User blog comment:So-Pro Warrior/Season 1-Battle 8: Battle of the two Forces of Good Armies: The Systems Alliance vs. The Grand Army of the Repubic/@comment-5795750-20130330064503

BG1's "OMG You're Making Me Do the Longest Vote Ever" Edges Part 3 - The Navies and Overall Winners

Main Vessels
Dreadnoughts vs Venator-Class Star Destroyer: Hmmm... the Destroyers are packing in a lot more variety into its weapons and it is a multi-purpose starship so I guess I can compare this to the Carriers as well. Both the Dreadnoughts and Carriers are smaller and more agile than the Destroyer and what gets me is that the Dreadnoughts are bringing in more of their weapons and upping the level of firepower brought to the table (especially with a gun that fires a slug that reaches speeds of 1.3% of the speed of light and a set of accelerator guns that are very big). For that reason, they get the edge.

EDGE: Alliance Navy

Cruisers vs Arquitens-Class Light Cruisers: Again, this is a tricky one for me because I can't tell which one is actually smaller of the two. I'm going to assume that the Arquitens-Class Light Cruiser is the slightly lighter and more manoeuvrable of the two and given its weapons - it might blow the Alliance Cruisers out of the space

EDGE: Republic Navy (but only just)

Frigates vs Pelta-Class Frigates: I might have to call this even because the Pelta-Class Frigate is the better armoured and armed starship but the Alliance Frigate is faster, lighter and more manoeuvrable

EDGE: Even

Winner: The Republic Navy brings in the big guns and can do tonnes of the damage... however I may as well have to give this to Alliance Navy because while their main space vessels don't have enough weapons that are powerful against the GAR Navy's own, they bring in more of them. Plus the vessels seem to be better equipped (aka a slight technological advantage)

Support Craft
A-61 Mantis Gunship vs LAAT/I: The LAAT/i bring in a greater variety of weaponry and it is a multi-purpose gunship. After looking at the stats for the Mantis, I will have to give the edge to the LAAT/i since it has armaments that are versatile i.e. both functions when the LAAT/i performs both as ground support and as a gunship. Sure the Mantis packs more protection and bigger weapons but when used as a space weapon, I bet that they will need a recharging time after every burst

EDGE: Republic Navy

UT-47A Kodiak Drop Shuttle vs LAAT/c: Much like the LAAT/i in the above reasoning, the Kodiak Drop shuttle takes this for being a more versatile multi-purpose warship with the added benefits of durability and a wider variety of armaments

EDGE: Alliance Navy

F-61 Trident Fighter vs V-19 Torrent Starfighter: Both ships have a high level of manoeuvrability which makes them even. Unless I get an idea on the armaments of the Trident, I may have to give this to the Starfighter.

EDGE: Republic Navy

Winner: In this comparison of support craft/space fighters, I may have to give this to the Republic Navy for their more manoeuvrable and versatile craft packing a greater variety of weapons

Overall Winner: Well, the Republic Navy pack in the bigger and more destructive guns - however, having more powerful weapons in the arsenal isn't going to be of much use unless the man behind the coordination of its use knows how and when to perfectly engage the enemy with them. And as mentioned before, Admiral Hackett gets the edge over Yularen. Also, the Alliance Navy are bringing more firepower for less effort, and their ships seem to be better equipped than the Republic Navy. For this reason, I am giving the Alliance Navy the edge here.

Battle Winners
Eden Prime: I see this battle being almost similar to the Green Berets vs Spetsnaz episode on DW but on a larger scale - Ashley's troops will suffer mass casualties before she and the Alliance Marines make a startling comeback that ends with a confrontation between Rex and Ashley. And since Ashley wins over Rex as mentioned before, the winner here is the Alliance.

Horizon: I think the troops Vega will be bringing to this will plow straight through the Clones in their defence although they will suffer heaps when Cody brings out the Commandos at which point the Commandos will finish off the N7s or Alliance Marines and then if Cody is killed by Vega, they will kill Vega too (that's how I picture it anyway). Winner here then would be the Grand Army of the Republic.

Space Battle: As mentioned above, Hackett + more ships that bring about firepower that is equal to the Republic Navy firepower as well having the benefit of technological advances such as FTL drive and kinetic barriers make the Alliance secure another victory.

Overall Winner of this Epic Battle: I came in here thinking that the GAR would win this but after close examination, the Systems Alliance win out but by a medium-sized margin - both sides pack in sheer firepower but the Biotics and Kinetic-based defences will play a huge role in making the Alliance win.