat: this ultimately assumes however that Starfleet will not "fight dirty". Considering the wide array of weapons that the Federation is actually capable of using, they could inflict massive casualties on the Empire using "biogenic" weapons, "metaphasic" ships (both invisible and capable of flying through physical matter ) and torpedoes, ships that can fire while cloaked and last, but by no means least, the Genesis Device.
Monday, 12 December 2016
I've been fascinated by Anakin's statement in Phantom Menace that he dreamt he was a Jedi and "came back and freed all the slaves". What if this happened instead and was the crisis/ catalyst that started the Clone Wars and began Anakin's downfall? I suggest we see Anakin as a three-year old (perhaps) then at age ten or twelve then he leaves the Jedi Temple as part of the Trials. Around this time Palpatine is close to the (or head of) the Galactic government. He befriends Anakin and confides that Anakin's mother sold him to the Jedi Order to pay off her debts to the Hutts.
When we next hear about Anakin, the Senate is in uproar over a slave rebellion and commissions an army to either quell the rebellion or retake several hundred systems which seceded in protest at the Senate's inactions. It transpires that Anakin is (one of) the leader(s) of the rebellion which causes Kenobi to be expelled from the Jedi Order (more dramatically he could even turn to the Dark Side).
This scenario perhaps allows the Senate to issue a bounty on Kenobi which is taken up by Jango Fett. Kenobi escapes after killing Fett and orphaning Boba, which leads to him discovering the army of Fett clones purchased/commissioned on the Republic's behalf. Meanwhile, Palpatine contacts Anakin and convinces him that his rebellion is futile. Through a convoluted series of events, Anakin discovers Palpatine is also Darth Sidious. This leads him to renounce the rebellion and convince his followers to re-join the Republic. Meanwhile, Kenobi locates and confronts Anakin, which results in Anakin's permanent injuries and his acceptance of the Darth Vader persona. The reason for this is simply because Kenobi and the Jedi have no knowledge of Anakin's surrender and Palpatine's alter ego; moreover the Jedi would not inform Kenobi of any updates on current affairs while he goes off on his "idealistic crusade". Anakin's rebel ex-slaves join with the surviving clones in forming the bulk of the Imperial military.
As an addendum, Sidious deliberately sets up the Alliance to Restore the Republic hoping (or predicting) that a potential apprentice will kill and replace Vader-either through fearing that Vader will overthrow him or that Vader would soon prove unsuitable as a successor to the Sith legacy.
Friday, 16 September 2016
Final edit B5 commisioned ranks and positions
As far as I can tell based on watching episodes, the chain of command works (in terms of positions) as follows:
General
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant
so orders have to go through the commander to get to the lieutenant
I'm making an educated guess that ranks below general, based on episodes "Survivors" and "Spider in the Web" are:
Major
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Sergeant
Lieutenant
as a partial list of Psi Corps ranks is given in "Spider in the Web" (those underlined), bearing in mind that sometimes to avoid confusion Lieutenant Commander is just Lieutenant (as in most navies), Sergeant is First Lieutenant and Lieutenant is Second Lieutenant (as in most armies)
Also, junior officers always seem to be referred to as lieutenant and, other than Major Ed Ryan, current and former starship commanders are always referred to as captain. Majors Ryan and Kemmer ( "Survivors") are described as aides to a general; the rank could be a position but this seems unlikely.
It would be easy to assume something along the lines of using staff ranks for army (i.e., Brigadier General to Five Star General) for the admiralty and navy ranks for all other commissioned officers (Captain down to ensign) but this is contradicted by the use of characters having the rank of colonel.
Garibaldi confirms the existence of admirals even though they are never seen but perhaps in the field they are referred to as either general or captain.
Update: It does seem that Earth Force officers hold two ranks simultaneously. Corwin is referred to as a Second Lieutenant in season two but he is promoted from Lieutenant (junior grade) to full Lieutenant. Takeshima is described as both a Lieutenant and Lieutenant-Commander.
I can't say that major is a position given to a general's aide because of the character Major Krantz.
