User blog comment:El Alamein/Tripods vs. AT-ATs/@comment-26395956-20160330141019

MD 33's Vote: "General Veers' Brainchild vs Dat Ugly Machine"

Primary Weapon: Heat Ray vs Taim & Bak MS-1 Fire-Linked Heavy Laser Cannon

Oh boy. This should be the best match-up I have ever seen. And starting from this one, I am beginning to lose myself. I have NO IDEA which one to give an edge to. First of all, I do know what the Heat Ray can do. I have watched War of the Worlds. And oh dear, many humans fall into the ray's victim count. They can demolish buildings and fighter jets easily? Yes. But against durasteel armor? Now this is pretty hard. Then what about the AT-AT? The machine said to be made by General Maximilian Veers is capable of busting through base armors, forts, etc. But we don't know what the hell those forts are made of, or if it can actually penetrate/damage the Tripods' forcefield. But I am gonna give this one to the Tripods. To be honest, this is pretty hard for me to decide. While the AT-ATs are capable of showering down the Tripods with their barrage of big-ass blaster bolts, the stronger their blaster bolt power is, the slower they go. On the other hand, the Tripods' Heat Ray can keep on firing endlessly at the AT-ATs until they either overheat, or got busted by the AT-AT's weapons, which may be "impossible" due to their forcefield. And the Heat Ray can keep on firing until they either weakened the AT-AT's armor, or maybe really deal some serious damage. And there are two heat rays! That means that the Tripods can concentrate fire on either separate AT-AT's, or a heavy, single-target damage on an AT-AT.

Secondary Weapon: Appendages vs FF-4 Medium Repeating Blaster

Easily, this one goes to the AT-ATs. Sure, the appendages can grapple, batter, and crush vehicles. But that won't mean anything to the AT-AT's armor. I mean, dude, the AT-AT's armor is something more than a simple little car or bus.The repeating blasters on the other hand, while won't really do any real damage to the Tripods, might help the AT-AT squad to take down the forcefield. Plus, while the Tripods ain't aircrafts, at least the repeating blasters can damage the Tripods with the same force for they to actually take down, let's just say a TIE Fighter or Snowspeeder.

Armor: FORCE Field vs Durasteel Armor

I'm going to give this one to the Tripods. As Elgb says, two layers of armor vs a layer of armor? Of course two layers of armor would win. I got my own explanation though here. First of all, compare blaster bolts to rockets/missiles. Of course, rockets are more damaging, right? How about against big-ass blaster bolts? In my opinion, the big bolts would be as damaging as the rockets. And that means that the Force Field can hold a considerable amount of damage from the AT-ATs. And on the other note, I think while the Tripods gonna get a hard time hitting their weak spot (dude, the Tripods are freaking taller than the AT-ATs, how can they hit their "belly"?), they're gonna really wear down the upper Durasteel armor.

Well, I'm not gonna do the edges thing on the specifications. I mixed it up above. But I should say that, the AT-AT's communication can be better. I mean, dude, you can give the other AT-AT commander's a much more detailed information than spraying poo-gas to inform that you're gonna attack the AT-ATs...

X-Factors: Tripods vs AT-ATs

Tripods: 71.5

AT-ATs: 66.5

Edge: Tripods

WINNER: Tripods

I am sorry to disappoint you, General Veers, but the aliens will humiliate you harder than how the Rebels humiliated your gigantic war machine. The force field of the Tripods will really give the AT-ATs the toughest match of their lives (the crews, of course). The 'Pods' heat ray will really give a serious damage to the AT-AT squad. While the AT-AT's better communication can make them hold up against the Tripods, but it won't work if the Tripods have already weakened your powerful external armor, then burn through it slowly, then kill the crew inside... Plus, the Tripods' training would actually give the AT-ATs a big challenge. Brains vs brawns, usually brains win. But not if the brawns is... "too much"...