Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-27642965-20160211003725/@comment-8881468-20160922115913

1. the metal slug van overload the shields of a ship, otherwise they f.e. would not have to do lightspeed calculations as it would not matter then wether thry came out in a sun or inside a planet/asteroid.if kinetic impacts where no problem, why would you evade asteroids if you got shields, why would ramming still be an issue

(sidentoe: I cannot really find any source for personal energy shields on SW, it ain't w40k or Dune.

2. still replaeable

3. difference between kinetic impatc and secondary effets.. the kinetic impact is the direct force or blunt trauma, whereas a blaster (which operates under the same principles as a laser weapon (wookiepedia, blaster article) will heat up particles and can thus offer a kinetic effect by heating up materials with different melting/boiling points and hence directed particle movement can happen (reactive armor fe.) and the first law of physics applies.

(sidenote: plot things like bleeding caused by heat damage, amusing and rather impossible)

3. compare the level of expertise and their fabrication to soldier training in the gal Imp, 9 years of constant focussed training does offer better products, that all go through the same regimen, the same standards.. they are manufactured, not trained, hence yes: by definition easily replaceable and interchangeable.

You do not get the mass argument now, do you...

The SW galactic empire never had to fight on the scale that the IoM is regularly engaged all the time.

1. they are not as unified

2. their total production is not geared towards conflict/output of weapons and the likes, whereas in the IoM everything is ultimately geared towards production of military goods.

3.As comparison: the sole manufacturer of all gal imp star destroyers is Kuat Drive yards, a company located in one system around one planet. (and we should not get into a time debate with the ~30-50 years gal imp or republic versus 10k+ in sw

You really want to compare that to all the forgeworlds and big shipyards in w40 k, heck even a non civilised world produced a cruiser in w40k lore (took them ages but still)

Sry but from many standpoints SW simply has not the material to actually put a dent in w40k.