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:Considering the Alliance essentially had to reboot society from a band of exiles on primitive spaceships with whatever information they could scavenge or remember, I'd say yes, the Alliance was behind. However, not to the point where it made any appreciable difference to for example the Battle of Dagon. Also Fezzan, founded with secret Terraist support, existed to prolong the conflict. This meant a flow of technology to the Alliance, such as hinted at in the Fleet File books where ships like ''Rio Grande'' have cannons built with technology imported from Fezzan. This kept any technology gap very narrow. In the timeline stuff I think there is also mention of a Goldenbaum royal that was sympathetic to the Alliance and was considering peace but he was assassinated, with implied Fezzan/Terraist involvement. By the time of the main series, the only major technology the Empire really has an edge in is directional Seffle particles, and that was only due to Reinhard preventing the leakage of that information via Fezzan. | :Considering the Alliance essentially had to reboot society from a band of exiles on primitive spaceships with whatever information they could scavenge or remember, I'd say yes, the Alliance was behind. However, not to the point where it made any appreciable difference to for example the Battle of Dagon. Also Fezzan, founded with secret Terraist support, existed to prolong the conflict. This meant a flow of technology to the Alliance, such as hinted at in the Fleet File books where ships like ''Rio Grande'' have cannons built with technology imported from Fezzan. This kept any technology gap very narrow. In the timeline stuff I think there is also mention of a Goldenbaum royal that was sympathetic to the Alliance and was considering peace but he was assassinated, with implied Fezzan/Terraist involvement. By the time of the main series, the only major technology the Empire really has an edge in is directional Seffle particles, and that was only due to Reinhard preventing the leakage of that information via Fezzan. | ||
| - | :The Alliance did appear to be the first side to invent or at least widely use space fighters, and the first to make large dedicated carriers. The Alliance in general appears to get by with less while the Empire due to its greater size has more to spare on bells and whistles and a plethora of varied specialist designs, such as gunships. [[User:Iracundus|Iracundus]] 14:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC) | + | :The Alliance did appear to be the first side to invent or at least widely use space fighters, and the first to make large dedicated carriers. The Alliance in general appears to get by with less while the Empire due to its greater size has more to spare on bells and whistles and a plethora of varied specialist designs, such as gunships. The ability of Alliance cruisers to run on a skeleton crew and the use of autopilot ships such as during the Battle of Shiva might seem to suggest greater automation capabilities, however I don't think it can be concluded that the Empire couldn't do this either, simply that the Empire has never been in such dire straits as to demand such inventiveness and jury-rigging. Essentially the story is about more or less equally matched sides, such that victory or defeat is via political, strategic, or tactical considerations instead of a technological wonder. [[User:Iracundus|Iracundus]] 14:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC) |
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Imperial / Alliance technology
Was the Alliance lagging behind the Empire in every field? I felt like the Alliance might have had better fighters and perhaps better computer knowledge. What do you think? FPA Forever 01:24, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
- Considering the Alliance essentially had to reboot society from a band of exiles on primitive spaceships with whatever information they could scavenge or remember, I'd say yes, the Alliance was behind. However, not to the point where it made any appreciable difference to for example the Battle of Dagon. Also Fezzan, founded with secret Terraist support, existed to prolong the conflict. This meant a flow of technology to the Alliance, such as hinted at in the Fleet File books where ships like Rio Grande have cannons built with technology imported from Fezzan. This kept any technology gap very narrow. In the timeline stuff I think there is also mention of a Goldenbaum royal that was sympathetic to the Alliance and was considering peace but he was assassinated, with implied Fezzan/Terraist involvement. By the time of the main series, the only major technology the Empire really has an edge in is directional Seffle particles, and that was only due to Reinhard preventing the leakage of that information via Fezzan.
- The Alliance did appear to be the first side to invent or at least widely use space fighters, and the first to make large dedicated carriers. The Alliance in general appears to get by with less while the Empire due to its greater size has more to spare on bells and whistles and a plethora of varied specialist designs, such as gunships. The ability of Alliance cruisers to run on a skeleton crew and the use of autopilot ships such as during the Battle of Shiva might seem to suggest greater automation capabilities, however I don't think it can be concluded that the Empire couldn't do this either, simply that the Empire has never been in such dire straits as to demand such inventiveness and jury-rigging. Essentially the story is about more or less equally matched sides, such that victory or defeat is via political, strategic, or tactical considerations instead of a technological wonder. Iracundus 14:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
