Darth_Yuthura

Keep on thinking! I've no problem with people seeing these messages - if I needed to say something private i'd take it to PM's.

You're right, of course, that size has no meaning in these situations - in Star Trek, at least, a Phaser is more powerful than a laser - it's stated several times that Lasers are inferior - Federation, Klingon etc ships are rated to withstand Phaser blasts - whether or not that would hold when compared against Star Wars lasers, I'm not sure.

That's the difficulty - comparing the technological standards of the two. For instance, a cloaking device in Star Trek completely conceals a vessel - in Star Wars, a cloaking device only masks the sensor readings of a ship - you can still see it if you look out a window.

Star Trek ships have an advantage in movement as well - a Hyperdrive in Star Wars takes minutes to warm up, and complex calculations are required, otherwise you could jump into an asteroid. Warp Drive can be utilised almost instantly.

That, and a Q could do some nasty damage to anything that gets in the way...