“I’m reading way too much into a fictional universe.” Take it back Eck. You take that back.

@mihajlo961x

5 жыл бұрын

Haha, I really appreciated that

@simonwillis1529

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same you can never read to much into 👍

@rosedruid

5 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that the mission statement of your channel?

@mattellis5116

5 жыл бұрын

Star Wars isn’t fake I’m here

@thalmoragent9344

5 жыл бұрын

Galactic Republic For the Republic soldier!

What secret technology could've helped the empire beat the rebellion? Point defence systems/pickets

@epion660

5 жыл бұрын

How to fix the star destroyer: Stick a US Navy CIWS system on it and it would work incredibly well.

@k1sfd1974

5 жыл бұрын

Intelligent well thought out ship designs! It seems like it should be a super power sometimes! At least the ISDs had toilets! I think it's the effect of the intelligence draining effect the dark side has on Sith Lords. I mean, who the hell would approve a ship with just TIEs for point defense! I thought they studied a little to get that Dark Lord certification and admission to the Guild! (I think all future Dark Lords need to study Peter Anspach's list - if you haven't read it: 1) where have you been hiding & 2) search the author name, or article name 'Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Became An Evil Overlord). Most other franchises like BSG realized you needed a wall of protection BESIDES fighters. Visually, it would look great on the big screen (if done right and not just an orgy of projectiles), but it would significantly reduce the chance of damage to a capital ship... Ehhhh... oh well.... C'est la vie. (Yes, it's the Americanized version meaning 'Such is Life', instead of the original French which is more properly translated as 'This is the Life).

@WadcaWymiaru

5 жыл бұрын

Point defence was WORKING...but not on the MCs and PIS. BTW - CIWS is bullshit. Easy to jam and die...

@FBI-ju5no

5 жыл бұрын

@@k1sfd1974 To be fair, good TIE pilots, few in number though they were, absolutely destroyed rebel fighters/pilots. Besides, the design and intention for TIEs need to be taken into account.

@cadeypie

5 жыл бұрын

Flak

Is it Point Defense Cannons? Because those are pretty advanced, when you talk to an Imperial Design Bureau.

@crocfighter.1322

5 жыл бұрын

What will they do? Stop a little B wing? Pffft, shove an extra battery of turbolasers or something useful on. Like a super laser

@variousnumber891

5 жыл бұрын

*Grand Moff Tarkin Liked that* *General Tagge Disliked that* *Admiral Motti Loved that*

@josietherat135

5 жыл бұрын

Crocfighter .132 actually star destroyers were targeted most by star fighters because of their lack of point defense

@greysonjones5429

5 жыл бұрын

@@josietherat135 he's making fun of that fact

@crocfighter.1322

5 жыл бұрын

JOSIE THE RAT thats the joke...

Interdiction Missiles Grand Admiral Thrawn Wants to Know your Location

@Puma1Sunfire1

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right!! Thrawn was/is nightmare fuel for rebels

@mobilegamesonly3170

4 жыл бұрын

I mean thrawn had several interdiction divices that he took from grisks... He used it once as a missile when he was fighting 5 ISDs at once.

Actually, Wraith Squadron encountered the Empion mine on one of their first missions, which utilised a miniature interdictor generator combined with an EMP and ion pulse generator to disable ships jumping in and out of systems.

@Ragnarok6664

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a very useful weapon

Interdiction Cruisers are to expensive to build in massive numbers. I have an idea.. Lets make this complex technology smaller and in greater number. O.o That totally lowers the cost of construction right? :D

@brentc2411

5 жыл бұрын

That was my exact first thought lol If you can pack an interdiction device into a mine or missile, then why would you even bother with interdiction cruisers?

@platiuscyndar9017

5 жыл бұрын

But muh tarkin doctrine!

@cc0767

5 жыл бұрын

@@platiuscyndar9017 r/wooosh

@platiuscyndar9017

5 жыл бұрын

@@cc0767 alright we playing that game? r/itswooooshwith4os r/ihavereddit Also, if you look at my comment I think it's obvious I was being ironic, so, r/woooosh yourself.

@ironstarofmordian7098

4 жыл бұрын

@@cc0767 you where predicting your future, bucko.

