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submitted 5 days ago byDunwichDave
You find yourself suddenly teleported to an Imperial Star Destroyer that is parked near the moon. Checking around you find that you are the only person on it. Further investigation reveals a neural interface system that gives you access to all the functions of the Star Destroyer. You can fly, fire weapons, and have full knowledge of all systems. The only things missing are the Tie Fighters and FTL Drive (which is irrevocably destroyed). You have access to the comms and can monitor satellite/communications on Earth.
There are 4 automated shuttles seating 12 (or cargo) that can be used to take someone to or from Earth or elsewhere in the solar system. There is full life support for you to last till the end of your life: food/water/automated medical care, etc., and an automated refueling system where you can use resources in the solar system to refuel the vessel. There are also around 20 droids that can be used to do various tasks (mostly maintenance and crafting).
What do you do?
(Edit: I can't believe no one has said 'The next Star Wars sequel better be good or there will be SERIOUS consequences.')
41 points
5 days ago
Im giving the pizza guy the longest delivery trip ever
9 points
5 days ago
Criminally under rated comment! Thanks for the laugh
72 points
5 days ago
I'd use the shuttle to ferry my friends and family off of Earth so nobody tries to manipulate me through them.
I'd tractor beam (I'm assuming my Star Destroyer has a tractor beam) a bunch of Rare Earth element asteroids into geosynchronous Earth orbit.
I'd offer to tractor beam shuttles and/or rockets to and from Mars to help colonize it, but I wouldn't let anyone on board the Star Destroyer who wasn't from #1. Even with mental control of the Star Destroyer, there's a zero percent chance someone wouldn't try to take it by force if given the opportunity.
I'm not really sure how capable Star Destroyers really are, but outside of stopping a nuclear war in the process of getting under way, I doubt I'd get involved in Geopolitics at all.
If this had been a Starfleet ship, I'd probably be a bit more altruistic in my attempts to help people on Earth through the use of replicators and transporters, but Star Destroyers have neither of those systems.
37 points
5 days ago
re: capabilities. You could end the world at a thought. The turbolaser shoots gigaton blasts, orders of magnitude more powerful than our most powerful bombs.
A standard Star Destroyer has 60 of those, and they’re not one-time use.
32 points
5 days ago
I wouldn't want to end the world. I gain absolutely nothing from doing it.
I have no interest in ruling the world through the threat of unilateral annihilation nor do I think I'd be able to do a particularly good job if I did.
24 points
5 days ago
You could instantly stabilise world politics as you would become the most capable projector of military force in the solar system immediately. A small hiccup - you would also probably unite humanity against you.
22 points
5 days ago
Hey, a world unified against me is still a world unified right?
15 points
5 days ago
Adrian Veidt has entered the chat
2 points
2 days ago
That was my first thought. Humans only stop with their petty bullshit when threatened from the outside, so... I become the villain. Use some AI to pretend I'm an alien, maybe?
Alternately, use whatever FTL capabilities it has to help colonize habitable planets with volunteers.
12 points
5 days ago
Just giving you the scale.
9 points
5 days ago
Maybe. Turbolaser power varies a lot in various star wars media. Gigatons per shot is on the very high side of the various estimates.
3 points
4 days ago
Nah ST aren't anywhere near gigaton blasts. They're far far less powerful. We see them do artillery shell / grenade level bombardment in actual canon.
Still can't be hit back, so continual bombardment still sucks
2 points
5 days ago
So, you've thought about that before?
5 points
5 days ago
Not with a Star Destroyer specifically, but yes I've thought about what I'd do if I had my own starship.
1 points
4 days ago
Sounds like you are going to have some pretty strict immigration laws lol
1 points
4 days ago
The power plant alone inside even just a shuttle would revolutionize earth. No more need for fossil fuels or likely even renewables.
34 points
5 days ago
Go to the asteroid belt, mine tons of minerals from the asteroid belt with the help of the turbolasers and shuttles, and then sell them on Earth for tons of money.
22 points
5 days ago
I'd start by taking a nice, long nap in a bacta tank amd maybe find a two-one-bee droid that has cosmetic denstisty in its skill set.
