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Death Star Question
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:19 pm
Watching all this shite on History and Discover about science of Star Wars it got me to thinking. When Han, Chewy, Obi one, and Luke were chasing a Tie Fighter towards the death star, Han said hes going towards that small moon. Ben in turn said, That's no moon. It's a space station. Even it is the size of our moon that fricker would be huge. How do you go about working in something that big? I mean it would take you 10-20 hours to get to the other side. Discuss.
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Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:29 pm to RAGINTIGER
why would you have to go to the other side?
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:30 pm to True23Tiger
Dunno. Might have a point, but it would be a bitch to go see cousin darth.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:49 pm to RAGINTIGER
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How do you go about working in something that big? I mean it would take you 10-20 hours to get to the other side
If they have the technology to build a space station, I'm sure they have the technology to transport people inside of it relatively quickly.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:54 pm to H-Town Tiger
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If they have the technology to build a space station, I'm sure they have the technology to transport people inside of it relatively quickly
Yet they can't even put in a railing because they are scared of people leaning
---thanks Family Guy
Posted on 8/20/08 at 8:04 pm to RAGINTIGER
A celestial body classified as a moon can be really small, comparatively, as well.
This post was edited on 8/20/08 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 8/20/08 at 8:07 pm to RAGINTIGER
Randal: So they build another Death Star, right?
Dante: Yeah.
Randal: Now the first one they built was completed and fully operational before the Rebels destroyed it.
Dante: Luke blew it up. Give credit where it's due.
Randal:And the second one was still being built when they blew it up.
Dante: Compliments of Lando Calrissian.
Randal: Something just never sat right with me the second time they destroyed it. I could never put my finger on it-something just wasn't right.
Dante: And you figured it out?
Randal: Well, the thing is, the first Death Star was manned by the Imperial army-storm troopers, dignitaries- the only people onboard were Imperials.
Dante: Basically.
Randal: So when they blew it up, no prob. Evil is punished.
Dante: And the second time around...?
Randal: The second time around, it wasn't even finished yet. They were still under construction.
Dante: So?
Randal: A construction job of that magnitude would require a helluva lot more manpower than the Imperial army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working on that thing: plumbers, aluminum siders, roofers.
Dante: Not just Imperials, is what you're getting at.
Randal: Exactly. In order to get it built quickly and quietly they'd hire anybody who could do the job. Do you think the average storm trooper knows how to install a toilet main? All they know is killing and white uniforms.
Dante: All right, so even if independent contractors are working on the Death Star, why are you uneasy with its destruction?
Randal: All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed- casualties of a war they had nothing to do with. (notices Dante's confusion) All right, look-you're a roofer, and some juicy government contract comes your way; you got the wife and kids and the two-story in suburbia-this is a government contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with lasers and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn't ask for that. You have no personal politics. You're just trying to scrape out a living.
(The Blue-Collar Man (Thomas Burke) joins them.)
Blue-Collar Man: Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt, but what were you talking about?
Randal: The ending of Return of the Jedi.
Dante: My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed by the rebels.
Blue-Collar Man: Well, I'm a contractor myself. I'm a roofer... (digs into pocket and produces business card) Dunn and Reddy Home Improvements. And speaking as a roofer, I can say that a roofer's personal politics come heavily into play when choosing jobs.
Randal: Like when?
Blue-Collar Man: Three months ago I was offered a job up in the hills. A beautiful house with tons of property. It was a simple reshingling job, but I was told that if it was finished within a day, my price would be doubled. Then I realized whose house it was.
Dante: Whose house was it?
Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
Blue-Collar Man: The same. The money was right, but the risk was too big. I knew who he was, and based on that, I passed the job on to a friend of mine.
Dante: Based on personal politics.
Blue-Collar Man: Right. And that week, the Foresci family put a hit on Babyface's house. My friend was shot and killed. He wasn't even finished shingling.
Randal: No way!
Blue-Collar Man: (paying for coffee) I'm alive because I knew there were risks involved taking on that particular client. My friend wasn't so lucky. (pauses to reflect) You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this... (taps his heart) not his wallet
Dante: Yeah.
Randal: Now the first one they built was completed and fully operational before the Rebels destroyed it.
Dante: Luke blew it up. Give credit where it's due.
Randal:And the second one was still being built when they blew it up.
Dante: Compliments of Lando Calrissian.
Randal: Something just never sat right with me the second time they destroyed it. I could never put my finger on it-something just wasn't right.
Dante: And you figured it out?
Randal: Well, the thing is, the first Death Star was manned by the Imperial army-storm troopers, dignitaries- the only people onboard were Imperials.
Dante: Basically.
Randal: So when they blew it up, no prob. Evil is punished.
Dante: And the second time around...?
