Hi all.
Not sure if this topic is in the right place (since it belongs to both BSG and the Stargate Universe) - but just out of interest/ speculation, if the Colonials ever ran into the Wraith, and a big war commenced... who would win?
Personally i think it would go in favour of the colonials.. why?
1.) We ve seen Wraith Hives get hit by nukes and get badly crippled (Just 1 nuke in the case of No Man's Land) - on the other hand, we ve seen Galactica get hit by one nuke, Pegasus get hit by 2 - 3 at the scorpio shipyard... then again by 3 in the "captain's hand" - and both ships seem reasonably combat-operational still.
Thus i think its not too much of a stretch of the imagination that even colonial ships as old as the Galactica could give a Wraith Hive a run for its money when it comes to the capability of their armour compared to one another.
2.) Weapon systems. We ve seen Wraith Hives weapons vs. other Wraith Hives armour (which we can conclude is possibly inferior to colonial armour - or at least not very much more advanced than colonial armour!) - the Wraith hives weapons are pretty effective against other Hives... but it still takes a long time for 1 Hive to destroy the other - implying that a Battlestar would be able to take a fairly large pounding from Wraith fire if we assume their armour isn't far off the Wraith's - and certainly so if their armour is infact capable of withstanding more punishment than the Wraith's.
On the otherhand.... the same can be applied to the Battlestar's main weapons (mass Drivers/ Rail Guns etc... and the occassional nuke) - which if we assume cylon armour isn't far off the battlestar's armour equivilant, then cylon armour capability wouldn't be far off Wraith Hives... thus we get a good impression of the effectiveness of the Battlestars main weapons from where we ve seen the Battlestars seriously engage enemy cylon basestars.
Thus, going off this, given the sheer brute firepower of the Battlestars arsenal of weapons - whether it be anti-fighter "perimiter" suppression flak systems (which would tear darts to pieces - potentially clearing a path for a nuke to fly through to hit a Hive), or the main anti-ship mass drivers and rail guns, or even the mercury (i.e. Pegasus) Battlestar classes forward guns - then i think the Battlestars would have the advantage against enemy Hives in firepower - though it would be a close run thing.
3.) Vipers vs. Darts... i actually don't think this would be a contest
- Vipers would butcher the enemy - plus there's always a lot of Vipers, so the Wraith Dart's numerical superiority would be slim at best.
4.) The sheer size of the colonial fleet (pre-cylon genocide) - according to battlestarwiki (http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Colonial_Fleet_(RDM) - "At the time of the Cylon holocaust, the Colonial Fleet includes approximately 120 battlestars[4], thousands of smaller vessels[5], numerous squadrons of Vipers and Raptors assigned to each, and various support ships".
The Wraith potentially could find themselves the one's outnumbered in any war. lol
Who does everyone think would win such a war, and why?
Not sure if this topic is in the right place (since it belongs to both BSG and the Stargate Universe) - but just out of interest/ speculation, if the Colonials ever ran into the Wraith, and a big war commenced... who would win?
Personally i think it would go in favour of the colonials.. why?
1.) We ve seen Wraith Hives get hit by nukes and get badly crippled (Just 1 nuke in the case of No Man's Land) - on the other hand, we ve seen Galactica get hit by one nuke, Pegasus get hit by 2 - 3 at the scorpio shipyard... then again by 3 in the "captain's hand" - and both ships seem reasonably combat-operational still.
Thus i think its not too much of a stretch of the imagination that even colonial ships as old as the Galactica could give a Wraith Hive a run for its money when it comes to the capability of their armour compared to one another.
2.) Weapon systems. We ve seen Wraith Hives weapons vs. other Wraith Hives armour (which we can conclude is possibly inferior to colonial armour - or at least not very much more advanced than colonial armour!) - the Wraith hives weapons are pretty effective against other Hives... but it still takes a long time for 1 Hive to destroy the other - implying that a Battlestar would be able to take a fairly large pounding from Wraith fire if we assume their armour isn't far off the Wraith's - and certainly so if their armour is infact capable of withstanding more punishment than the Wraith's.
On the otherhand.... the same can be applied to the Battlestar's main weapons (mass Drivers/ Rail Guns etc... and the occassional nuke) - which if we assume cylon armour isn't far off the battlestar's armour equivilant, then cylon armour capability wouldn't be far off Wraith Hives... thus we get a good impression of the effectiveness of the Battlestars main weapons from where we ve seen the Battlestars seriously engage enemy cylon basestars.
Thus, going off this, given the sheer brute firepower of the Battlestars arsenal of weapons - whether it be anti-fighter "perimiter" suppression flak systems (which would tear darts to pieces - potentially clearing a path for a nuke to fly through to hit a Hive), or the main anti-ship mass drivers and rail guns, or even the mercury (i.e. Pegasus) Battlestar classes forward guns - then i think the Battlestars would have the advantage against enemy Hives in firepower - though it would be a close run thing.
3.) Vipers vs. Darts... i actually don't think this would be a contest
- Vipers would butcher the enemy - plus there's always a lot of Vipers, so the Wraith Dart's numerical superiority would be slim at best.4.) The sheer size of the colonial fleet (pre-cylon genocide) - according to battlestarwiki (http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Colonial_Fleet_(RDM) - "At the time of the Cylon holocaust, the Colonial Fleet includes approximately 120 battlestars[4], thousands of smaller vessels[5], numerous squadrons of Vipers and Raptors assigned to each, and various support ships".
The Wraith potentially could find themselves the one's outnumbered in any war. lol
Who does everyone think would win such a war, and why?
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