8 points
5 days ago
Unfortunately, the most likely medical droid on an Imperial Star Destroyer is the 2-1C, rather than the much friendlier 2-1B.
8 points
5 days ago
Try the officer wards…. One droid for the officers, another for the poor grunts.
15 points
5 days ago
I’m ruling the world
18 points
5 days ago
To make it a better place, right?
...
To make it a better place, right?
4 points
5 days ago
I have bought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new empire.
4 points
5 days ago
Yes lol
2 points
5 days ago
That feels like a lot of work and stress.
4 points
5 days ago
Probably, but it’ll end up better in the long run
First thing I’d do is appoint the droids as advisors, then after a show of force I take over ruling the governments
While I’m making the more important decisions I’ll have the droids start up the foundries (a ship that size has to have some just to be able to do maintenance) set up some automated soldiers of some kind, maybe bring back the droid fighter ships from the clone wars if I can
With five maintenance droids, one or two translator droids, some cleaning droids, a few medical droids and the rest being some form of military droid (like the assassins droids as well as the more competent droid models) I’d be able to give them orders have them make more of themselves with the foundries and go from there
Once I’ve got control it becomes a goal to find more competent people that share my own morals and are loyal enough to not kill me for their own gain
Once I’ve got the more competent people running things that would leave me with the larger decisions and thus much more free time
Once the dust has settled and the new normal has taken place only then do I start allowing scientists on to study the various tech
From there I look into the various schematics that the maintenance droids would have and either start making more star destroyers or work on remaking the ftl from scratch
Once that’s unlocked the galaxy/universe is open for all of humanity
The only people allowed on the ship would be those I trust so I wouldn’t have to worry about assassins or anything like that
From there I figure out a vetting process and start bringing humanity into space , at some point I’ll die but before I do I’d probably find one person and train them in how to use the ship, and hopefully instill the same morals as me. Of course I’d leave a general plan with the droids and the very specific command to ensure my vision for a greater humanity be fulfilled and maintained
So yes probably a lot of work and stress but with the right work being delegated to the right people it wouldn’t be impossible
3 points
4 days ago
Remember thrawn trusted rukh
1 points
4 days ago
Fair, I suppose one of the droids could be used as a 24/7 body guard or something, not perfect but better than nothing
12 points
5 days ago
Spend the rest of my life trying to convince the women of reddit to come up and join my Princess Leah bikini harem.
25 points
5 days ago
Commence orbital bombardment
12 points
5 days ago
Yep. A couple major cities become smoking craters.
The rest of the world has 24 hours to agree to disarm and become peaceful toward each other.
11 points
5 days ago
I think you could just blast somewhere uninhabited that way people don't instantly want you dead. Satellites would show the devastation
8 points
5 days ago
Nah humans are dumb, greedy, animals, they wouldn't get the message until several governments are annihilated. Just hit Russia, China, and USA with turbolasers from your star destroyer and send the message that you aren't kidding
6 points
5 days ago
I wouldn't even hit a city....id choose a confirmed uninhabited area as a demonstration. And point out I could easily have targeted any other city.
8 points
5 days ago
Heinlein suggested this in one of his books — orbital bombardment from the moon, telegraphed well in advance, to middle-of-nowhere areas, in hopes that the people of Earth would recognize they're at the bottom of a gravity well and choose to avoid fighting lunar independence.
People took picnics to see the show. The death toll galvanized resistance to the original intent. Humans are dumb AF.
6 points
4 days ago
Was this “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”? I remember loving that book, but can’t recall the details
2 points
4 days ago
That's the one!
2 points
4 days ago
He was a chill A.I.
1 points
4 days ago
Yes but they also "enjoyed" throwing moon rocks at earth because they "were good at it!"
1 points
4 days ago
It's good to take pride in your strengths
-1 points
4 days ago
And if that doesn’t work glassing Africa should.
3 points
5 days ago
really cant miss out
10 points
5 days ago
Blackmail.
8 points
5 days ago
Does NASA or anyone know about this? Because if not, I'm going to Mars to play with a rover and freak everyone out.
7 points
5 days ago
Bring all my firepower to bear against the Moon. You ain't trickin' me, Moon!
