Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141214213749/@comment-8881468-20151218083440

86.171.87.114 wrote: A few things that cropped up in my mind. As both Star wars and 40K are fictional and live largely outside the realms of actual science...are that...

Who decides what means of travel is used? FTL or the warp? I don't agree that it would default to the warp so in reality I think that any conflict should be by the universes own rules. So Star Wars vessels shouldn't become Chaos infected hulks as this doesn't - to my knowledge - happen in their universe.

As a result, it is not fair in my estimations to fully discount the Jedi skills due to blanks as it is not 100% clear that the Blanks will counter the Jedi's interactions with 'the force' as it is not 100% the same as the way that 40K pyshics operate. For example, Obi Wan knew of a large scale number of deaths (fairly unconnected to him) when the Deathstar fired on Alderan, This is not something which I am especially aware of 40K psyhics doing. Not in the same manner anyway. otherwise you'd have them keeling over all the time in the Grimdark of 40K.

The Star Wars Republic also had access to large, wheeled land tanks (Juggernauts? Might be making there names up but they are in the visual dictionaries) among other weapons of war.

I would also say that it is not 100% fair to say that all of the races of the 40k universe would go and trample the Galactic Empire. Given that it would be a cultural thing, the Rebels would likely want to fight off the Imperium as much as anyone so again, I think that it would be more like the entire Star Wars and entire 40K galaxies fighting each other, if anything just to preserve their own ways. That is not to say that sometimes treaties and allies of convenience wouldn't occur at times.

I'd suggest that a Space Marine Vs. Jedi fight would probably be something along the lines of a Space Marine fighting a Eldar Farseer or maybe more like a warlock. Highly agile, physically empowered, determined, disciplined and fragile if not used correctly. I think they would give a Marine cause for concern but could be overcame, if the right tactics were used.

1. FTL is only an abbreviation, it means "faster than light"  in Warhammer 40k that mewans using warp space and warp drives, in SW it means "hyperspace" and hyperdrives. however as per definition of wookiepdedia, hyperspace is another dimension only reached when travelling at lightspeed or faster. They share commonalities such as "stable routes" and things like ""We live on a ship powered by energies that sunder cause and effect, beginning and end…hyperspace is a mystery more profound than gods and demons."" form Star Wars Battlefront.. Wether you use the word "hyperspace" or Warp makes little difference.

2. If you want them to duke it out, you have to put them into contact, which means you put both under the same set of rules as the other. which means that the warp and the entities would exist in the SW universe as well, only that there are more filthy xenos around.

3. psykers actually feeld the shockwave in the warp fropm deaths (s inquisition war series as easiest examnple)  not to mentiuon that psykers feel corruption in the air and whatnot, the chaos stench actually influences non psykers as well ^^

okay so it means that jedi would be lamenting and uncomforatbale in a lot of places.

4. Blanks do not only affecxt psykers, they are a "soul void" that means he gets negative reactions from all people aorund them. Blanks are generally not the most well liked people as they are always subject to aversion from normal humans. everybody is not really comfortable aorund them.

5. please tell me, would you want to put your juggernaut up vs Titans or Shadowswords or heck even the several hundred Tanks that make up one armoured regiment? The IoM might have less power/shot yet it can throw a much more staggering amount of force (people and vehicles) at a target. and honestly as soon as the Gal Imp has to hold ground, they are fucked.

6. Republic era Star wars is also fucked because Exterminatus. the death star is the first contrruction to achieve that in star wars, whereas that procedure is pretty much a normality in W40k. meaning: we cnanot win, bomb that shit and honesatly.. jedi vs lifeeater virus will be amusing.

7. Galkactic republic is not a unified entity, planets are their own governments thjin  of it as several thousand parties having to decide on a goal. IoM is like: Segementum  Comman oor the Lord Sector MIlitant gives and order and Millions of people and thousands of vehicles and the navy are mobilized and arses shall be kicked with the rigfhteous fury of the emperor.-

8 "Nanosecond reflexes?" Since when? I'm sure that Space Marines do have heightened reflexes when compared to normal humans, and there are mutations that give a small amount of space marines what could be considered "nanosecond reflexes" (see Mantis Warriors). But the prescient power of the force would be able to counteract even the quickest reflexes.

reminds me rather of episode 1, where annakins reflexes are simply due to precognitive skills based on the force, however minute theyxmay be.

problemsd: Blanks and honjestly psykers with the same abilities ^^.