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** Meanwhile, the forums debate all manner of other X versus Y matchups (everything from the [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Imperium of Man]] versus the [[Literature/NewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong]][[note]]winner: Imperium, due to being singularly well-equipped to defeat the Yuuzhan Vong's primary strategies[[/note]] to Series/{{Airwolf}} versus the [[Film/{{Transformers}} Bayformers]][[note]]winner: Transformers, due to advantages in demonstrated durability and the fact that there's more than one of them.[[/note]]).
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** Meanwhile, the forums debate all manner of other X versus Y matchups (everything from the [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Imperium of Man]] versus the [[Literature/NewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong]][[note]]winner: Imperium, due to being singularly well-equipped to defeat the Yuuzhan Vong's primary strategies[[/note]] to Series/{{Airwolf}} versus the [[Film/{{Transformers}} [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Bayformers]][[note]]winner: Transformers, due to advantages in demonstrated durability and the fact that there's more than one of them.[[/note]]).
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Wong points out in his review of ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' that the fanbase's mocking of Riker using a joystick to pilot a ship is ill-placed; an analog-controlled joystick would actually be one of the best ways to control a spacecraft.
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* FridgeBrilliance[[invoked]]: Wong argues this when noting holes in the Trade Federation's droid army, as a shipping company, he argues their enemies wouldn't be a fully fledged army.
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* FridgeBrilliance[[invoked]]: Wong argues this when noting discussing holes in the Trade Federation's droid army, army; he notes that, as a shipping company, he argues their enemies wouldn't normally be a fully fledged army.
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* OriginalPositionFallacy: Pointed out in a forum thread comparing various fictional settings. At least one poster noted that since you're far more likely to enter TheVerse as a random average guy than as one of the heroes or major villains, the high standard of living in ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s United Federation of Planets has a lot to recommend it.
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* ToWinWithoutFighting: A major part of Wong's "Battles" essays deal with this, noting that the best determiner of WhoWouldWin is who would accomplish the ''objective'' better, not who would blow up more people in the process. For instance, the ''Deep Space 9'' force substitutions universally go the Empire's way, because it can ignore many of the objectives those battles were fought around (for instance, it doesn't need to capture the Bajoran wormhole, since its ships can already get across the galaxy easily).
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* ToWinWithoutFighting: A major part of Wong's "Battles" essays deal with this, noting that the best determiner of WhoWouldWin [[invoked]] is who would accomplish the ''objective'' better, not who would blow up more people in the process. For instance, the ''Deep Space 9'' force substitutions universally go the Empire's way, because it can ignore many of the objectives those battles were fought around (for instance, it doesn't need to capture the Bajoran wormhole, since its ships can already get across the galaxy easily).
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* ToWinWithoutFighting: A major part of Wong's "Battles" essays deal with this, noting that the best determiner of WhoWouldWin is who would accomplish the ''objective'' better, not who would blow up more people in the process. For instance, the ''Deep Space 9'' force substitutions universally go the Empire's way, because it can ignore many of the objectives those battles were fought around (for instance, it doesn't need to capture the Bajoran wormhole, since its ships can already get across the galaxy easily).
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Wong points out in his review of ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' that the fanbase's mocking of Riker using a joystick to pilot a ship is ill-placed; an analog-controlled joystick would actually be one of the best ways to control a spacecraft.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Though the majority of the "Battles" force substitution essays treat the Federation as whipping boys, they do manage a few victories - they outdo the Trade Federation at Naboo since they can just transport the Viceroy into an orbiting ship and ensure his safety, and they outdo the Rebels at Hoth because, for the same reason, they can evacuate much faster. Wong suggests the Federation could have even outdone the Empire at Hoth, thanks to their ships being small and maneuverable enough to dodge the ion cannon... [[YankTheDogsChain assuming they managed to show up, anyway.]]
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Though the majority of the "Battles" force substitution essays treat the Federation as whipping boys, they do manage a few victories - they outdo the Trade Federation at Naboo since they can just transport the Viceroy into an orbiting ship and ensure his safety, and they outdo the Rebels at Hoth because, for the same reason, they can evacuate much faster. Wong suggests the Federation could have even outdone the Empire at Hoth, thanks to their ships being small and maneuverable enough to dodge the ion cannon... [[YankTheDogsChain assuming they managed to show up, anyway.anyway, and after taking absurd casualties on the ground.]]
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Though the majority of the "Battles" force substitution essays treat the Federation as whipping boys, they do manage a few victories - they outdo the Trade Federation at Naboo since they can just transport the Viceroy into an orbiting ship and ensure his safety, and they outdo the Rebels at Hoth because, for the same reason, they can evacuate much faster. Wong suggests the Federation could have even outdone the Empire at Hoth, thanks to their ships being small and maneuverable enough to dodge the ion cannon... [[YankTheDogsChain assuming they managed to show up, anyway.]]
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** The "Technology" page is full of interpretations on why Starfleet's ground military seems so bizarrely deficient. [[{{Zeerust}} Even the designs of phasers]], which were regarded as bizarrely unergonomic, is suggested to be because they were originally meant to be HiddenWeapons used by diplomats and ended up being distributed to the entire army for unknown reasons - and since Starfleet officers are well-trained and don't get into fights much, the downsides of the weapon haven't become apparent yet.
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** The "Technology" page is full of interpretations on why Starfleet's ground military seems so bizarrely deficient. [[{{Zeerust}} Even the designs of phasers]], which were regarded as bizarrely unergonomic, is suggested to be because they were originally meant to be HiddenWeapons [[ThisBananaIsArmed concealed weapons]] used by diplomats and ended up being distributed to the entire army for unknown reasons - and since Starfleet officers are well-trained and don't get into fights much, the downsides of the weapon haven't become apparent yet.
