Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141214213749/@comment-25527949-20151216233042

People don’t have a lot of faith in Star Wars around here! *looks around* Oh yeah. Anyway, these are some of the arguments that could be used to counter what has been said here. Note that these are not necessarily my opinions, so don’t get too enragedJ.

First off, let’s assume that the battle is between the Republic during the Clone Wars era and the Imperium of Mankind. Naturally, the Imperium commands a lot more troops, but think about how long it would take to actually bring that might to bear upon the much more nimble Star Wars forces. There are cases where it has taken months, years, or even decades for the Imperium to get an effective Imperial Guard campaign running. That leaves the Space Marines as the “quick-response team” to hold fight against the Republic. I think we can all agree that Space Marines are better man for man than clones. However, I believe that the clones and their Jedi generals would be able to outmaneuver the Space Marines and destroy them piece by piece. Don’t get me wrong, I know that Space Marines are capable of tactical genius, but they have the unfortunate tendency to split their troops into smaller groups, making them easier to grind down.

Now, we come to the problem of Jedi. Space Marines are not the equivalent of Jedi. They may be strong and well armored, but they lack THE MYSTICAL POWER OF THE FORCE!!! Psykers, on the other hand, have Force-equivalent powers, but are too restricted by the laws of the Imperium to truly be a huge threat. Most of them are expended feeding the Golden Throne anyway J. What if there were Space Marine Psykers… oh wait, Grey Knights. These dudes would probably be pretty even with, or perhaps more powerful than most Jedi. However, their preference for deep strike tactics would allow them to get cut off and wiped out by an overwhelming amount of clones supported by Jedi. The other big threat to Jedi, assuming that the Force and the Warp are fairly similar constructs (Light side and Dark side, Order and Chaos), would be psychic blanks, and more specifically, Culexus Assassins. However, these people are fortunately very few in number. On a completely different note, power sword vs. lightsaber battles would be pretty cool.

Finally, we come to the plethora of war machines available to both sides. The Imperium has Titans that are able to ravage entire continents, along with massive tanks boasting 9 separate weapon systems and starships that measure multiple miles in length. The Republic has only AT-TE walkers and Star Destroyers (if they were called that in Republic times), which are considerably smaller than their Imperium counterparts. However, I think that Jedi would offset the Imperium’s massive advantage in firepower. Emperor-class Titan threatening a Republic position? Send in Obi-wan and Anakin, who will promptly infiltrate the Titan, kill everyone inside, and then set the reactor to self-destruct. As for space combat, the much more nimble fighters of the Republic would outmaneuver the Imperium’s own fighters and perform bombing runs on the very large and slow Imperium capitol ships. Not sure how much of an effect that would have, but it has to count for something.

Once again, these are not necessarily my opinions, just what I think could be used to counter “Imperium would win” arguments. I believe that the Imperium has an innate advantage in that it has been at war constantly for the last 10,000 years, and is thusly very experienced, while the Republic is comparatively new to war. I know that my arguments have many holes in them, but I hope that some of you will see that Star Wars vs. Warhammer 40k is not an entirely one-sided fight.