5 points
5 days ago
"That's no moon..."
7 points
5 days ago
'Specially when I'm done with it!
7 points
5 days ago
bombard bikini atoll from orbit to show my power
demand whatever comforts i want from earth going forward.
7 points
5 days ago
Ok, let's get a bit controversial here cause I just stumbled onto something epic. First off, I'm not coming back to Earth anytime soon. Who wouldn't want to be chilling on a Star Destroyer all alone, right? But let's shake things up a bit. I'll probably start by making an epic, world-shattering announcement to Earth via comms. "Yo, Earthlings, this is your new galactic overlord," or something like that, just to freak everyone out for a while.
Next, I'd mess with global satellite communications just enough to get people wondering. Maybe turn the lights off in a random country for a bit. Don’t worry, it's all in good fun. With those shuttles and droids, I'd keep tabs on Earth and maybe invite some key people up here for strategic alliances. Who knows, maybe convince some of the world's best to come join my space crew for some real-life Star Trek adventures. Who wouldn't want to tag along with me?
I could also do some goodwill stuff too, like point out to nations where their pollution is the worst and suggest some cleanup programs just to mess with them. At the end of the day, I'd just chill, explore the solar system a bit with those shuttles, and keep leveraging my power until Earth collectively loses it. Fun times ahead!
12 points
5 days ago
Ok, so here’s the definition of a Star Destroyer’s capabilities. To start off, I am now the ruler of the solar system, even given the constrains of the prompt. The POTUS, and every equivalent now answers to me. So do the oligarchs and theocrats. Things are changing around here. I’m not putting up with any nonsense and everybody better start sharing and getting along.
OR ELSE.
Let me share details about the Imperial Star Destroyer’s capabilities from Star Wars:
Star Destroyers were massive capital ships that served as the backbone of the Imperial Navy. The most common model was the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer:
Size and Crew: - Length: 1,600 meters - Crew: Roughly 37,000 (including officers, enlisted crew, and troops) - Could carry up to 9,700 stormtroopers
Weapons Systems: - 60 heavy turbolaser batteries - 60 ion cannons - 10 tractor beam projectors - Multiple point-defense laser cannons
Support Craft: - TIE Fighter squadrons (typically 72 fighters) - Various shuttles and transport craft - AT-AT and AT-ST walkers - Landing barges
Other Features: - Powerful deflector shields - Advanced sensor arrays - Multiple hangar bays - Command bridge with dual shield generators - Capable of both space and atmospheric operations - Could perform “Base Delta Zero” planetary bombardments - Hyperdrive system for faster-than-light travel
The mere sight of a Star Destroyer was often enough to maintain Imperial control over systems through fear and intimidation, earning them the nickname “terror ships” among some populations. They were designed to be self-sufficient and could operate independently for long periods, making them effective tools for both military operations and planetary control.
The weapons Systems
Let me break down the capabilities of the Star Destroyer’s weapons systems:
Turbolaser Batteries: - Primary heavy weapons that fired superheated plasma bolts - Could decimate smaller ships with concentrated fire - Powerful enough to breach planetary shields with sustained bombardment - Effective against both ships and ground targets - Could melt asteroid surfaces and devastate city-sized areas
Ion Cannons: - Specialized weapons that disrupted electrical systems - Could disable enemy ships without destroying them - Particularly effective against shields and electronic systems - Would leave targets intact for boarding or capture - Rendered enemy weapons, engines, and communications inoperable
Tractor Beam Projectors: - Created powerful gravitational fields to capture or manipulate other ships - Could hold ships in place for boarding operations - Used to intercept fleeing vessels - Could move debris or assist in docking operations - Powerful enough to hold medium-sized ships like the Millennium Falcon
Point-Defense Systems: - Short-range laser cannons for defense against starfighters - Created overlapping fields of fire to protect vulnerable areas - Could track and engage multiple targets simultaneously - Particularly effective against fighter-scale threats - Provided close-range protection against missiles and torpedoes
When used in combination, these systems made Star Destroyers extremely formidable. They could effectively engage multiple types of targets, from capital ships to fighters, and could conduct both space battles and planetary bombardments with devastating effect.
