Death Star I 5-A reasoning revision

[Fllflourine]

According to this site , a "Tenamega" is 10^36 (Tena = 10^30, and Mega = 10^6), and the reasoning for the Death Star I being 5-A is that it fires a laser with 100 Tenamegatons of energy. 10^36 tons of TNT by itself is already Solar System Level, and I do not recall the Death Star doing any feats of this tier. There are some calculations of the Death Star's superlaser's energy output, such as this one.

 

[LordXcano]

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Tech/Beam/Alderaan.html

idk why we just didn't use this

 

[Lina_Shields]

That is a good point yes.

Now, looking from the red text, it states that the Alderan debris expanded at 4% SoL, and had a KE of 1e38 Joules. That is about 2.39e28 Tons of TNT. Solid Large Planet level.

I agree with this downgrade.

 

[CrossverseCrisis]

Though the Death Star I is already 5-A, I agree with setting it with a different reasoning cause if this was really legit, that would make the Death Star far superior to the second one which doesn't make any sense as the DS II is made as being superior to the original(?) iirc.

 

[Antvasima]

This seems reasonable. Feel free to do a quick blog for the above calculation, and to link to it within the Death Star page.

 

[LordXcano]

Though the Death Star I is already 5-A, I agree with setting it with a different reasoning cause if this was really legit, that would make the Death Star far superior to the second one which doesn't make any sense as the DS II is made as being superior to the original(?) iirc.

Then we'd scale the profile.

@Ant That calc has been up for over a decade now, I don't think it'll go down anytime soon. But if you really want I'll post it here.

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. Sorry. Never mind. Head glitch. You can simply link to it and modify the Death Star page then.

 

[LordXcano]

Done

 

[Antvasima]

Thanks.

 

[Hop_Hoppington-Hoppenhiemer]

Yeah the Death Star II was superior, although it's actual main purpose was to trap the Rebellion and Luke. But yeah, this revision is fairly good. I approve.

 

[CrossverseCrisis]

I just realized that i might have actually been referring to the Death Star from Star Wars 7. My bad. Just wanted to correct myself here. ^^;

 

[Hop_Hoppington-Hoppenhiemer]

@Cross

That's Starkiller Base, it's made by different people and way worse, but yeah what you said kind of applies to that one. That one can destroy up to 5 planets and their orbitting sattelites (moons, star fleets, etc)

 

[Fllflourine]

Also, should I make a new thread regarding whether or not the Starkiller Base is "At least 5-A" or High 4-C via a calc?

 

[Antvasima]

You can do so if you wish.

 

[Drellix]

Can I add that in the book Death Star, it destroyed a planets surface with 4% power and caused it to nearly collapse?

 

[Antvasima]

I suppose, although it seems unnecessary.

 

[Hop_Hoppington-Hoppenhiemer]

I agree with Ant, that information is a touch superfluous.

 

[Hop_Hoppington-Hoppenhiemer]

Updated it for the Rogue One movie for anyone interested. Spoilers, so beware.