I think this can be clarified if we consider Earth Force to be two organisations: the space navy and off-world security. The position of captain exists in title only.
So for the navy*:
Admiral (one to five star)
then
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Major*
Lieutenant
Lieutenant (junior grade)
Ensign
General
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant
so orders have to go through the commander to get to the lieutenant
I'm making an educated guess that ranks below general, based on episodes "Survivors" and "Spider in the Web" are:
Major
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Sergeant
Lieutenant
as a partial list of Psi Corps ranks is given in "Spider in the Web" (those underlined), bearing in mind that sometimes to avoid confusion Lieutenant Commander is just Lieutenant (as in most navies), Sergeant is First Lieutenant and Lieutenant is Second Lieutenant (as in most armies)
Also, junior officers always seem to be referred to as lieutenant and, other than Major Ed Ryan, current and former starship commanders are always referred to as captain. Majors Ryan and Kemmer ( "Survivors") are described as aides to a general; the rank could be a position but this seems unlikely.
It would be easy to assume something along the lines of using staff ranks for army (i.e., Brigadier General to Five Star General) for the admiralty and navy ranks for all other commissioned officers (Captain down to ensign) but this is contradicted by the use of characters having the rank of colonel.
Garibaldi confirms the existence of admirals even though they are never seen but perhaps in the field they are referred to as either general or captain.
Update: It does seem that Earth Force officers hold two ranks simultaneously. Corwin is referred to as a Second Lieutenant in season two but he is promoted from Lieutenant (junior grade) to full Lieutenant. Takeshima is described as both a Lieutenant and Lieutenant-Commander.
I can't say that major is a position given to a general's aide because of the character Major Krantz.
I think this can be clarified if we consider Earth Force to be two organisations: the space navy and off-world security. The position of captain exists in title only.
So for the navy*:
Admiral (one to five star)
then
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Major*
Lieutenant
Lieutenant (junior grade)
Ensign
and infantry/security:
General (one to five star)
then
Colonel
Major
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Sergeant
Lieutenant
I think it best if we assume that in general the latter ranks are generally used. Therefore a former star ship captain, Lochley, can be promoted to Colonel and a Colonel can outrank a Commander.
*The only discrepancy could be in the first series, which implies that the ranking systems used refer to that used by the Royal Air Force and most Armies, hence "Major" Kemmer.
From series two the following system could be used for the main ranks, with naval terminology only used aboard warships
General etc.
Colonel
=Captain (Navy)
Lieutenant Colonel
=Commander/(either rank referred to as) Major (with comparison to separate branches of the service)
Commander
=Lieutenant Commander (Navy)
Lieutenant Commander
=Lieutenant (Navy)
First Lieutenant
=Lieutenant (junior grade) (Navy)
(or Gunnery Sergeant in some cases)
Second Lieutenant=Ensign (Navy)
(or Pilot Officer, especially in series one referring to Sinclair's Earth Force career)
General (one to five star)
then
Colonel
Major
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Sergeant
Lieutenant
I think it best if we assume that in general the latter ranks are generally used. Therefore a former star ship captain, Lochley, can be promoted to Colonel and a Colonel can outrank a Commander.
*The only discrepancy could be in the first series, which implies that the ranking systems used refer to that used by the Royal Air Force and most Armies, hence "Major" Kemmer.
From series two the following system could be used for the main ranks, with naval terminology only used aboard warships
General etc.
Colonel
=Captain (Navy)
Lieutenant Colonel
=Commander/(either rank referred to as) Major (with comparison to separate branches of the service)
Commander
=Lieutenant Commander (Navy)
Lieutenant Commander
=Lieutenant (Navy)
First Lieutenant
=Lieutenant (junior grade) (Navy)
(or Gunnery Sergeant in some cases)
Second Lieutenant=Ensign (Navy)
(or Pilot Officer, especially in series one referring to Sinclair's Earth Force career)
Thursday, 15 September 2016
Jack Sparks
Thought I'd post a review of "The Last Days of Jack Sparks".....on Legal Sméagol. Ha ha.