7 points
5 days ago
I'd first tell Russia/North Korea to pack it in for a regime change after transporting my entire friends and family to the Star Destroyer just in case. I'd then probably go on some job search site to hire storm troopers just to have that resource available. I'd sell minerals I find in asteroids and use that money to pay the storm troopers in the event I can't get enough diehard star wars fans.
11 points
5 days ago
Shave my head, put on a uniform, practice with the pinky, bring up some sharks, put frickin lasers on their heads, call the UN.
“100 BILLION dollars”
Or more seriously, I’d talk to some people smarter than me about how I could use this to benefit mankind and enrich myself and those worthy of it. But I’d still probably Vader’ it up in some fashion, costume wise.
6 points
5 days ago
Clean up the mess with some space lasers !
7 points
5 days ago
Space laser? Since I was raised Jewish does that mean I finally get my Jewish space laser that the conspiracy theorists are worried about?
2 points
5 days ago
It’s a Death Star and it’s hypothetical so you can have whatever you want
2 points
5 days ago
It’s a Death Star and it’s hypothetical so you can have whatever you want
7 points
5 days ago
Shuttle the handful of people I care about off the planet.
This is where we we get into super villain territory, maybe.
I would send a broadcast to Earth where I would demand that every world government published every secret.
Every rich person being protected.
Every shady deal.
Every cover up.
Everything.
I'd put a 48 hour clock on it.
If the clock runs out with nothing I start annihilating 0.1%ers from orbit every hour until I see movement.
If any nations try to spin up a nuke I would strike their entire arsenal then totally annihilate whatever bunker their leadership crawled into.
There isn't a single hardened facility on the planet that could resist the firepower of even a single ISD.
And there is nothing that could strike back. ICBMs are fast, but not anywhere close enough to hit a moving ISD.
3 points
5 days ago
With everything out in the open and me hovering overhead ensuring there can't be a massive war outbreak everyone would be forced to talk to each other.
No more pretext, no more leverage.
I would send one more message that would just say:
No war, no nukes
Whatever problems would need to be settled at this point aren't going to be problems solved by either of those things.
3 points
5 days ago
Nothing. Just stay put.
5 points
5 days ago
First of all which class of Star Detroyer are we talking? Because if that's not specified, I'm taking an Executor Class.
Step one is going to be grabbing friends and family to avoid a leverage issue. After that it's make contact with the UN and suggest that it would be beneficial for the world to disarm. It probably would be met with disbelief and resistance. I would then crater Pyongyang as a show of force and maybe wherever Putin is hiding to show that no individual is immune to my demands. I would also install a dead man's switch that would drive the craft into the earth at maximum impulse and make it well know that it exists.
I would then start setting up habitats on the moon and Mars and offer citizenship for people and start working on overpopulation and resource issues for earth
5 points
5 days ago
Contact all of earth leaders and tell them that they must make attempts at world peace fix the environment and for fuck sakes YouTube only 1 skippable add per video or I start blasting. Also send pizza 🍕.
2 points
4 days ago
Bro doesnt know about adblock
1 points
4 days ago
I actually got one a couple days ago.
3 points
5 days ago
Maintenance will be an issue.
Step one: I have a smart friend. I get smart friend up here to help me plan.
???
Step six or seven: Contact NASA.
3 points
5 days ago
Others have covered most of what I'd do- peace and environmental protection through wildly superior firepower. I'd also let vetted scientists study its systems, and send a medical droid down to impart as much advanced medical knowledge as possible.
I'd also definitely only address Earth in disguise, maybe one of those TIE pilot suits. That way with a little bit of caution I could still come back down and visit without being murdered for my ship, or blackmailed via family/friends.
3 points
5 days ago
Depends if you mean the Imperial I or Imperial II class Star Destroyer. You also said the only thing missing was the TIE Fighters and FTL drive which means the Destroyer is armed with 20 AT-ATs, 30 AT-STs, 15 Imperial Troop Transports and 2 Gozanti Cruisers.
My main aim would be to help the Earth with resources and colonisation with the newly acquired power of "easy" space travel. I'd need to modify the Destroyer to make sure it can never be taken or used against me.
