hey all, just a quick question re death star 2, i was wondering if anyone out there in SWR land knows or is willing to estimate how complete was the 2nd DS was to completion?

 

im going to estimate a 66% percent but im shocking at estimating things like this, the reason i would like to know is im in the process of designing a new DS2 card and would like to get it as close as possible to the real thing. ive paid a visit to starwars.com and got the info off there which included total weapon numbers if completed, but the amount of weaponary on this thing is huge (so far the ion cannon has the least amount of turrets on any side at 1250 turrets, laser cannons are 1875, and turbo turrets are 7500. All figures are for each side).

 

Also im wondering if anyone knows on how to change the recharge rate of the superlaser as i would like to (if possible) tweak this in line with the the new card. Basicually im using a rule of a 33% increase in most stats keeping inline with the 33% increase in phyisical size.

 

any help with the completion % would be greatfully appreciated

well I asked it on the SW website so just check the Jedi Council these days

cool, thanks for that Sith_Lord, ill go and check to see if they answered it...i'd never thought of asking them

cool, thanks for that Sith_Lord, ill go and check to see if they answered it...i'd never thought of asking them

 

No Problem at I all I am curiuos myself you know...

Hi darth_ramoth did you ever find a answer to your question? I would have been quessing in the late 70's.

Structurally... quite high... 70-80%

 

Outfitting, i.e. weapons, life support, shielding... i'm going with a much lower figure... possibly nearer to 30%. Remember it was only being shielded by a planetary shield, and none of the lasers seen actually fire... so i'm guessing things like fire control weren't done either. Nor tractor beams. It was probably somewhat undercrewed too.

I will agree on the structure and outfitting but I saw some firing from the Death Star when Lando was making his run heading inside the DS. I also will mention that I thought the Emperor told Luke that the station was fully operational. He could have been talking about the death ray.

Yeah some of the turbolasers were firing... but i think that I (The Emperor) was referring to the superlaser being fully operational. I don't think i had all my tie squadrons embarked, and i'm pretty sure my tractor beams weren't operational.

Edited May 10, 200422 yr by ElvisMiggell

Here's a link on Death Stars: http://www.theforce.net/swtc/ds/

 

It has quite a lot about what we know of some of the features from what's seen in the films. I'm not sure if you'll find anything helpful but you might want to check it out .

7 hours later..... woah!

So have we got a final answer yet?

 

I would agree with Elvis that it must have been quite a high percentage. Remember that the Emperor said that the Death Star was fully operational...

Yeah though i'm pretty cecrtain that had it been finished it would have been a big ball, rather than having bits chipped off it!