Eck out here with 4:00 am vids. Epic

@vts0361

5 жыл бұрын

-1 am for me

@MemesOfProduction69

5 жыл бұрын

@@vts0361 how the fuck did you get a notification at negative 1 am?

For once, being in Australia helps with notifications.

A.) reading way too much into a fictional universe B.) Large empire should incorporate all possible tech and improvements. C.) Interdiction missiles, mines and placed on modified shuttle craft to make mobile. D.) Use ion cannons, use droid fighter pilots, make better fighters. E.) Teach your troops how to aim, teach gunners how to aim. F.) Teach capital ship pilots how not to fly into other capital ships. Giant universe and you fly like 20 people in a phone booth.

@AAhmou

5 жыл бұрын

To be honest D) was a thing within EU empire... At the very least within the Dark Empire.

@ironstarofmordian7098

4 жыл бұрын

G.) Make sure your bridge as multiple decks between it and the outer hull.

One issue with interdiction missiles is that they're unlikely to be heavily shielded, and so will probably be fairly easy to take out with fighters.

No one: Eckhartsladder: here’s a video at 3 am

Kuat Driveyards were certainly aware of interdiction mine technology and had been for centuries, since they used them to control the approaches to Rothana

@Dunarcarn

5 жыл бұрын

I bet kuat didn't do build more for the empire because they wanted more orders for ISD's

Wow... that transition at 3:24 had me thinking: "Did Fractal blow those generators up a notch or are they really that bloated?"

Yeah, I'm not convinced. If the technology could feasibly be miniaturised to that degree, Interdictors wouldn't be so large in the first place. I see the Hapan mines being something that could work when deployed together as a network, effectively co-ordinating to turn many tiny gravity wells into one large one. Deployed individually, they probably wouldn't have any significant effect.

@danielkorladis7869

4 жыл бұрын

Also it could be different technological strengths. IIRC the Hapans are portrayed as lagging a bit behind in turbolaser technology.

Sadly the plot prevented this idea from working for the empire

@k1sfd1974

5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh yes.... Plot Armor... the thickest and most robust form of armor ever created or even conceived in though. Many, many good men and women have been saved due to fortuitous placement of plot armor. On the flip side, plot armor seems to be random at times and given to fail at the worst possible moment for the character (but best possible moment to add tension to a story). GO, GO Plot Armor! 😏😉 Enjoy the conference Eck! I'm planning on watching some of the E3 Live Stream starting at 11am. Thanks for the content! ✌🏼

@seanlehning1542

5 жыл бұрын

Or evem better: arrogance. I absolutely hate arrogance as an explanation, since it's basically just another way of saying "stupidity" from a narrative standpoint. The Death Star should have had an escort fleet and CAP of TIEs, but why did it go in alone? Arrogance. Arrogance works on a personal level (i.e. Tarkin's refusal to evacuate) since its a character trait, but institutions should be somewhat more rational. I know arrogance can be baked into practices and policies, but in storytelling basic competence should be expected from villains.

@MCJonCRLKLLR

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Lehning no, the resources for other ships were diverted to the death star

Thrawn would of love your idea, but Tarkin would not approve.

@nichtvorhanden5928

5 жыл бұрын

Why would Tarkin not approve? The greatest fear for enemys or criminals is that they can not run away and or hide, when a ISD shows up.

@caav56

5 жыл бұрын

@@nichtvorhanden5928 Because Tarkin does not like making sensible decisions.

@nichtvorhanden5928

5 жыл бұрын

@@caav56 For me the theory behind the Tarkin Doctrin work pretty well. The only failure was the whole Death Star thing because it is sensless to promise security and build a planet killer weapon.

@Hartzilla2007

5 жыл бұрын

Well seeing as he used the Death Star to blow up a possibly just as effective alternative aka the Empire’s hyper space tracking research just to kill some rebels and a guy he hated...

@nichtvorhanden5928

5 жыл бұрын

@@Hartzilla2007 I wrote about the theory not the execution of the theory.

If the interdiction missile was powerful enough and you had two of them, could you theoretically be able to rip enemy capital ships in half? I mean, it’s basically a gravity bomb, so I think it would work.

@LibertyLocalizer

11 ай бұрын

Interdiction only seems to effect hyperspace

One trick empire could use is to employ civillian convoys for suppling their warships. That way it would be way harder to damage imperial pressence in a area and it would make it harder for rebells to keep moral high ground.

