Originally posted by Darkstorm Zero
UGH! I didn't expect this debate to crop up here... Normally Spacebattles and SV are the places to go for these kinds of debates for me...Hmm, How can I put this....
[b]Intelligence
In terms of intelligence, I think it depends on a few things, if your talking about competence, well, overall, we have more to draw on from the ST side in an absolute sense. 6 major series and numerous movies... ST has had far more screen time. If going by pure NuTrek standards though, I think much of their success has come down to sheer luck, and, with the exemption of Spock and Spock Prime, there hasn't been much in terms of raw strategic or military planning.
SW, while it certainly has a more militaristic, war driven scenario, and had it's fair share of strategic competence/incompetence, much of the military planning was badly flawed. Hoth and Endor showed 2 sides to the Empire in particular, Hoth was a brilliant play, even though the Imps had all the cards. Meanwile, Endor turned out to be a royal flop, as the Emperor underestimated the Rebels and the Ewoks tremendously.
Overall, I can give the ST side more competency per person, while I cannot give them overall competence because of the sheer size difference between the two. Star Wars has an entire galaxy to draw upon, whereas, unless we include the Delta and Gamma Quadrants, which are primarily Borg and Dominion, SW simply has the huge numbers, and not all of them can be foolish.
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Power (note: clarification? I am going to assume this was meant to mean things like industry, development and such. Please correct me if you mean things like generator output or something else.)
Power is a different horse. As I said above, the SW side is simply too much to handle, their industrial base is ginormous, compared to the rather fractured Alpha and Beta Quadrant factions. Collaboration between these forces is often difficult, and, the one time we ever see any truly grandiose collaboration was the Dominion War, and even then, only a few major powers were involved. The Galactic Empire at it's peak, however, was able to produce fleets hundreds of thousands strong, and 2 Death Stars in a very short amount of time. The industrial base, resource base, production base and lifeform resources is simply too immense to deal with.
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Weaponry
This may be the crux, as it seems to be what many are openly debating right now. Now, Standard armaments I believe fall to the pen of Star Wars. They are fast, powerful, and there are simply more of them, wether it be per ship, or in terms of fleet sizes.
However, There are many exotic, and exceedingly rare technologies, especially by those crafty Feddies, many of which are easily comparable to some of the best Superweapons in SW Lore. Hell, the most fearsome weapon in the SW Arsenal, the Sun Crusher (yes, EU, I know) can be replicated by ST with the right tools, parts, and circumstances.
That being said, they NOT part of the ST common arsenal. Red matter is incredibly rare, and from what Spock described, exceedingly dangerous and difficult to weaponise. Hell, it wasn't intended to BE a weapon originally. Many of Star Trek's exotic weapons are like this, the genesis Device for example, was a unique device, it was never again used, and the data for it is gone. *Shrugs*.
So, Standard armaments ala like the Dominion War sees the SW Side to winning to superior numbers and firepower, whereas if it came to a Superweapons en-masse, the ST Wins for the same reason.
Also, the presence of Q tips a Universe vs Universe fight horribly in Trek's favour. Just saying. [/B]