#JackSparks
Just finished named novel, couldn't help thinking of the following lyrics. Really sums the novel up, no spoilers, but the book ends up being a supernatural odyssey of self-harm and time-travelling ghosts. Or is it?
#JackSparks
Just finished named novel, couldn't help thinking of the following lyrics. Really sums the novel up, no spoilers, but the book ends up being a supernatural odyssey of self-harm and time-travelling ghosts. Or is it?
Monday, 17 November 2014
Monday, 29 April 2013
Star Wars
For the record I hope for the three or more new Star Wars films Disney provides new characters and adds to the story.
However I wonder, tho a lot of fans may be pissed off by this, what if they had a Yuuzhan Vong/Courtship of Princess Leia arc? Basically they'd reference or introduce the Yuuzhan Vong as invading the galaxy but the first film will mainly be a version of "The Courtship of Princess Leia", albeit Leia is a fully trained Jedi, it's 40 years later to account for the actors aging, and she never married or had children with Han Solo. Han could be say a Grand Admiral or a Senator, or even the President of the New Republic/Galactic Federation of Free Alliances.
The next one, well I had the idea of doing a Yoda movie where basically his home planet/people are all (or were all cos it'd be set 900 odd years earlier) brainwashed by the Yuuzhan Vong and he ends up destroying them to save the rest of the galaxy. Or summat.
Third one: The Boba Fett movie, ending with his activities during the Yuuzhan Vong war.
Though to be honest I think they should have new characters and enemies.
Copyright me 2013
However I wonder, tho a lot of fans may be pissed off by this, what if they had a Yuuzhan Vong/Courtship of Princess Leia arc? Basically they'd reference or introduce the Yuuzhan Vong as invading the galaxy but the first film will mainly be a version of "The Courtship of Princess Leia", albeit Leia is a fully trained Jedi, it's 40 years later to account for the actors aging, and she never married or had children with Han Solo. Han could be say a Grand Admiral or a Senator, or even the President of the New Republic/Galactic Federation of Free Alliances.
The next one, well I had the idea of doing a Yoda movie where basically his home planet/people are all (or were all cos it'd be set 900 odd years earlier) brainwashed by the Yuuzhan Vong and he ends up destroying them to save the rest of the galaxy. Or summat.
Third one: The Boba Fett movie, ending with his activities during the Yuuzhan Vong war.
Though to be honest I think they should have new characters and enemies.
Copyright me 2013
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Babylon 5: The Sinclair Years
2258
Week 52: Shadows assassinate President Santiago
2259
Week 26: Major Krantz joins the Rangers and sends his Second to Babylon 5 to recruit and train some of the Lurkers. Garibaldi is made aware of this and is sworn to secrecy, Ivanova finds out anyway but does not reveal this until the rest of the command staff are made aware of the Rangers and Shadows
Week 42: Delenn takes command of the Rangers after dissolving the Grey Council and orders the design and construction of the White Star fleet
Week 52: Fall of Narn; Kosh reveals himself to save Sinclair from a Centauri assassin
2260
Week One: Shadows begin attacking League worlds
Week Eleven: Garibaldi recieves a communique from Talia Winters on Mars
Week Twelve: Ivanova recieves a distress signal from a future Babylon 5
Week Thirteen: All civilian and military communications to Babylon 5 from Earth cease
Week Fourteen: No more transports arrive at Babylon 5 from the Solar System
Week Fifteen: EarthForce considers Babylon 5 station destroyed
Week Sixteen: Garibaldi and Lyta Alexander arrive at Mars. It's a trap conceived by Psi Corps. Garibaldi is captured, Lyta barely escapes back to Babylon 5.