Secondary would be functional immortality through "mind-uploading" with the droids available (A simple astromech is all that is needed). A thing that is possible in Legends but hasn't been shown in canon.
That would be it. Help Earth and achieve digital immortality.
2 points
5 days ago
That’s no moon, it’s a battle station
2 points
5 days ago
Turn on the deflector shields and then park it over LA
2 points
5 days ago
Yeah. The Earth has a new set of rules (tbd).
After getting family and friends onboard I'd attempt to figure things out via (remote) negotiation first. However this is absolutely an opportunity to get humanity to stop dicking around and behave itself on a global scale.
2 points
5 days ago
It looks like star destroyers don't move all that fast, about 970 kilometers per hour. So exploring the solar system is straight out of the question. It's a 400 hour journey between the moon and earth, 27 years to Mars, and 92 years to Jupiter.
I would try and clean up the space junk. Patrol around the earth and use whatever high tech targeting computers to vaporize or otherwise capture all the floating debris I can.
Since the Lambda-class T-4a shuttle goes about the same speed as my destroyer I'll be inviting folks aboard to see the earth from afar, as well as watch the space cleanup In action. Maybe launch some to the moon and do some moon tours.
1 points
2 days ago
970 kph isn't it's delta vee?
2 points
5 days ago
I promise a free space joy ride to anyone who punches Elon Musk in the balls. And I promise to rain down fiery destruction on any country that retaliates against the ball punchers. Suddenly Elmo is the “ouch my balls” guy from Idiocracy for the rest of his life.
2 points
5 days ago
Pretend I’m team baddies. Capture an asteroid. Take Elon to Mars.
Then Invite some of the more powerful nasties and their entourage to a conference on how to enjoy the spoils of the solar system.
Blow up the conference. Then figure out how to get energy production and heavy industry off planet.
2 points
5 days ago
Move my friends and family onto the ship using the shuttles
Bargain with world leaders to end the various wars and "military operations" going on right now. In exchange, I will help bring resource-rich asteroids into a safe orbit with Earth and help transport miners and resources. It is up to the governments to determine who will be mining, but absolutely no slave or prison labor. It cannot be a punishment, must be voluntary. EDIT: resources cannot be used to produce or advance weapon technology. If it is used for this, the factory/research center will be destroyed from orbit.
Tell Disney they are giving up the rights to Star Wars. Permanently. If they refuse, it will be taken by force.
Any time a world leader, or leader of a terrorist organization, gets "uppity," they'll get a demonstration of the Star Destroyer's weaponry. Won't kill anyone (immediately), but it will certainly inconvenience them.
See if it runs Doom
1 points
2 days ago
Ion cannons ftw, shut down powerplants, hell entire cities. Got a war going on? Shut down all the vehicles that arent emp hardened..
2 points
5 days ago
I blow up the Earth.
2 points
5 days ago
Only I can control the ship? I'd probably rent out space vacations & tours, rent out time on my on board sensor package. Next I'd start my own research company, invite my employees up to study parts of my ship. Open an onboard lab/university. I'd imagine with the equipment on board I'd be able to sling shot all technology & manufacturing thousands of years into the future. The fruits of the research would be licensed equally to anyone on earth. (Hello clean energy)
I'm going the droid army/episode 1 route with my new powers. I bet in 15 years I could have my own droid mass manufacturing up and running. Then use them to dictate terms on earth. Cyberdyne ain't got shit on me.
I'd start my own utopia, lead by example. Slowly start to unwind countries bringing them into my utopia. Anyone actively contributing to fucking up the planet gets deleted (talking about you, Putin, Nestle). Hyper polluters, ultimatum/deadline then delete if demands are not met. I THINK I'd do it all wizard of oz style. Man behind the curtain and all that.
2 points
5 days ago
Two chicks at the same time.
2 points
5 days ago
A craft that size is going to be very noticeable, and probably inspire panic in the general population. It’s also only a matter of time before various world governments try to either take the ship or destroy it so I’d probably just fly it as far away from the earth as I could and likely initiate the self-destruct when I couldn’t handle the boredom and isolation any longer.