@ExcaliburHeavyBattlecruiser

5 жыл бұрын

For a short while it would work, once someone circulates evidence of the empire deliberately placing citizens in danger, people would definitely rebel but they'd also attack the rebellion.

@marrqi7wini54

5 жыл бұрын

@@ExcaliburHeavyBattlecruiser That's the same reason Imperial Germany sunk the Lusitania back in WW1. It will cause a lot of animosity toward the enemy because the public doesn't know weapons were on the civilian ships. It could cause rebellions but if a good propaganda campaign is run, that might not be such a problem.

@novafire1150

5 жыл бұрын

because the rebels would just get on those convoys and deliver a load of proton bombs into the hanger?

Eck: posts a video at 4am Me: watches it immediately because his content is always top notch

@AutisticGaming2004

5 жыл бұрын

Its 2 am for me didn't expect a video at this time lol

Perhaps this technology didn't see widespread use because the mines were too easily shot down by Rebel ships… Could be an in-universe explanation for their absence.

@3Rayfire

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, if a GravWell Mine pops up on screen, it's immediately the priority target.

Godzilla Earth vs Css Class Batllecuriser Covenant Ship

@thewretchedpleb7484

4 жыл бұрын

Basically a matter of who fired first. Also of whether the covenant energy projector would actually damage him or just feed him thanks to the radiation. If it's Godzilla earth, he also has a shield that took a hundred or so nukes no problem (when he was still smaller). Unless I'm misremembering the anime. Not watching it again if I am, lolol. Sounds like fairly even odds overall, since the ccs could fire from orbit well before being spotted. But any return fire from the stupid o.p. atomic breath would be a problem for the ship.

I feel interdiction missiles or mines would have greatly helped the Resistance in episode 8.

@shadowslayer205

5 жыл бұрын

Not flying in a straight line would have greatly helped the Resistance in episode 8.

@novafire1150

5 жыл бұрын

@@shadowslayer205 having a commander who didn't seem stoned out of her mind at all times would have helped the resistance in ep 8. as well as making a random jump. as well as having your pilots know to make random jumps before entering hostile systems AND after leaving them so they would have never been found due to ep 7

@Terminator484

5 жыл бұрын

@@shadowslayer205 I'm not defending the movie... but I would like to point out that any maneuver you make in such a situation will allow your pursuer to cut the corner and get closer to you... so you'd be wasting any speed advantage you had on these maneuvers, and just hasten your demise.

Taking into account that the Imperial I-class begun production towards the end of the Clone Wars (it begun as Imperator-class Star Destroyer before the Empire) I think it was not possible for the designers at Kuat to guess that the destroyers would be facing enemies implementing hit-and-run tactics.

4am video? I'm having a twilight zone experience right now

#AskEck Which SCP would fit in the Star wars Universe?

@weezaby6083

5 жыл бұрын

079 lol

@devourerofthots5598

5 жыл бұрын

Many would be normal

@hyrinshratu

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Obi Wan riding a domesticated version of 682 on Utapau?

@valeriebredin7372

4 жыл бұрын

999 would me a better jar jar binks

I can't imagine interdiction missiles last very long or have much range. It looks like mass shadow fields take a huge amount of power to sustain.

Warlord Zsinj and Admiral Trigit made use of the Empion Mine in the "Wraith Squadron" novel - a combination of a sensor suite, gravity well projector, an EM charge to flash-disable electronics (such as astromech units), an ion beam to disable the vessels themselves and a hyperwave transceiver to signal that a ship was ready for capture. It was an ingenius device, really, and had it been developed during the First Galactic Civil War I think the outcome would have been quite different.

Who else expected "Tapcaf Transmissions" to be auto-parts?

Maybe the emperor thought they could be used against him. If a high ranking officer brought multiple star destroyers and used them on his flagship he wouldn't be able to escape and if the rebels got a hold of them well

Hello at 2 AM!

Reapers (Mass Effect) vs the Flood (Halo).

@blueispaniard6513

5 жыл бұрын

Be more specific. At which stage is the flood infestation? Are the Reapers already there when the infection breaks out? In which universe does it happen, Mass Effect or Halo? I'm guessing the factions in said universe aren't present in your scenario, but does the flood have their tech? This kind of thing matters.