Week Seventeen: Sinclair and Zathras take Babylon 4 back one thousand years. Before this he tells Sinclair he is the One Who Was, he tells Delenn she is the One Who Is and he tells Ivanova she is the One Who Will Be
Week Thirty: Marcus Cole arrives at Babylon 5 in White Star One. He informs Delenn that the Warrior Caste has seceded from the Minbari Federation. Lieutenant-Commander Ivanova, Zack Allan, Lyta Alexander and Doctor Franklin are told about the Rangers and the Shadows. Zack takes over Security in Garibaldi's absence. Ivanova promotes herself to Commander and takes over overall control of Babylon 5.
Week Thirty-Two: With the aid of the Mars Resistance and the Rangers who smuggle them to Mars, Lyta and Franklin successfully rescue Talia.
Week Thirty-Three: Kosh restores Talia's original personality
Week Forty: The beginnings of a Telepath Colony on Babylon 5. Lurkers and others are recruited by security and maintenance with the absence of new recruits from Earth.
Week Fifty : Citizen G'kar is captured on Narn and brought to Centauri Prime.
Week Fifty-Two: Telepath War Round One: Psi Cops via their dupes seize control of a dozen Earth warships, several outposts and all colonies beyond Mars, including Io.
2261
Week One: Clark isolates Earth and Mars from the rest of the Earth Alliance and declares Martial Law
Week Two: Lyta returns to Mars to organise resistance against the Psi Corps
Week Four: The Drakh begin to attack League Worlds randomly using Centauri Prime as a base
Week Fifteen: The EAS Agamenmon, under the command of John Sheridan, recieves a distress signal apparently from Babylon 4.
Week Thirty-Five: Fall of Centauri Prime. Shadows install Londo Mollari as puppet Emperor. Unknown to Mollari they establish a base on Centauri Prime.
Week Forty: Garibaldi returns to Babylon 5
Week Fifty-One: Minbari renegades begin attacking Earth Alliance outposts
Week Fifty-Two: Realising his mistake but unable to challenge the Shadows or Morden directly, Londo arranges for G'kar to escape back to Babylon 5 to warn Ivanova about the Shadows. In return he ends the occupation of Narn.
2262
Week One: Garibaldi takes over Ivanova's role in Command and Control.
Week Ten: Telepath War Round Two; Garibaldi betrays Ivanova by allowing a covert team of Psi Cops aboard to destroy the Telepath Colony. Shadows, who came alongside the Psi Corps insertion, murder Kosh. Vorlons retaliate by attacking planets associated with the Shadows or hiding Shadow vessels.
Week Eleven: Ambassador G'kar donates 300 Narns to help with station security. Lyta returns to Babylon 5.
Weeks Twenty to Thirty: Telepath War Round Three; Open conflict between ships loyal to Clark or the Psi Corps and those opposing
Week Forty : Vorlons reveal their Planet Killers
Week Forty-One: Ivanova and Delenn order the Rangers to seek out the remaining First Ones.
Week Forty-Four: Lyta removes the Psi Corps conditioning from Garibaldi
Week Forty-Two: Telepath War Round Four; Psi Corps military and research bases on Earth and Mars are destroyed.
Week Forty-Five: Valen returns to Minbar and unites the castes. Delenn sets up new Interstellar Alliance; Minbari Federation, Epsilon 3, Narn Regime and Babylon 5 are founding members. The former League worlds join later.
Week Forty-Seven: Earth anti-Clark forces join with Minbari Warrior Caste forces in destroying Vorlon Planet Killer
Week Forty-Eight: First Ones destroy second Planet Killer.
Week Fifty: Agamenmon tows Babylon 4 to the Epsilon system; Ivanova takes over Rangers for President Delenn using the station as a base. Other races are permitted to join the Rangers.
Week Fifty-One: Sinclair-Valen resumes command of Babylon 5 just as the Shadow Death Cloud approaches the Epsilon System.
2263
Week One: To end the Shadow War once and for all Lyta destroys Z'ha'dum by turning its defenses against itself, after commandeering a White Star for the purpose. Drall dismantles the Death Cloud after the Shadows shut it down.
Week Two: Garibaldi, Franklin and Talia kidnap President Clark; being smuggled in and out of EarthDome by General Hague. The connections between Clark, the Psi Corps and the Shadows are revealed in public.
