Talk:World Devastator

Did anyone else notice the World Devastator over Da Soocha V in Dark Empire II? -- SFH 00:57, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes. I at first thought the fleet was over Mon Calamari. It seemed to be devouring a ship. If it was Da Soocha V, then that ship must have escaped destruction. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 20:27, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Nice example of the Rebels utilizing all available resources, that they even captured WDs. VT-16 21:31, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Exaggerating?
Does anyone else think Ackbar is.. exaggerating a bit in that quote? A Death Star was simply massive, and could destroy an entire planet in one shot. That's somehow less powerful than a World Devastator? I think not! -Danik Kreldin 21:15, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * While he may have been exaggerating, it is a quote about the World Devastators that should remain. Admiral J. Nebulax 21:26, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The Devastators could destroy a planet over a period of months, and use the resources to upgrade themselves or make even more weapons of destruction. Thus, they're deadlier from a certain point of view.-LtNOWIS 21:29, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * With the Death Stars and their design siblings, you only get destruction. The World Devastators provide this as well as utilize what they destroy at the same time. More efficient that way. VT-16 21:32, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That's what made them so dangerous. They were self-sustaining seige machines. Also, wouldn't you exaggerate if your home planet was sigled out for destruction? -- SFH 21:38, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I know I sure would. Admiral J. Nebulax 00:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

They are far more effecient than the Death star, and more versitile. They can actually turn a planet into an army. Also, they don't have to completly comsume the planet, so they can overrun it and conquer it. While the death star is also capable of doing this, the death star would not increase it's power with each new planet is destroys. The world devastators can create more world devastators,so the power of the devastator fleet would grow each time they consume a planet.
 * Yes, they might be more effecient than the Death Stars, but that's a point-of-view. But you are correct on how the World Devastators benefit from wreaking havoc upon a planet. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 00:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Mon Calamari or Dac?

 * Shouldn't all references to Mon Calamari be called Dac, due to its "renaming"? Doran 06:28, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Dac was also called Mon Calamari. It's fine. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 20:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Droids
Shouldn't the World Devestators be considered droids? They have droid brains, not human commanders, that control their operations. Red XIV 08:28, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * No, because Humans command World Devastators. It shows that pretty clearly in Dark Empire. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 11:04, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Lando Calrissian commanded an X-1 Viper from within a "cockpit" area...but it was still a droid. EVS Construction Droids also have biological crews. The fact that some large droids have provisions for biological crews who can override their actions doesn't make them just manned vehicles; they're still droids. Likewise, World Devastators are, as stated in this article, run by droid brains. Red XIV 03:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell, only their factories are. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 11:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * According to the DE Sourcebook, they're droids. I quote, "The World Devastators are enormous droids". - Lord Hydronium 11:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, and no. The World Devastators are commanded by living beings. Operations of World Devastators are commanded by a droid brain, yes, but if it were truly a droid, would it need a crew to supervise everything? No. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 22:30, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Refer back to my X-1 Viper and EVS Construction Droid examples. They both have human crews. Red XIV 23:04, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The X-1 Viper was a droid. It was not made to be controlled by beings, but the Alliance did anyway. That's not a good example. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 23:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Quoting from The Essential Guide to Droids entry on the X-1 Viper: "the droids were designed for supervised combat–and thus had manual override controls in their heads". It was in fact designed to have humans the head "cockpit", as opposed to the Rebels merely finding some empty space in the droids and using it to carry troops. We have examples to establish that a droid can have a living crew inside. Thus, the fact that the Devastators have humans onboard doesn't disqualify them as droids. Especially since a canon source, the Dark Empire Sourcebook, explicitly identifies them as such. Red XIV 04:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Still, it seems awefully wierd for this large superweapon, if it is indeed a droid, to require a Human crew. If a droid brain can operate the large factories onboard, why can't it fly itself? Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 12:55, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * From the DESB: "The World Devastators are enormous droids; the crew, technicians and slaves live in special compartments inside.  They perform the programming and feed information to the central brains, but once this is done, the Devastators operate freely within their designated parameters."  So, apparently, the crew didn't have a very big role in the Devastators' operation. jSarek 23:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Size?
I know they vary, but what's the average? Aren't they all bigger than, 500 meters? 1000 meters? 2 km? I don't think they vary that much. &mdash; Aiddat (Holonet) (Contribs Log) 17:33, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd say maybe a bit smaller than an Imperial-class Star Destroyer. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 21:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The largest one, the Silencer-7, was 3,200 meters long and 1,500 meters tall, far larger than an ImpStar. -LtNOWIS 21:27, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * True, but Silencer-7 was the command World Devastator, which would probably have been the biggest. We'll need the standard size, if any. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 21:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd say there isn't any. They more than just varied in size, they actually *changed* in size, as they build more components for themselves as they went.  Their inventor didn't even know if they had an upper growth limit. The Inquisitor-4, at 1,700 meters long at 900 meters tall, was said to be typical of Devastators just old enough to enter combat, but they spent at least a few weeks before that growing themselves under controlled conditions. jSarek 23:16, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Good point. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 23:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * So they do vary a lot. From like Corvette size to SSD size. Wow, I thought they only had small size differences. &mdash; Aiddat (Holonet) (Contribs Log) [[Image:NewRepublic.png|20px]] 16:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)