![]() This means that it's going to spend a lot of time making very predictable moves, and hence being easy to shoot. That is, after getting up to speed, its only realistic option for making another pass at a target would be to flip around and do a reverse burn. In space you can't do that, so a Viper would be very limited in how it could move. It works for a fighter jet because it can use its wings and other airfoils to push against the air, and so generate thrust in a lot of directions. Physically speaking, something that can only really produce thrust in one direction is fairly crippled in terms of manueverability in space. I'd put the Starfury way ahead of the Viper it's actually designed to maneuver in space, instead of being, basically, a funky looking jet fighter. And whilst battlestars seem tougher than Earth Force destroyers, Earth Force has a lot more destroyers than the colonial fleet has battlestars, so it probably evens out. Vipers and Starfuries appear to have roughly similar capabilities. Basically I think the ExoFleet would be at the bottom of the barrel in any fight between franchises.Īs has already been mentioned, I think Battlestar Galactica is probably the closest match up. No seemingly active defenses other than gritting teeth. No FTL, no sensors that could even detect a full orbital scan around an Earth-like World. Earthforce would probably stomp them into the ground. That being said I am going to pick the ExoFleet. So it could be a very formidable opponent. And their officers appear to rank relatively high on competency. So Earthforce at least seems capable of great flexibility. And most every ship seems to come with a small compliment of fighters. They seem to mix a more Dakka style on their midsize ships and have really really big spinal mounts for their ships of the line. Its form of Hyperspace allows for it to launch sneak attacks and hit and run tactics from almost anywhere. ![]() Part of that was JMS' style, hell he even said ships velocities were at the speed of plot. But in season 4 Earthforce seemed to be so much larger than this with at least 40 some destroyers still active and on Clark's side even after losing everything else but Mars and Earth to Sheridan's Liberation. How big is Earthforce? in season 2 25k groundpounders with a few ships backup was seen as a large deployment. How far and how fast can Earthforce go? Depends on the needs of the Episode. The big problem with assessing Earthforce, or any B5 military for that matter, is that their abilities are all powered by plot. Earthforce vs Colonial Fleet would likely go to Earthforce, little contest. I.e.: Galactica vs Agamemnon, Galactica wins, no contest. So, given that, I think answers out of universe depend on the scale of comparison. Dilgar War) or due to defensive paranoia after nearly getting wiped out in the Minbari war. ![]() I think the main reason that Earthforce seems like a military powerhouse isn't because their ships are better than other races' ships, but rather they are driven to manufacturing more ships than others either due to moderately benevolent expansionism justified by helping out the league (i.e. Vorlons/Shadows > Minbari > Centauri > Narns/Humans > League Races I believe the generally accepted chart of who is technologically on par with whom goes something like this: One thing to note is that even in-universe Earthforce is fairly low in the hierarchy in terms of technology. Who could Earthforce give a fair fight to, and who could they stomp? forum threads, they always seem to come out on bottom (It could be the forums I was looking in). The Earthforce seems like a pretty powerful space military, but when I look up the typical Vs. I've been watching Babylon 5, and it has grown into one of my favorite Sci Fi series.
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