tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post6244392192499394594..comments2023-09-02T21:41:54.953-05:00Comments on ST-v-SW.Net: The Blog: Brilliant Point on HothGuardianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284444370958467313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-69059640226542824202009-08-13T17:15:02.013-05:002009-08-13T17:15:02.013-05:00According to Warsies, hand-blasters have kiloton y...According to Warsies, hand-blasters have kiloton yields.<br /><br />As to the ice, however, we don't know the depth of it; for example, the ice at the South Pole is 2100 meters thick, and on Hoth it could be even more. So they could claim that a kiloton-level blaster would simply make a hole in it that's about 2 meters wide, and 2000 deep.<br /><br />Likewise, there's the issue of AT-AT shield-geneators, which warsies will also simply claim are capable generating the same amount of energy as the AT-AT's themselves-- and thus could ABSORB that much kinetic energy from the rebel fighters.IMR2D2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09434896673441895171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-63679044258682426132009-08-05T18:32:57.837-05:002009-08-05T18:32:57.837-05:00Honestly, *Shrug* There is not going to be any ge...Honestly, *Shrug* There is not going to be any getting through to them. We at no point saw any rock in Hoth base, as they claim, to support the idea that the AT-AT's were firing at the actual structure of the base. The shaking seen in the movie actually starts farther out, before the walkers were even spotted, and supports the alternative hypothosis of the walker's own weight causing the ice and snow to shift, and accidentally causing damage to the base that way. An AT-AT is a multi-kiloton object. If that's stomping around on a glacier, and you're in the glacier, in some fancy smanchy snow-base, it's going to have an effect on you. <br /><br />Also, the only time anything that even remotely can be claimed to be kiloton level firepower from these walkers would be the power generator. The problem is, that creates extenuating circumstances in this case, namely that it's... a power generator. There is already something going on. When breached, that power GOES SOMEWHERE. Namely, a fireball of epic proportions.<br /><br />Also, Snowspeeders were being SHOT DOWN, not VAPORIZED IN A MASSIVE BALL OF FIRE, like getting hit with nuke-level firepower would suggest.<br /><br />Third, the very fact that there was still untouched snow at the end of the battle suggests that no thermal bloom from ANY kiloton level event ever took place, or else at minimum, the snow would have at least flash-boiled for a bit, before cooling into a thick cloud of vapor in the air, which would have induced twilight conditions, maybe freezing into a thick layer of ice over any solid objects on a firm foundation that would have survived.<br /><br />We see none of these things.<br /><br />Instead, we have ice falling in the base, before the assault, in time to what sounds like... walking. Is it that hard to equate to "The AT-ATs are so terrifyingly huge that they're felt before seen?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com