Yep, new podcast to listen to. Thanks, Eck you are one of my favorite content creators that truly cares about their content and fans.

ok here is what i am thinking: Mass Driver cannons/MAC Megamasers Kyber-powered weaponry or the big one... **POINT DEFENCE** It was none of them...

@blobfish_plays6548

5 жыл бұрын

Rocket-powered seismic charges

@radiumuppet

5 жыл бұрын

@@blobfish_plays6548 yee that too

@nathanzhao1219

5 жыл бұрын

MACs won’t help against star fighters that much, star fighters can run

@nathanzhao1219

5 жыл бұрын

Kyber-powered weaponry doesn’t help if you don’t have point defence

@nathanzhao1219

5 жыл бұрын

Megamasers fail for the same reason, as they seem to be anti capital ship

Mabye the empire was meant to not have this tech, I mean after all, the emperor WANTED the empire to fail (George Lucas wanted the empire to fail as well) so that might be why the empire had huge holes in it But please don't stop these videos, there still awesome

The tech DID exist during the GCW. I recall someone using interdictor mines against Rogue Squadron in one of the X Wing novels.

@yik-xianghue7249

5 жыл бұрын

It was in the X-Wing Novel "Wraith Squadron". The "Empion mines" (EMP + Ion) were created by an rogue Imperial faction and used as a static trap to drag escaping ships out of hyperspace and disable them, whilst also calling for help. After one character comes up with what the mine would likely be comprised of, another character summarises it as: "...a bomb that detects hyperspace arrivals, puts out a gravitational pulse to bring them out of hyperspace prematurely, and then hits them with both ion pulse and electromagnetic pulse."

@wedgerancer

5 жыл бұрын

@@yik-xianghue7249 That's the one.

What’s stopping star fighters from shooting it down? It still will distract and slow down rebels and be useful just I don’t think they’ll stay up very long

#AskEck Why don't you make a video for answering askeck questions?

Also, in the X-wing series when Zsinj attacks the moon of Commenor while Wraith Squadron is being formed he seeds mines around likely escape routes to catch survivors of the attacks.

@razgriz501

5 жыл бұрын

The EmpIon mines! IBM glad someone else remembered these!

@brothergrimace3859

5 жыл бұрын

@@razgriz501 Oh, it was the FIRST thing I thought of when he started talking... starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Empion_mine

@KamenRiderGumo

5 жыл бұрын

Saw this AFTER I made my own comment about the Empion Mines. :p ("Wraith Squadron" is my all-time favorite EU book - read it at least two dozen times.)

To borrow some phrasing from another KZreadr. When you decide to use Mr Mine, he's no longer your friend. He's nobody's friend. Once he's out there and doing his own thing, you have no control of what he does. He's really, nobodies friend.

@jamesm783

5 жыл бұрын

the difference between a normal mine, and an interdiction mine is that the interdiction mine isn't gonna kill anyone. just keep whoever's there from running away

@LionofCaliban

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesm783 Anti-tamper mechanisms, self destructs to prevent the Rebel Alliance from grabbing them, using them against you. How do you keep your weapon, in your control, so you don't allow them, the Alliance, to get them and use them against you. That's the part Eck didn't mention and seems to never mention.

@Crosshair84

5 жыл бұрын

@@LionofCaliban It would be pretty straightforward. The anti-tamper device would have an IFF transponder. Recovery ship gets close and broadcasts an interrogation signal for that ships interdiction missiles. The interrogation signal, if correct, triggers the anti-tamper devices IFF transponder to hash the interrogation signal with its serial number and transmits it back. The recovery ship knows which interdiction missiles were fired and will now know which interdiction missile they are near. They can then transmit the correct disarm code to the anti-tamper device and it will disarm itself. The missile can then be brought aboard and refurbished. If the anti-tamper device receives an incorrect interrogation signal, it can be set before launch to either not respond or respond with a fake serial number hash. The former would be used if the missiles were being used somewhere with lots of debris. Having the transponder not respond would make them harder for the rebels to physically locate after a battle. The latter would be used when in relatively clear space where the most basic of scans will pick up the missile. In that case, the fake serial number hash would warn the Imperial recovery ship that the missile it is looking to recover belongs to another ship. The rebels will have no way to tell a fake hash from a real one and will continue to waste time trying to disarm the missile. If enough bad attempts are made, the missile self destructs to prevent capture.