Randal: The second time around, it wasn't even finished yet. They were still under construction.
Dante: So?
Randal: A construction job of that magnitude would require a helluva lot more manpower than the Imperial army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working on that thing: plumbers, aluminum siders, roofers.
Dante: Not just Imperials, is what you're getting at.
Randal: Exactly. In order to get it built quickly and quietly they'd hire anybody who could do the job. Do you think the average storm trooper knows how to install a toilet main? All they know is killing and white uniforms.
Dante: All right, so even if independent contractors are working on the Death Star, why are you uneasy with its destruction?
Randal: All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed- casualties of a war they had nothing to do with. (notices Dante's confusion) All right, look-you're a roofer, and some juicy government contract comes your way; you got the wife and kids and the two-story in suburbia-this is a government contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with lasers and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn't ask for that. You have no personal politics. You're just trying to scrape out a living.
(The Blue-Collar Man (Thomas Burke) joins them.)
Blue-Collar Man: Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt, but what were you talking about?
Randal: The ending of Return of the Jedi.
Dante: My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed by the rebels.
Blue-Collar Man: Well, I'm a contractor myself. I'm a roofer... (digs into pocket and produces business card) Dunn and Reddy Home Improvements. And speaking as a roofer, I can say that a roofer's personal politics come heavily into play when choosing jobs.
Randal: Like when?
Blue-Collar Man: Three months ago I was offered a job up in the hills. A beautiful house with tons of property. It was a simple reshingling job, but I was told that if it was finished within a day, my price would be doubled. Then I realized whose house it was.
Dante: Whose house was it?
Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
Blue-Collar Man: The same. The money was right, but the risk was too big. I knew who he was, and based on that, I passed the job on to a friend of mine.
Dante: Based on personal politics.
Blue-Collar Man: Right. And that week, the Foresci family put a hit on Babyface's house. My friend was shot and killed. He wasn't even finished shingling.
Randal: No way!
Blue-Collar Man: (paying for coffee) I'm alive because I knew there were risks involved taking on that particular client. My friend wasn't so lucky. (pauses to reflect) You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this... (taps his heart) not his wallet
Posted on 8/20/08 at 8:36 pm to Roughneck
^^^^^that was awesome.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 9:20 pm to RAGINTIGER
Why if you were in Empire Logistics would you ever have a need to physically go to Empire R&D? I mean seriously.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 9:36 pm to RAGINTIGER
moving sidewalks 
i would imagine an elaborate shuttle system.
i would imagine an elaborate shuttle system.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 9:41 pm to Hero0831
All of this was going on "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."
Their technology was far superior to what we have today. If they have developed light sabers, R2-D2 units, among other things, don't you think they would be able to get to one side of the Death Star to the other in a matter of seconds?
They figured it out in Space Balls, even though it may not put you together correctly.
Their technology was far superior to what we have today. If they have developed light sabers, R2-D2 units, among other things, don't you think they would be able to get to one side of the Death Star to the other in a matter of seconds?
They figured it out in Space Balls, even though it may not put you together correctly.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 9:52 pm to Roughneck
Just to throw a monkey wrench in all of "Randle's theory" they probably had robots or clones building the Death Star.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 9:58 pm to Palm Beach Tiger
someone emailed me a 'death star blueprints' that included the ONE spot that can destroy it. anyone else seen this? shoulda saved it.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 10:14 pm to Homeboy
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i would imagine an elaborate shuttle system.
Have to be a pretty damn quick shuttle. Lets say the moon is 6781 miles and the you have a rail system that goes, lets say twice as fast as the fastest rail system today(around 300 mph), it would still take your arse 12 hours to get to the other side
Or 6 hours to go straight throughThis post was edited on 8/20/08 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 8/20/08 at 10:24 pm to RAGINTIGER
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Han said hes going towards that small moon.
LINK
i was looking for the "deathstar blueprints" pic that was mentioned and came across this. says the diameter of the death star is 67 kilometers.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 10:29 pm to RAGINTIGER
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Have to be a pretty damn quick shuttle.
Okay, if the Millennium Falcon can make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs, certainly an Empire Inter-Office Transport can make it from the Employee Gym 1A on one side to Copy Room L26 on the other.
This post was edited on 8/20/08 at 11:45 pm
Posted on 8/20/08 at 10:31 pm to vorenus23
The sad thing is someone has that shite memorized.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 10:44 pm to RAGINTIGER
Moons are all sizes.. not just the size of our moon.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 10:52 pm to coloradoBengal
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Moons are all sizes.. not just the size of our moon.
bs
Posted on 8/20/08 at 10:59 pm to coloradoBengal
Just using an example there bud. Now back to pitching hay and feeding the pigs.
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