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* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': The ''Incredible Cross-Sections'' [[AllThereInTheManual reference books]] for the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel trilogy, written by physicist Dr. Curtis Saxton, became quite controversial for giving energy numbers that to some readers appeared to significantly inflated compared to the film special effects: for example, maximum yields of 200 gigatons on the turbolasers of ''Acclamator''-class troop transports (''Film/AttackOfTheClones'') and 10 teratons for ''Venator''-class star destroyers (''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''); for reference, the latter number is about 10% of the estimated yield of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater Chicxulub meteorite impact]]. Saxton has shown where his calculations came from;[[note]]primarily the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Death Star's destruction of Alderaan]], the concept of [[OrbitalBombardment Base Delta Zero]] from West End Games' ''[[TabletopGame/StarWarsD6 Imperial Sourcebook]]'', and shots from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' of star destroyers blowing up asteroids said to be nickel-iron in Creator/AlanDeanFoster's novelization[[/note]] however, other authors such as Gary Sarli have questioned some of his underlying assumptions.[[note]]e.g. whether "Base Delta Zero" involves glassing an entire planet ForTheEvulz or [[PragmaticVillainy just destroying mission-critical population centers]] as well as whether it was doing so alone or with a backup fleet and how much time would be necessary, and whether General Dodonna's claim that the Death Star "carries a firepower greater than half the starfleet" was referring to its planet-destroying weapon or the amount of gun batteries on its surface. Saxton assumed that a single Star Destroyer could literally melt an entire planet's crust and render it effectively permanently uninhabitable in a matter of minutes, which was about ten orders of magnitude removed from the more conservative interpretation that a fleet of Star Destroyers could destroy all of a planet's major population centers in days or weeks.[[/note]] Due to his author's notes thanking various members of [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny online "versus debating" communities]], Saxton was also accused of [[EnforcedTrope deliberately inflating his numbers]] to "win" arguments over whether ''Star Wars'' factions would beat ''Franchise/StarTrek'' factions in a war.
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* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': The ''Incredible Cross-Sections'' [[AllThereInTheManual reference books]] for the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel trilogy, written by physicist Dr. Curtis Saxton, became quite controversial for giving energy numbers that to some readers appeared to significantly inflated compared to the film special effects: for example, maximum yields of 200 gigatons on the turbolasers of ''Acclamator''-class troop transports (''Film/AttackOfTheClones'') and 10 teratons for ''Venator''-class star destroyers (''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''); for reference, the latter number is about 10% of the estimated yield of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater Chicxulub meteorite impact]]. Saxton has shown where his calculations came from;[[note]]primarily the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Death Star's destruction of Alderaan]], the concept of [[OrbitalBombardment Base Delta Zero]] from West End Games' ''[[TabletopGame/StarWarsD6 Imperial Sourcebook]]'', and shots from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' of star destroyers blowing up asteroids said to be nickel-iron in Creator/AlanDeanFoster's novelization[[/note]] however, other authors such as Gary Sarli have questioned some of his underlying assumptions.[[note]]e.g. whether "Base Delta Zero" involves glassing an entire planet ForTheEvulz or [[PragmaticVillainy just destroying mission-critical population centers]] as well as whether it was doing so alone or with a backup fleet and how much time would be necessary, and whether General Dodonna's claim that the Death Star "carries a firepower greater than half the starfleet" was referring to its planet-destroying weapon or the amount of gun batteries on its surface. Saxton assumed that a single Star Destroyer could literally melt an entire planet's crust and render it effectively permanently uninhabitable in a matter of minutes, which was about ten orders of magnitude removed from the more conservative interpretation that a fleet of Star Destroyers could destroy all of a planet's major population centers in days or weeks.[[/note]] Due to his author's notes thanking various members of [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny online "versus debating" communities]], Saxton was also accused of [[EnforcedTrope deliberately inflating his numbers]] to "win" arguments over whether ''Star Wars'' factions would beat ''Franchise/StarTrek'' factions in a war.