@LionofCaliban

5 жыл бұрын

@@Crosshair84 And you've just stepped upped the complexity of the device. You've just made sure that you've need to test, the devices can accept the acceleration and remain functional. Not only that, you've just made sure that the chain of logistics around this device is that much more vulnerable, you need to not only protect the device, you need to protect the systems to talk to the devices. Then, those codes have to be protected, make sure that they don't get into Rebel hands. All it takes it is one leak, you've got to reset your entire system, because once you work out the formula used to spit out the hash key, then you can start to generate them yourself. So..... yeah, not really. Doesn't quite work like that. Also, it's a way for the Rebels to get explosives. Sure, you need to survive, but if you're there, find a couple of these, you can make some pretty good bombs. Especially if they only arm under very set conditions. If they don't and are otherwise armed, meaning to approach them is that much harder. That's the point of mines, after all. Area denial.

@Crosshair84

5 жыл бұрын

@@LionofCaliban "And you've just stepped upped the complexity of the device. You've just made sure that you've need to test, the devices can accept the acceleration and remain functional. " Why? This is off-the-shelf tech. This is a universe where they have hyperdrives, inertial dampers, artificial gravity, and repulsorlifts. Making sure stuff doesn't turn to paste when it accelerates would be pretty easy. "Not only that, you've just made sure that the chain of logistics around this device is that much more vulnerable, you need to not only protect the device, you need to protect the systems to talk to the devices. " Why? This is off-the-shelf tech. Capture all the IFF transponders you want. Without the correct programming, they're useless. "Then, those codes have to be protected, make sure that they don't get into Rebel hands." That's pretty easy to do, given that I specifically mention that each interrogation signal is ship specific and changed every time they are used. To the point that a recovery vessel from one ship could not recover the missiles from another. It would be generated onboard and changed every time the missiles were used. You'd have to infiltrate the ship, grab the codes, escape without being noticed, get back to friendlies, launch an attack, get them to launch their interdiction missiles, win the fight, THEN go recover the interdiction missiles with the stolen codes. It would be easier to just steal the plans for them and build them yourself. "All it takes it is one leak, you've got to reset your entire system, because once you work out the formula used to spit out the hash key, then you can start to generate them yourself. " No you can't. 1) You need the serial number of the individual interdiction missile to generate the hash. 2) The disarm code is independent from the hash anyway. 3) That's not how hashing works. Hashing and encryption ASSUMES that the formula will be known by an attacker. The formula for Twofish is freely available. It won't do you any good in defeating it. "So..... yeah, not really. Doesn't quite work like that. " it actually does. "Also, it's a way for the Rebels to get explosives. Sure, you need to survive, but if you're there, find a couple of these, you can make some pretty good bombs. Especially if they only arm under very set conditions. " You are confused about the purpose of an anti-tamper device in this case. These aren't bombs, where an anti-tamper device would simply detonate the explosive filler. All the anti-tamper device is intended to do here is prevent the capture of the interdiction missile. All that would be needed is a few demolition charges next to critical components. You might have a dozen hand-grenades worth of explosives, at most, in each interdiction missile. Capturing interdiction missiles for the purpose of harvesting explosives would be like invading Wisconsin so you can get free cheese. Not worth it at all. "If they don't and are otherwise armed, meaning to approach them is that much harder. That's the point of mines, after all. Area denial." An interdiction missile wouldn't have enough explosives to damage anything bigger than a TIE fighter. You only care about destroying the critical components of the interdiction field generator to prevent capture.

United Mass Effect galaxy + the Reapers vs a Yuzhan Vong invasion (Star Wars).

The problem was the Empire being so focused on constructing the Death Stars. I believe that all the resources (money, personal, research, etc) were completely allocated in the project so that there weren't much left to improve or to be more creative in other fields. Especially if we consider that while in the midst of this they were building the military as well. So, I believe that even though some of them would like to have better fighters, more suitable capital ships, and explore other options in combat technology, they wouldn't have the resources to do so.

