Originally posted by Beniboybling
Wasn't Cinnagar where they created the Krath war droids?
Protocol droids. The kind that would be doing these jobs.
Originally posted by Emperordmb
So why would the work force be wasting time on infrastructure that could be easily be taken care of by technology rather than expanding mining operations... the main export of the planet.
Who cares. Why use human guards instead of droids. Why employ anyone instead of droids. Its just how it works. Kun specifically says there are technicians. So obviously they use technicians to monitor these things. Just stop. You're wondering about realism in a comic where a dude vaporises monsters with beams of magic powered by hate. The people who wrote the book didn't give two left nuts about this shit.
Originally posted by Emperordmb
So why would the work force be wasting time on infrastructure that could be easily be taken care of by technology rather than expanding mining operations... the main export of the planet.
Because when you consider the population of the planet, even 600 mil is a small percentage. And if it is one of the biggest transport hubs in the galaxy - possibly second to courescant - then that would be the main export, and not mining. In which case, I might be stingy with my estimations. The 600 million figure might be too low.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
And why can't they get jobs off-world. 😕
Now if their were genuine and intelligent questions in this thread, this is most certainly not one of them. This is nitpicking. If they are getting jobs off-world that doesn't preclude the idea of people having jobs on their world, from different planets. And of course, it is still inconvenient.
Originally posted by NephthysYet a number Ziggy pulled out of his ass is totally legit. mmm
Who cares. Why use human guards instead of droids. Why employ anyone instead of droids. Its just how it works. Kun specifically says there are technicians. So obviously they use technicians to monitor these things. Just stop. You're wondering about realism in a comic where a dude vaporises monsters with beams of magic powered by hate. The people who wrote the book didn't give two left nuts about this shit.
Still going with 100-200 tbh, and that's a high estimate. 🙂
The number pulled out of ziggy's ass was a legitimate estimation based on the number of inhabitants of the planet. Which also includes the number of transport vessels coming in to export goods - you know - to sustain a planet with it's near Trillion population. To add to this, the fact that it's one of the busiest transport hubs in a galactic wide republic, which would mean the workforce needed to monitor space-crafts coming into the planet - is most likely - a bit over 100 🙄 We are talking about millions, and quite possibly, a billion people for this type of job.
100 might be the number of technicians for the Rebel Alliance, when they were hiding on the Jungle moon of Yavin.
Originally posted by ZiggystardustIt was a pile of crap made from a cocktail of mostly conjecture and flawed real world parallels.
The number pulled out of ziggy's ass was a legitimate estimation based on the number of inhabitants of the planet. Which also includes the number of transport vessels coming in to export goods - you know - to sustain a planet with it's near Trillion population. To add to this, the fact that it's one of the busiest transport hubs in a galactic wide republic, which would mean the workforce needed to monitor space-crafts coming into the planet - is most likely - a bit over 100 🙄 We are talking about millions, and quite possibly, a billion people for this type of job.100 might be the number of technicians for the Rebel Alliance, when they were hiding on the Jungle moon of Yavin.
Fact is we know nothing about how SW traffic systems work, and one could just as easily argue that by SW tech standards a handful of towers manned by a dozen men each would suffice.
Feel free to provide actual sources that suggest otherwise. 👆
Originally posted by The Ellimist
Btw remember when Ant was masturbating to Darth Revan explicitly needing a nexus to dominate the crew of some ships? mmm
The only thing is Revan affected hundreds to thousands of Jedi - not a hundred or so technicians.
There's a distinction between "the crew of some ships" or the entire battle of Malachor V.
(Someone please quote this so Ellimist can see it. Thanks.)
Originally posted by The Ellimist
Yeah it's hardly "nitpicking" to wonder how many technicians there are who could've seen the ship; I'm guessing hundreds at most.
It is when Kun says it was every technician on Cinnagar.
Originally posted by DarthAnt66
I love the nexus comment when Kun does the same thing here.The only thing is Revan affected hundreds to thousands of Jedi - not a hundred or so technicians.
There's a distinction between "the crew of some ships" or the entire battle of Malachor V.
(Someone please quote this so Ellimist can see it. Thanks.)
No.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
[B]It was a pile of crap made from a cocktail of mostly conjecture and flawed real world parallels. Fact is we know nothing about how SW traffic systems work,
Given that there is no source literally stating the number of people he affected, just that he did effect real people, and not droids. Then there is no concrete way of determining just how many people were under his trap. All we know is that it was a vast number of people across a crowded planet. Educated guess work is the only option from there. As for flawed real world parallels, I don't see what's flawed about them. There are legitimately 655,000 Bus conductors from a 320,000,000 population in the US. And given that most humanoid species in star wars can't fly across planets, or even killometers, I'd say they're just as reliant on transport as we are - if not moreso.
and one could just as easily argue that by SW tech standards a handful of towers manned by a dozen men each would suffice.
One could maybe argue that, but if you did Beni, it would probably sound retarded. To the contrary, I could argue that any human intelligence - or empathy - wouldn't be needed at all in the realm of Star Wars. That they'd be so reliant on AI, that worlds could eventually become ravaged wastelands where most sentient beings have been captured by a race of droids. Those droids live off of peoples body heat and electrochemical energy. Eventual, they could imprison minds within an artificial reality, and they could name that reality something enigmatic. Something like, the Matrix? But that isn't happening in Star Wars, is it.