Week Four: First Ones convince Vorlons to leave galaxy; beginning of Third Age of Mankind
Week Thirty: The reconstituted Earth Senate removes bans on telepaths serving in the military and dismantles the resettlement camps for rouge telepaths. There are still stiff penalties against unauthorised scans.
Weeks Thirty to Forty: Sporadic attacks by Clark loyalists against Alliance members
Week Forty: Shadow tech illegally held by elements of the Earth Alliance is confiscated and destroyed.
Week Fifty: The Earth Alliance joins the Interstellar Alliance
2264
John Sheridan elected President of the Earth Alliance
2265
The Psi Corps is officially disbanded and all dupes reprogrammed by order of the EA Senate but Lyta Alexander is exiled from the Earth Alliance along with other resistance leaders. Eventually a small group of followers settle on Vorlon after dismantling the local jumpgate to avoid retaliation.
2272
G'kar elected Interstellar Alliance President
2278
Mollari and G'kar kill each other to avoid Shadow retribution. On Mollari's death, 100 fusion bombs connected to Mollari's central nervous system as a dead man's switch, detonate destroying all remaining Shadow vessels and thralls. Vir Cotto crowned Emperor. Execution of Morden. Centauri Republic joins IA.
2258
Week 52: Shadows assassinate President Santiago
2259
Week 26: Major Krantz joins the Rangers and sends his Second to Babylon 5 to recruit and train some of the Lurkers. Garibaldi is made aware of this and is sworn to secrecy, Ivanova finds out anyway but does not reveal this until the rest of the command staff are made aware of the Rangers and Shadows
Week 42: Delenn takes command of the Rangers after dissolving the Grey Council and orders the design and construction of the White Star fleet
Week 52: Fall of Narn; Kosh reveals himself to save Sinclair from a Centauri assassin
2260
Week One: Shadows begin attacking League worlds
Week Eleven: Garibaldi recieves a communique from Talia Winters on Mars
Week Twelve: Ivanova recieves a distress signal from a future Babylon 5
Week Thirteen: All civilian and military communications to Babylon 5 from Earth cease
Week Fourteen: No more transports arrive at Babylon 5 from the Solar System
Week Fifteen: EarthForce considers Babylon 5 station destroyed
Week Sixteen: Garibaldi and Lyta Alexander arrive at Mars. It's a trap conceived by Psi Corps. Garibaldi is captured, Lyta barely escapes back to Babylon 5.
Week Seventeen: Sinclair and Zathras take Babylon 4 back one thousand years. Before this he tells Sinclair he is the One Who Was, he tells Delenn she is the One Who Is and he tells Ivanova she is the One Who Will Be
Week Thirty: Marcus Cole arrives at Babylon 5 in White Star One. He informs Delenn that the Warrior Caste has seceded from the Minbari Federation. Lieutenant-Commander Ivanova, Zack Allan, Lyta Alexander and Doctor Franklin are told about the Rangers and the Shadows. Zack takes over Security in Garibaldi's absence. Ivanova promotes herself to Commander and takes over overall control of Babylon 5.
Week Thirty-Two: With the aid of the Mars Resistance and the Rangers who smuggle them to Mars, Lyta and Franklin successfully rescue Talia.
Week Thirty-Three: Kosh restores Talia's original personality
Week Forty: The beginnings of a Telepath Colony on Babylon 5. Lurkers and others are recruited by security and maintenance with the absence of new recruits from Earth.
Week Fifty : Citizen G'kar is captured on Narn and brought to Centauri Prime.
Week Fifty-Two: Telepath War Round One: Psi Cops via their dupes seize control of a dozen Earth warships, several outposts and all colonies beyond Mars, including Io.
2261
Week One: Clark isolates Earth and Mars from the rest of the Earth Alliance and declares Martial Law
Week Two: Lyta returns to Mars to organise resistance against the Psi Corps
Week Four: The Drakh begin to attack League Worlds randomly using Centauri Prime as a base
Week Fifteen: The EAS Agamenmon, under the command of John Sheridan, recieves a distress signal apparently from Babylon 4.