Don't forget, in the first Wraith Squadron book, there was that combination EMP/ gravity well mine that basically smoked the squardon.

"That's cute."- dictors in EVE Online

"First of all because im reading way too much into a fictional universe" hahahaha nice one Eck

If I recall correctly, Imperious-class Star Destroyers carried with them several so-called 'Gravity Mines'. So even if the GCW-era Galactic Empire did not know how to manufacture these, we know for sure that they were being used by the Expanded Universe Legacy-Era Krayt Empire at around 137ABY. The Imperious' predecessor, the Fel Empire's Pellaeon-class, was equipped with a Gravity Well Generator onboard, and that was their main capital ship, essentially the Legacy-Era's ISD I, so by that time, the 'Second GE' already solved the problem of interdiction technology being very expensive.

Viking mech squadron( Starcraft) vs VF-1 Valkyrie variable fighter squadron( SDF Macross).

There's also the EmpIon mines that Admiral Trigit used in Wraith Squadron. Though, that did cost him the Night Caller...

@hyrinshratu

5 жыл бұрын

To be fair, no one could have expected a Gammorean to rampage through the ship hip-firing an anti-ship weapon.

Hey man it's late, get some sleep! Awesome video as always btw ;)

Wraith Squadron for a 7 ABY example. Empion mines were a Zsinj product with an Interdiction Mine armed with Ion Bomb & Transceiver.

Grand Moff Tarkin: "Unless these missiles are at least 500 meters long and equipped with their own turbolasers I'm not interested."

@hyrinshratu

5 жыл бұрын

"They also have to fire their own equally large missles."

A nasty twist on the concept would be bomber deployable limpet interdiction mines. Stick one or two to a rebel ship's hull and it isn't going anywhere. Field doesn't need to be that massive, at least compared to the ones created by Interdictor cruisers, it just needs to have a bubble large enough to interfere with the ship it is attached to and some of the surrounding space. Maybe couple it with and induction tap powered automated blaster turret for some more mayhem against any enemy fighters trying to remove the limpet. :)

*Other options in addition to the mines.* Refit Interdictor ships to be specialised in AA defence since the countermeasure against them is sending your fighters in immediately for a quick disable. And friendly capital ships can screen them from the rare rebel capital ships. A pair of ISD''s in formation ahead of it can stop any capital ship getting through but they would have no hope of blocking snub fighters from getting to the Interdictor. As for the Interdictors a special version of the ISD with interdictor technology *_hidden inside,_* not as powerful as a standard Interdictor Star Destroyer but still effective enough, that has no external difference to a standard ISD. In a major fleet battle it can't be specifically targeted by rebel ships looking to escape. The extra space can come from completely removing it's capacity to carry ground forces, troops, a portable base, Walkers ect, just leave it a fighter compliment, so that it's still identical in space combat. It's used as a support ship in tandem with a fleet, not as a standard Imperial patrol and system dominance vessel. And it can be moved around to lock down unruly systems or patrol prime targets when not on fleet duty, to confuse rebel forces. They do a hit and run and have the bad luck to encounter it, meaning there is the potential for any hit and run raid to become a *hit and hang around.* Another countermeasure is to load up ISD's tubes with anti fighter ordinance as standard, ready to fire at a moment's notice. Rebels jump in and snub fighter pilots are still getting their bearings while a barrage of guided missiles streak in at them. And just put Thrawn in charge…

Morning EckhartsLadder

If Star Wars used everything from Legends, I'm pretty sure Star Wars would be a different type of lore than it is now.

Eckharts you forgot the “espion mine” used by Warlord Zjin in the X-wing serie the Wraith. The espion mine is a 5 part mine that detect ship in hyperspeed then set off a interdiction field just before a EMP and Ion burst with a the same blast radius and a hyperwave beacon to alert imperial of it detonation

Now that I think about it... if Vader had a single ship using a gravity well .. Vader would have had Luke and Lea in a new hope. Or imagine The Empire Strikes Back with an interdictor near the Lando system.

The novel "Star Wars: Wraith Squadron" actually does feature a single-use interdiction mine that was small enough that a Corellian Corvette could deploy numerous mines, so I don't think it's a miniaturization issue. Instead, I think it's a power issue. I've always read into it that Gravity Well Generators consume so much energy that it requires the use of large generators, and thus large ships, to create and maintain a sizeable enough field. The Hapan mines you refer to were, based on schematics I've seen, were on the scale of a dropship or light freighter, and thus too large to be effectively used in a missile.

