Just curios,Excalibur is a combination of Vorlon,Minbari and Earth,so,if we took a Vorlon ship or even a Shadow one,and put it one on one with the Excalibur,who would win?
Minbari is a weaker race compared to the Vorlons or Shadows,did they use some Vorlon and some Minbari tech to make Excalibur,or is Excalibur full minbari and full vorlon tech combined together?Does this mean,that IF EVER,the shadows returned,the Excalibur can really kick their butts?
Just curios,Excalibur is a combination of Vorlon,Minbari and Earth,so,if we took a Vorlon ship or even a Shadow one,and put it one on one with the Excalibur,who would win?
Minbari is a weaker race compared to the Vorlons or Shadows,did they use some Vorlon and some Minbari tech to make Excalibur,or is Excalibur full minbari and full vorlon tech combined together?Does this mean,that IF EVER,the shadows returned,the Excalibur can really kick their butts?
AMS wrote:
The Vorlons gave the Minbari sufficient technology to permit the White Stars to destroy the Shadow Battle Crabs. This technology was included in the Excalibur.
Well, a White Star could take out a Shadow Battle Crab assuming that a telepath had knocked out the Shadow ship's brain.
From what we've seen, there's no doubt that the Excalibur's main guns would utterly destroy a Shadow ship, ...
...and all available power was routed to the main gun,and the main gun was able to hit it with sustained fire of about 10 to 15 seconds. Also, remember it takes 20 minutes to recharge the jump engines after that.
...and all available power was routed to the main gun,and the main gun was able to hit it with sustained fire of about 10 to 15 seconds. Also, remember it takes 20 minutes to recharge the jump engines after that.
It was about 20 minutes to burn through a Shadow Crab, that is why Lyta was so tired in "Walkabout". Fast burns required two ships.
From what we've seen, there's no doubt that the Excalibur's main guns would utterly destroy a Shadow ship, ...
There's no doubt that the Excalibur's main gun would destroy a Shadow fighter or Shadow Scout ship. But a Battlecrab? Forget about it. Excalibur does not have the necessary duration. Best bet is to use all four of the secondary guns at once, and do it with sustained fire.
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From what we've seen, there's no doubt that the Excalibur's main guns would utterly destroy a Shadow ship, ...
There's no doubt that the Excalibur's main gun would destroy a Shadow fighter or Shadow Scout ship. But a Battlecrab? Forget about it. Excalibur does not have the necessary duration. Best bet is to use all four of the secondary guns at once, and do it with sustained fire.
I don't know that the Excalibur would need a prolonged duration. The main guns were purported to be the most powerful weapon in the Alliance arsenal. It is the proverbial "alley cleaner." One shot wiped out a huge Drakh transport and several support ships in the last aired episode of Crusade. It took 6 or 8 Whitestars to destroy the similarly large Drakh mothership on Babylon 5.
That Drakh mothership was supposed to be alomst 25 miles long? Wow. It didn't look THAT big.
"Lines of Communication" was the one I was addressing as well. At the time, I would've sworn that ship was referred to as a mothership.
I never addressed the Excalibur taking on a Vorlon, just a Shadow. And those ships did seem somewhat vulnerable - if you could hit them.
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