Making their technology the same seems a bit redundant... Krayt's is plainly more advanced.
Anyway, I'd honestly edge it to Krayt's Empire; it's stated even prior to Legacy: War that Krayt's Empire is just as strong as Palpatine's. Then just at the end of the series it's revealed that Krayt has purportedly millions, otherwise thousands, of his beastly Sith Troopers held in reserve. Those guys on top of the One Sith and Imperial Military is probably the most frightening military force in the mythos, and, this thread's rules be damned, even the stormtroopers saw some upgrades a century later, so Krayt has the tech edge, undoubtedly.
Palpatine's best weapons to me, seem like his version of battle meditation for a lack of a better phrase, and the death star. I don't think it'd be quite enough, though. The Sith Troopers' starfighters can eat through star destroyer shields and hull armor no problem and their will isn't easily broken by any means.
Then again, Temp could come in and rape me with some Palpatine knowledge.
I think the tech concession was to make it fairer for Sheev. Where was it stated about Krayt's empire vis a vis Sheev's, btw?
Sheev's advantages include being more powerful in all respects than Krayt {battle meditation, Force storms, etc.} and his Empire being much larger with a heavier industrial base, plus experimental technology beyond Krayt's. Krayt has a distinct advantage in general tech and lots of Sith troops.
Originally posted by ILS
Then again, Temp could come in and rape me with some Palpatine knowledge.
excellent
i am just curious to see what everyone thinks palpatine, who is "definitely" smarter than krayt and only has vader, the inquisitors, sovereign guard, and several other factions of darksiders under his command,the royal guard, and his vast imperial war machine, would do against krayts thousands of sith and whatever empire he has.
Originally posted by Darth Demenos
i am just curious to see what everyone thinks palpatine, who is "definitely" smarter than krayt and only has vader, the inquisitors, sovereign guard, and several other factions of darksiders under his command,the royal guard, and his vast imperial war machine, would do against krayts thousands of sith and whatever empire he has.
Barring the reborn Emperor's more cosmic displays of the Force, no, the Galactic Empire's dark siders can't contend with Krayt's overall. There's just too many.
Originally posted by The_TempestLegacy Era Campaign Guide. I was mistaken though; it doesn't say they're equal, but comes about as close to that as you can get. And this is before considering Sith Troopers. Still as you've said, Palpatine has other edges Krayt lacks, so it probably is a toss up.
I think the tech concession was to make it fairer for Sheev. Where was it stated about Krayt's empire vis a vis Sheev's, btw?
Originally posted by ILS
Legacy Era Campaign Guide. I was mistaken though; it doesn't say they're equal, but comes about as close to that as you can get. And this is before considering Sith Troopers. Still as you've said, Palpatine has other edges Krayt lacks, so it probably is a toss up.
Yeah, basically it's saying that Krayt's empire is identical in organization and function because it's merely a continuation of what Sheev started.
That's true, Temp, but Krayt's later tech is infinitely superior tbh. One of Krayt's Annihilators (Sith Tie Fighter) is much faster than any other ever built, and has the firepower to breach the hull of Star Destroyers. Not to mention that they're all Force-User piloted.
Then there's his Dragons...
But with tech equal, there shouldn't be much difference except for the fact that Krayt has a Sith Order.
Palpatine does have a myriad of superweapons as well as his Force Storms, Essence Transfer, planetary mind control, and Battle Meditation. On top of that, he has a significantly greater number of soldiers. The issue is the fact that the actual soldiers that Krayt's army is composed of could probably take on anywhere from several to dozens of Palpatine's troops each, which would probably give Krayt the edge in strict battles.
But between Palpatine's Battle Meditation, Force Storms, Superweapons and his inability to be killed by any means available to Krayt's Empire (last man standing ad infinitum), I'd probably give it to Palpatine's Empire.
I think the Sith Annihilators can counter most of the superweapons pretty easily. Getting to and destroying each of their weakpoints is easy when you have Sith-piloted craft that pierce shields. The galaxy gun is stationary, so it's going down. The Death Stars, well, we know how *that* goes. World Devastators and Eclipses aren't even special, just big high firepower units, it's really only the GG and DSs that matter.
Krayt's Empire has some really nasty bioweapons. Omega Red is 'drop on Coruscant, everyone on Coruscant die,' and that sort of thing.
A large number of force users is a major advantage- the One Sith can steamroll over most of Sidious's dark siders and 'convince' GE Admirals to defect or assassinate them (it is well worth it to send strong assassins like Kruhl against Thrawn, I think you'd agree), planets that it's in their best interest to change sides, and such.
Especially as there'll be atrocities committed by both sides, I don't think Sidious's superweapons will tip the tide. Whether you die of plague or superlaser is fairly terrifying either way, and the spear of Krayt's force, the Sith Troopers, simply couldn't care less, so fear is unlikely to tip things.
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A minor thing, territory wise Krayt's Empire may be a bit bigger. There was exploration, a fair amount, in the following century. Fel did keep some important bits out of Krayt's hands, but there's more minor worlds in the fray. Not the crucial factor, of course.