In one of the Rogue Squadron books, Wraith Squadron was pretty effectively knocked out by such an "EMPIon mine", that combined a gravity well projector with a pulsed ion projector. The Squadron was pulled out of hyperspace and immediately shut down by the ion pulse.

interdiction droids may be a viable alternative. Potentially more expensive but with a droid brain they could target, and avoid fire. It would not surprise me if somewhere the Empire was able to acquire CIS fighters and frigates derelict since the clone wars, meaning plenty of droid ships to practice on until refining it into a cheaper, effective force replacing a TIE squadron with one of these wouldn't be too different to sliding in a bomber squadron to a fighter strike force either

TAPCAF Transmissions sounds like an auto mechanic shop

The Red Hawk isn’t here. My life is over

Where do you get all your video clips from?

Good job Ecks! Also, another cost-effective addition for the Empire to negate Rebel hit-and-runs is to increase the use of Victory-Class Star Destroyers, Vindicator Cruisers, and other capital ships of similar tonnage and arm them with interdictor mines and missiles. All this combined with swarms of shielded TIEs, Skipray blastboats, and TIE Defenders or TIE Advanced can eliminate both the Rebel ships trying to flee and their starfighters. It never hurts to even arm valuable Imperial orbital bases and shipyards with interdictor missiles and an inventory of interdictor mines to minimize Rebel escapes while the reinforcements could be decanted out of hyperspace at specific areas to demolish Rebel lines and crush them.

@bkjeong4302

5 жыл бұрын

JayMike Villanueva Actually, an even better option would be to build a bunch of corvettes and frigates.

@jaymikevillanueva1212

5 жыл бұрын

@@bkjeong4302 Enhanced and modernized cruisers and frigates armed with interdictor mines and missiles, equipped with better starfighters for deadlier swarm tactics, and have Class One hyperdrives. The Tarkin Doctrine was stupidity and arrogance at their finest.

@bkjeong4302

5 жыл бұрын

JayMike Villanueva Yeah that sort of massed light warship attack would be better.

@jaymikevillanueva1212

5 жыл бұрын

@@bkjeong4302 That and wolpack tactics. What is needed are dedicated warship squadrons and taskforces designed to hunt Rebels. What also would make them efficient is if they work closely with Imperial Intelligence and special forces units.

@bkjeong4302

5 жыл бұрын

JayMike Villanueva That too.

Keep it up, Eck!

@eckhartsladder Interdiction mines named Empion mines were actually used by Warlord Zsinj's forces before the Hapans did in the X-Wing legends book Wraith Squadron. There the titular squadron were struck by a mine laid in advance on a predicted retreat route that was also equipped with an Ion generator and a communications unit to alert the ship that had placed it to it's detonation.

@daryl0062

5 жыл бұрын

Yeh man i remember those. Knocked out Phanan mechanical implants too

Where is the first clip with the strange star destroyer from?

When I saw that thumbnail for some reason I thought “Oh he must be talking about equipping destroyers with some standardized mole miner weapon like what Thrawn used.” YA GOT ME

i wanna know how i can get the outro clip :)

Wow, nice timing eck, uploading vid in 6 pm AEST. Allowed me to be here before 1k views.

These star destroyers are awesome

#AskEck Do the Hapes still exist in new Star Wars canon?

The Empire could have got an old Lucrehulk battleship, turned it into interdiction ship, and had some anti-starfighter corvettes configured to dock externally. The shields of the Lucrehulk would have made it an effective interdiction vessel for a task force of ISD's and provided some escorts/fighters.

How does he get the graph paper models of all these ships

In Thrawn: Alliances there is another fairly small interdiction device, which could probably be modified for such a purpose.

Can you tell us how to combine would invade reach.

Fascinating topic!

Congratulation Eckhart sladder For getting 450K Subscribers

How to win: spam a massive amount proton torpedoes, overwhelming defence cannons.

When r u going to do another Vs. episode, I want to see the Didactic ship from Halo 4 vs. the first Star destroyer

They would also be very tactically used, such as covering your flanks and funneling an enemies attack

That would be one way to slow down a fleeing enemy but couldn't those fighter pilots just destroy the missile?

