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Charges have been levied that Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Incredible Crosssections (ICS) by Dr. Curtis Saxton, was influenced by the "versus debates" into producing inflated firepower figures for turbolasers. Citing that Saxton gives credit to Mike Wong of Stardestroyer.net and Wayne Poe of The Ultimate Star Wars vs Star Trek FAQ; as proof, the Idiot Squad TM of SB.com has mobilized to have the ICS banned from use in the debate forum. We can do it on our site! cried D. Idaho, banging his head into the podium to emphasize each word, We must denounce Wong as an endlessly BSer. We must declare him (Saxton) unfit to provide us with debate information! Others decry it as purely anti-Trek
propaganda: Regardless of whatever Mr. Saxton's intentions were,
something stinks about all of this, whined Jamas686, It is based on the BDZ assumption, reverse-engineered from the
firepower which Mr. Wang [sic] has "calculated" to be necessary for a single ISD to melt
the entire crust of a planet in an hour.These figures are a plot to ruin trekkies. In any
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Other assorted quotes from the assembled mob:
I have serious doubts they (LFM) approved the numbers. This book
wreaks of fanboi-bias, about as valid in MY eyes as fanfic. - Brain Dead on Arrival
Where's the actual calcs? Everyone keeps spewing off this
numbers, totally out of context, with no actual concrete evidence...and isn't 200 GT a
nice round number? -Isil Z'ha
Pretty sad when Warsis resort to completely unsupported
numbers to try to win...but then, that pretty much describes everything official in the
Wars universe. - Lokan
Personally, I find this to be pretty cheap. The Warsies
don't have to do any work for themselves, and get numbers handed down to them from heaven,
as it were. Unlike the usual routine, however, these numbers aren't so easily scrutinized.
We don't have access to the basis for the calculations, so we can't attack the math or the
assumptions. -[Bl] Phalanx
Quiter frankly, CS can shove his figures back where he found them, up his arse. -Vypr
It was at this point that the water cannons were turned on them.
The Wars side of the debate was quick to point out the obvious, It's official. All your bitching and moaning amounts to absolutely nothing. So take that and the Genesis Device and cram it up your warp plasma conduit.
Or as summed up by Iceberg3k, Suck it!
Wayne Poe had this to add:
Didn't I tell you they'd be screaming like anally raped altar boys?
No one on Dr. Saxton's
acknowledgments list suggested, implored, begged, or threatened Curtis to put those
numbers in the book. Matter of fact, Curtis didn't let us in on ANYTHING during the
writing of the AOTC:ICS. He's one of those few people who takes a
"confidentiality clause" in his contract SERIOUSLY.
None of us were privy to anything at all that went into the book until it hit the shelves.
I find it distasteful that some of the idiots over there [SB.com] even hint at the possibility that Curtis didn't do as professional a
job on that book as he has for years on his website. He didn't sit there and say,
"Oh, THIS number will be kewl!!" You can be assured that he studied everything
he was given from AOTC to come to his conclusions.
Buy the book now!
Star Wars: Episode II Incredible Cross-Sections
by Curtis J. Saxton, et al (Hardcover)
Today's Quote
Hey, ICS isn't a small book -- it
must hurt to have it shoved down your throat
and up your ass simultaneously. - Kynes
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