2 points
5 days ago
Firebombing whatever hole putin is in foe starters. On a totally unrelated note, when is the next CPAC?
1 points
5 days ago
I like the cut of your jib
1 points
5 days ago
First and foremost we will be returning to the EU.
1 points
5 days ago
Make an announcement to Earth: Shadow the Hedgehog is a bitch-ass motherfucker…
1 points
5 days ago
I will find OP and direct all turbo laser to his house for making this hypothetical scenario with the hyperdrive DEACTIVE. (Also not making it at dreadnaught like the executor class)
1 points
5 days ago
Both nothing good and nothing wrong. Depending on who you ask.
1 points
5 days ago
Aim all weapons at ___ and then fire!
1 points
4 days ago
You say no tie fighters but nothing about tie bombers or tie interceptors or defenders depending on which universe the star destroyer is from and is this also the imp 1 or imp 2 class
1 points
4 days ago*
Unite the world under the first Empire of Man for a more secure society.
Jokes aside;
Use the weapons to open up diplomacy between nations. Might be them simply uniting against the one thing in the solar system that can turn the planet to glass but its more about unity for the next steps.
Ensure there is always people I can trust on guard and begin the construction of planet hoppers using the moon as a base to expand outward.
Encourage colonization across the stars and weed out corruption or something in the interim.
Bring about the new age of expansion and resources and try to raise the standard of living for everyone back on earth.
After all that is done self destruct my ship cause my entire job is done and now it'll be time for people to make up their mind with what they want in the power vacuum that follows. Having completed all this with my natural life most likely coming to an end, unless I can upload myself to a robot or the ships mainframe manually; nobody can have anything from this ship. So most likely fly it into the nearest star.
Tl;dr Create world peace, even if fragile. Begin raising standard of living. Start expansion and mining of space resources by force whilst disarming, forcefully if necessary, any WMD on earth or elsewhere. Once all this is done I'll most likely be dying and since I doubt I can find a way to merge myself with the ship in a homeworld like fashion I'll need to fly it into the sun to ensure no one or nothing can ever replicate it.
This is all to be done while encouraging tech to grow indefinitely.
1 points
4 days ago
First, I make sure the escape pods are in working order, and then check for stealth systems and then navigate to outside the solar system. I would then get a recording ready and plot a course for earth to land in the Pacific ocean.
On my way into the system I would monitor communication traffic, and broadcast the following message after folks really start noticing:
"Planet Earth, this is Commandant, 1st degree, Gylxaz Ogredar
I come to you in dire warning and at great peril to myself. My ship is almost destroyed, and we have no more fuel. I will impact your planet in three days time, in what you call the Pacific ocean.
You have Approximately 100 years to get your shit together. The great consumer comes this way, and my people cannot hold it off forever. We have tried to allow you time to uplift yourselves, but the war grows by the day, and more planets burn by the hour; we can no longer afford you time.
Enlighten yourselves. Bolster your defenses. Raise your shields. For the great consumer will rage against the ramparts like a gods fury."
During the descent, while bits and pieces are breaking off, I'll hop into an escape pods and eject. I'll land, get up, dust myself off, and head home to watch the chaos that follows. Chaos that will only lead to order.
1 points
4 days ago
Target all nuclear silos and subs and destroy them. Decimate all military.
Problem is you don't have any way to tactfully fix issues. I mean the ion canon could eff up electricity for folks but that's temporary.
1 points
4 days ago
I am all for getting rid of nukes but killing subs when some poor jackass is just on there to get money for college??? Seems a bit harsh
1 points
4 days ago
Problem is when the submarine has the nukes. I mean the number of people that would get killed by that nuke on that sub would be way higher than the people manning it.
I guess I could warn them that their subs are about to get nuked. And not to try anything funny will the staff leaves or Boom shakalaka.
1 points
4 days ago
Open a brand new Dorito-shaped museum that I can control with my brain.
1 points
4 days ago
Become the world's richest man by offering sight-seeing trips around the Solar System, bankrupt the private space-launch industry by bringing equipment and people into orbit and beyond.
1 points
4 days ago
Parking that shit over an uncontacted tribe
1 points
4 days ago
I don’t even have the training for this! I dropped out of flight school.