#askeck Before the Battle of Yavin how was years counted?

@privyetcomrade4841

5 жыл бұрын

Probably something like ACW (After the clone wars)

@stuffkiskaddon6835

5 жыл бұрын

Plausible, but then how about before TCW if that was the case? I also have another question, why Yavin in particular, yes the destruction of DS1 was a crucial moment for the rebellion, the empire and the galaxy as a whole but I can name a few other battles that are arguably as crucial or important if not more important, a few examples would be: The battle of corrusant if it was not rigged for a guaranteed republic victory. The first and second battle of geonosis, the first one being more related to morale and such and second one being related to the super gold tank thingies. The destruction of the malevolence. The battle of Endor and much more.

the missiles would be very larger and require power to make this field. so they would be very variable targets because of there weak or none existent shields. thanks for the hard work man

Well I think the biggest issueis that large warheads proton torpedoes included could be shot down by snub crapped and in most cases that was why the empire relied heavily on turbolasers cuz you can't shoot them down but the rebels snapcraft or fast maneuverable and can drop heavy and powerful pay loads.

An interesting video. It makes sense to use interdiction missiles. Get a missile, swap the warhead for a gravity field generator, then launch like normal. The only problem I see with this is that you need a decent size of missile. You need to have enough room for the field generator, the guidance computer, weapon computer, transceiver for communication with the ship, fuel, engines, reaction control systems and anything else that may be needed. At the end of it, you may need to refit the weapon systems with a large enough missile tube or launcher.

The thumbnail make me think, "the Empire got GN drives. Shit gonna get real bad quick."

Im very tempted to make an animation of star wars, using eck's ideas, an without plot shields, would be fun to watch the empire curb stomp the rebels . . .

I have to wonder how much damage the interdiction fields did to the cells of the crew on those ships.

Do a sanctuary 2(Thanos´s ship) vs supremacy vid plz!! love your vids btw!!

uploading at 4am, noice

A much simpler, cheaper and faster alternative would be to include an auxiliary point defense battery... A more involved alternative would be to swap the bridge and the fighter hanger so fighters could launch straight at the enemy or to cover the flanks and rear while protecting the primary bridge inside the heavily armored hull and at the same time eliminating the gaping week spot in the underside of the ISD and bridge on top.

interdiction missiles that have limited ai for steering and then attach themselves to their targets like reverse buzz droids, by the time they are located and removed from the hull the battle is over or they could also attach trackers

LAAT Gunship(Star Wars) vs Vulture Gunship(40k)

@jamesharrington001

5 жыл бұрын

Totally different animals... True they both use the term Gunship, but that's like asking armed Blackhawk vs Apache... Really LAAT vs Valkyire would be a better fit.

@nobleman9393

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesharrington001 Ok

What about building a smaller interdictor generator at the nose of the ISD 1? If I'm not mistaken, they could keep up with rebel ships, the ISD could just chase them while the generator is active.

From the thumbnail I thought... *_Torpedoes!! ALL the torpedoes!!_* (Actually, make sure they have good IFF, or we've just given _Rogue Squadron_ free ordnance. _Jet back!! Jet back....)_

What do you think of the Gladiator star destroyer?? Would they help against the rebellion?

I'm thinking that any system with major traffic or large orbital facilities could benefit from say interdictor mines. I used to play Star Fire. In that space stations with communication suites could effectively control fields of Independently Deployed Energy Weapons, Mine Fields, or Missile Pods. And they could activate or deactivate several at a time using these facilities. With interdictor mines an Approach Control could effectively shut down specific areas to prevent suspicious vessels from leaving before a security unit could intercept. This also would not be that expensive to retrofit as most space stations would have numerous add ons over the years that could be repurposed or worked into the upkeep budget.

In regards to interdiction I would’ve placed them on bulk freighters like PCL 27 or Kuat Super Transports where a 100 man crew could’ve had the same impact as an IMM 418.

Nice, everything to further empower the glorious imperial warmachine! 💪🏻👍🏻

#AskEck Can you do a comparison between the Combine Empire form Half-Life universe and the Empire (or any other major faction in Star Wars)?