User blog:Turin Grommash Berman/Emperor Palpatine VS High Marshal Helbrecht

Edge In Close Range: Sword of the High Marshals

WHY: Power swords are meant to cleave flesh as well as armor and cause bleeding whereas Lightsabers only cauterize the wound whether it be a thrust or a chop. (We are allowing the Sword to block a lightsaber and not have a lightsaber cut through it)

Edge In Medium Range: Boltgun

WHY: Boltguns fire a solid slug which, if inaccurate can cause massive shredding inside a body, whereas a blaster rifle fire a laser which, if not accurate, won't kill immediately but rather hurt a bit.

Edge In Long Range: Astartes-pattern Sniper Rifle

WHY: Similar reasoning as the Medium Range Weapons

Edge In Explosive Weapons: Thermal Detonators

WHY: While both explosives can cause shredding, Thermal Detonators also have a massive heat wave that roasts and boils everything within the kill zone.

Edge In Special Weapons: Combi-Melta

WHY: As a combi-weapon is a two-for-one weapon that is fired one weapon at a time (not to mention Meltas are for armor-busting), it has more tactical flexibility in a 5 on 5 fight to the finish while a Lightsaber Pike is just a lightsaber on a pole at the end of the day.

Edge In Armor: Power Armor

WHY: While the Stormtrooper Armor is effective against lasers, Power Armor is effective against both projectiles and lasers.

Vital Statistics of Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious

Height: 5' 8"

Weight: 165 lbs

Universe: STAR WARS

Vital Statistics of High Marshal Helbrecht

Height: 7' 0"

Weight: 450 lbs

Universe: Warhammer 40,000 (http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Helbrecht)

EMPEROR PALPATINE: The Dark Lord of the Sith who manipulated both sides of the Clone Wars for the destruction of the Jedi Order and the rise of the Galactic Empire.

HIGH MARSHAL HELBRECHT: The Chapter Master of the psyker-hating Black Templar Space Marine Chapter from the Imperium of Man who leads Crusades to purge xenos and heretics.

<p style="text-align: center;">Now these two fighter will turn their weapons on each other. It's Palpatine and five of his Royal Guardsmen versus Helbrecht and five of his Black Templar Space Marines. <p style="text-align: center;">Upper-case O = Leader

<p style="text-align: center;">Lower-case o = Squad Member

<p style="text-align: center;">VOTE FOR THE DEADLIEST CHARACTER!

<p style="text-align: center;">(Voting closes on Wednesday October 3, 2012)