Space time distorsion.AnonymousRedShirtEnsign wrote:It's not that SW shields can't stop solid objects, think the corridor shields in RotS, it's just that they don't do it consistently. I do agree that rail guns or coil guns would make an excellent addition any SW ship's arsenal, and would greatly increase their combat range. Should it be assumed that the Empire's targeting capabilities are at least on par with our own? This would imply that there is something else preventing long range engagements, given that SW ships don't seem to maneuver much in combat. As watchdog pointed out the Visual Dictionary says that TLs are unstabble, and that they both disrupt accuracy and dicipate over distance. The most common rebuttle I've seen is to claim that there is so much interference due to jamming that space-time itself is distorted and that is why SW space combat seems rather pathetic.
Because of sensor jamming.
Let me digest that.
So the method is to claim that there's a super magical and powerful effect in place, just to add more wank to the wank, to explain the crappyness of the tactics and the pathetic nature of certain battles?
Are brains jammed as well?
EDIT: as for the lack of missiles use, or their use at fairly close distances, either fired on linear trajectories (ROTJ, against globes or the DS's regulator), or homing but against a ship that may not be able to put a decent level of jamming, I think the solution really lies there.
The jamming. If X-wings computers can't even get a lock on their target, I suppose that non proprogrammed missiles won't stand a chance to hit their target unless it's a relatively sitting duck. At which point, turbolasers are somehow better.
But even then, the jamming could even toe the line with literal false readings and even moderate hijacking, literally making missiles change their trajectories for targets that don't exist. They may even simulate impact range, and have the missiles detonate in mid course.
As for ANH, there may have been a lot of residual dust and radiations in that zone. This may not be the best example to rely on.
However, the chase in AOTC is another deal. We can't even argue that the Jedi starfighter was jammin the Slave I's targetting controls, since Obi-Wan couldn't shrug off that missile.
The accuracy in the film is really lame. Really. Shields or not. Flak or not, the bounty hunter's ship should not need to rely on a barrage of near misses when most of the shots at this distance should strike.
So we are to expect some reasoning. It will be about gravitational influence, mysterious radiations and whatnots.