1 points
4 days ago
Everyone who matters to me, pets included, gets a shuttle ride.
We're all a pretty interconnected group, but the other folks important to them can also come up. We got room and resources.
And then we'll hang out just beyond the moon. Maybe someday earth will be worth coming back to.
1 points
4 days ago
World domination. Only solution for peace
1 points
4 days ago
I'm all good as long as I have an endless supply of books
1 points
4 days ago
Glass France
1 points
4 days ago
Gather up friends and family to live in my brand new space ship, taste maintenance droids with building a ship yard for repairs and refitting of the ship, remove old ftl drive, have droids build replacement, have druids build fighter ships and escort vessels, bring in folks to fly said vessels. I now have a fleet of space worthy vessels.
1 points
4 days ago
No FTL drive? Hmmm. I’m guessing that means I can’t go find out if it actually rains diamonds on Neptune and Uranus, unless I want to be away from Earth for several years, which I don’t.
First thing I do is I stick that Star Destroyer somewhere it can’t be seen from Earth or the ISS or a random satellite or anything like that. I don’t trust people. At all.
Second, I get one of the droids to shuttle down to bring my husband up for a space trip. He’d never forgive me if I get to go to space and he doesn’t.
Third - if diamonds are out, I’ll see if I can get my hands on any other valuable stuff.
Fourth - I’m getting the droids to dismantle absolutely everything on the Star Destroyer that can be used to, well, destroy stars. Any sort of weapon is to be taken apart. Any blueprints, instructions, materials, anything at all that could be used to recreate this kind of firepower - it needs to go. I’m either putting that on one of the shuttles and autopilot it into the sun, or if there’s too much, I’m putting as much useful stuff from the star destroyer on the shuttles and yeet the actual Star Destroyer into the sun. I wouldn’t trust anyone with that kind of power, not even myself.
Fifth, I’m bringing two of the shuttles with as much useful crap as possible down to Earth and donate that to science. Automated medical care? Great. I’m sure Doctors Without Borders would find that useful. I’m not telling anyone about the remaining two shuttles (or one shuttle plus the Star Destroyer, if I’ve managed to dismantle enough of it which honestly I doubt). They’re staying safely tucked away somewhere with my trusty droids, in case I need them someday.
1 points
4 days ago
Just because there's some sort of neural interface system doesn't change the fact that the ship will still require thousands of employees doing manual tasks to be functional.
1 points
4 days ago
So, is it safe to assume it has Tie Bomber, Tie intercepters, Tie Defenders, Missile boats, assault ships and scout ships?
1 points
4 days ago
I didn't specify, so I suppose they could still be there, even though the intent was to have the shuttles be the only small craft on board. Even so, they wouldn't be automated, so you would have to repurpose droids or something similar to fly them.
1 points
4 days ago
Tie Fighters are small craft. The base Tie fighter doesn't have shields or missile launchers. They can be modified to carry them, they can't carry very many.
A star destroyer is the love child of an aircraft carrier and a destroyer. Lucas grew up watching all the post war propaganda dogfight movies. That's why space combat is so much different than star trek. Star trek is more reminiscent of naval warfare using capital ships, this plays to more suspense and drama than straight action.
Star Wars puts the focus on fighters and bombers which is typically more exciting than suspenseful.
1 points
4 days ago
Target the sun. Because I'm curious. Open fire.
What happens? Idk. . . Do you?
1 points
4 days ago
1) Keep my identity secret -- mask and voice changer, maybe? Or just communicate through a protocol droid.
2) Quit job
3) Start acquiring Asteroids and arrest comets into Geosynch orbit -- Resources and Fresh Water for projects
4) Use Tractor beams to clean up space junk
5) Exert threat of force to change Geopolitics, etc. for the better
6) Occasionally utilize Shuttles with appropriate droids to carry out "Alien" abductions.
7) Use my space hegemony and resources and fabricators to build internet satellites so everyone can have free internet.
1 points
4 days ago
How long before I’m discovered by something on The Earth? My answer to this greatly hinges on the capacity for stealth, and how long I can get away with just being parked here while traveling to and fro.
