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Originally Posted by temper11
Nice write up. Impressive that you were able to get through the whole thread and save your comments till the end.
I agreed with most of what you said here and walked away from the movie with allot of your same take - aways. However, I didn't follow this sentence above.
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The argument in introducing the kamikaze strategy is why didn't they do it to the death star or starkiller or whatever.
The statement you quoted was the only real way around that is 1. Nobody thought of it, which is lame. or 2. It would cost too much to outfit a kamikaze ship to destroy.
I'm sure hyperdrives cost money and I'm sure the marginal increase in power to move a big ship like the one Hondo used vs a smaller ship with Hyperdrive like an X wing or something. So more mass = more power to get to hyperspace. That would lead to the marginal cost of moving a unit of mass to hyperspace probably is pretty high.
Look at a semi truck vs a pickup truck vs a car. The cost per unit torque between a car and a pickup isn't that much, but as you get heavier, the cost per unit torque between a pickup and a semi is pretty high. Meaning the marginal cost (cost to move up one unit) gets pretty high as you get heavier.
So it is
feasible that the hyperdrives for big ships are just too expensive to procure, but that's pretty out there. It's far more likely that it is just a big assed plot hole.
Here is some reading on Marginal costs if your're interested.
https://www.investopedia.com/video/p...st-production/