Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141214213749/@comment-8881468-20151218102734

124.169.54.38 wrote: Firepower on IoM and GE ships are roughly in the same ballpark firepower wise, the only problem is that the IoM ships are much larger and completely outrange SW ships by a humungous margin, it isn't even funny. A single IoM vessel could take out several Star Destroyers before the SD's even get their own weapons into range.

Yer aware that the firepower difference between a frigate (which is about the same size as a Star Destroyer or Capital ship in SW) and a cruiser, destroyer or battleship are quite different

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Venator-class_Star_Destroyer

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_I-class_Star_Destroyer

versus

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Firestorm-class_Frigate

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Dictator-class_Cruiser

or to quote Lexicanum (or battlefleet gothic) "Battleships are huge vessels, with colossal amounts of weapons and shields, and usually serve as the flagship for the Admiral of the Fleet, though this is not always necessarily the case. Although very powerful, battleships are very slow to manoeuvre and cannot react quickly to enemies that rapidly change course. Imperial battleships can have crews of anywhere between 25,000 to 3,000,000 or more depending on sources, including large numbers of Imperial Navy armsmen to defend against enemy boarding assaults. Battleships can be up to 8 kilometres from prow to stern and displace billions of tons."

Avenger Class Grand Cruiser Exorcist Class Grand Cruiser
 * Dimensions: 7.5 km long, 1.8 km abeam at fins approx.[2]
 * Mass: 40 megatonnes approx.[2]
 * Crew: 141,000 crew; approx.[2]
 * Dimensions: 7.3 km long, 1.1 km abeam at fins approx.[2]
 * Mass: 37 megatonnes approx.[2]
 * Crew: 112,000 crew; approx.[2]

Tje Imperial Navy has more Dakka, More Vehicles and more crew.