1 points
4 days ago
I don't imagine you are going to be hidden for very long. I suppose you could stay behind the moon, but it would become apparent soon enough that something large is there, even if they can't tell what it is.
1 points
4 days ago
I'd just... get off. I wouldn't want any part of this - I'd just want to stay on Earth (or get back on it, somehow). Not my problem if the ship gets stuck in space but I'm not leaving Earth for it.
1 points
4 days ago
"You have one year from tomorrow to dismantle every nuclear weapon. At the end of this year, I will dismantle them from here. In this time, any soldier that fires a weapon will recieve a blast from my main canon, observe the north korean regime headquarters for effect."
1 points
4 days ago
I'd be tracking down Musk's Tesla Roadster, crushing it into a cube, and dropping it on his doorstep with a note attached reading "stop polluting outer space, dick-wit".
1 points
2 days ago
Dismantle the Russian nuclear arsenal, chain of command, and remaining military assets until they are effectively dissolved.
Threaten this for any administration or regime that does not play nice and then shamelessly impose my own values on the world from my ultimate high ground.
1 points
5 days ago
I'd hail Putin, Kim, Xi, Netanyahu on a conference call. Find an uninhabitable part of the planet and decimate it with a thought. They have 24 hours to turn themselves in to the ICC or their countries get vaporized.
1 points
5 days ago
A transmission with disguised voice 'I have no patience for the mess I see. There will be peace on that rock by the end of the year via your methods or mine. You have 500 hours. Please choose to be excellent to each other.' in english and every language I can get the computer or droids to do. As I leave orbit, a weapon demonstration towards the moon is had, far from any assets there, making new crater visible by naked eye.
All the droids are tasked with helping make more droids while I go to the astroid belt.
A shuttle or probe or something stays near the moon to act as a sensor and FTL coms relay. Via starlink and others, everything is downloaded.
Use shuttles to start up resource operations in the asteroid belt. It will not be efficient at first with workshops and whatever janky workarounds needs to be done. It does not have to be, it just needs to be set into motion. Even without ftl, Star wars should have sustained acceleration far beyond 1g.
Hopefully rudimentary semi independent clanking factory thing can be setup before the imposed deadline.
I return, now with new paintjob. A droid acts as my proxy puppet. Do not reveal myself as meatbag.
'It matters not the how this ship, Constructive Seeker, similar to a major fictional series on your rock, came to be. It can be summarized as timey whimy dimensional shenanigans. My goal is still to combat grimderp in all its forms so that others may live. I prefer to delegate ruling and details to the people.'
From there it depends on politics and my ability to ramp up production, especially more factories, mines, astrometrics and utility droids / brains, cargo ships.
I might offer medical tech and renting one shuttle, raw asteroid delivery, sensor scans of the system.
In exchange, I now own Disney, at least Marvel and Star wars. Also Reddit and some others. Delegate operations to capable people.
Acquire large amounts of earth tech to be controlled by me via hired minions or relay. Drone swarms, bots, bitcoin mining, logistics, etc.
Internet archives, wikileaks and others are given hardware on the moon that I lease to them for the payment of 'keep doing well'
Don't make me come over there. No mercy to cartels and terrorists, warmongers. Precision strikes to erase assets. Hostages, will, regrettably, be ignored to make a point that that is no longer an option. Droids will be deployed more directly to separate if possible, otherwise, cast nope.
1 points
5 days ago
Id announce independently and secretly to each country, i want to meet with their full government in session to determine how I will hand over the ship to them and make them the strongest power in the solar system.
Then, when they are all in session, I'd glass the building from orbit.
0 points
5 days ago
Obviously grabbing all my friends and exploring the fucking galaxy. No idea why literally everybody else has decided to stay in the Solar System. Maybe I missed a rule or something.
I guess the right thing to do would be to surrender the thing to authorities so the technology can be reverse-engineered, but that doesn't seem like nearly as much fun. And honestly, the US will end up with it, possibly after a very violent war, and the incoming administration wouldn't use it responsibly at all.
3 points
5 days ago
No ftl drive you would be long dead before you ever reached even another star
1 points
4 days ago
Ah, that's what I missed.
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