Week Thirty-Five: Fall of Centauri Prime. Shadows install Londo Mollari as puppet Emperor. Unknown to Mollari they establish a base on Centauri Prime.
Week Forty: Garibaldi returns to Babylon 5
Week Fifty-One: Minbari renegades begin attacking Earth Alliance outposts
Week Fifty-Two: Realising his mistake but unable to challenge the Shadows or Morden directly, Londo arranges for G'kar to escape back to Babylon 5 to warn Ivanova about the Shadows. In return he ends the occupation of Narn.
2262
Week One: Garibaldi takes over Ivanova's role in Command and Control.
Week Ten: Telepath War Round Two; Garibaldi betrays Ivanova by allowing a covert team of Psi Cops aboard to destroy the Telepath Colony. Shadows, who came alongside the Psi Corps insertion, murder Kosh. Vorlons retaliate by attacking planets associated with the Shadows or hiding Shadow vessels.
Week Eleven: Ambassador G'kar donates 300 Narns to help with station security. Lyta returns to Babylon 5.
Weeks Twenty to Thirty: Telepath War Round Three; Open conflict between ships loyal to Clark or the Psi Corps and those opposing
Week Forty : Vorlons reveal their Planet Killers
Week Forty-One: Ivanova and Delenn order the Rangers to seek out the remaining First Ones.
Week Forty-Four: Lyta removes the Psi Corps conditioning from Garibaldi
Week Forty-Two: Telepath War Round Four; Psi Corps military and research bases on Earth and Mars are destroyed.
Week Forty-Five: Valen returns to Minbar and unites the castes. Delenn sets up new Interstellar Alliance; Minbari Federation, Epsilon 3, Narn Regime and Babylon 5 are founding members. The former League worlds join later.
Week Forty-Seven: Earth anti-Clark forces join with Minbari Warrior Caste forces in destroying Vorlon Planet Killer
Week Forty-Eight: First Ones destroy second Planet Killer.
Week Fifty: Agamenmon tows Babylon 4 to the Epsilon system; Ivanova takes over Rangers for President Delenn using the station as a base. Other races are permitted to join the Rangers.
Week Fifty-One: Sinclair-Valen resumes command of Babylon 5 just as the Shadow Death Cloud approaches the Epsilon System.
2263
Week One: To end the Shadow War once and for all Lyta destroys Z'ha'dum by turning its defenses against itself, after commandeering a White Star for the purpose. Drall dismantles the Death Cloud after the Shadows shut it down.
Week Two: Garibaldi, Franklin and Talia kidnap President Clark; being smuggled in and out of EarthDome by General Hague. The connections between Clark, the Psi Corps and the Shadows are revealed in public.
Week Four: First Ones convince Vorlons to leave galaxy; beginning of Third Age of Mankind
Week Thirty: The reconstituted Earth Senate removes bans on telepaths serving in the military and dismantles the resettlement camps for rouge telepaths. There are still stiff penalties against unauthorised scans.
Weeks Thirty to Forty: Sporadic attacks by Clark loyalists against Alliance members
Week Forty: Shadow tech illegally held by elements of the Earth Alliance is confiscated and destroyed.
Week Fifty: The Earth Alliance joins the Interstellar Alliance
2264
John Sheridan elected President of the Earth Alliance
2265
The Psi Corps is officially disbanded and all dupes reprogrammed by order of the EA Senate but Lyta Alexander is exiled from the Earth Alliance along with other resistance leaders. Eventually a small group of followers settle on Vorlon after dismantling the local jumpgate to avoid retaliation.
2272
G'kar elected Interstellar Alliance President
2278
Mollari and G'kar kill each other to avoid Shadow retribution. On Mollari's death, 100 fusion bombs connected to Mollari's central nervous system as a dead man's switch, detonate destroying all remaining Shadow vessels and thralls. Vir Cotto crowned Emperor. Execution of Morden. Centauri Republic joins IA.
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