So i was wondering about Youtube today, As you do, And found a load of videos cultimanateing in hours of footage, About skirmishes between these 2 sci fi series's.
So i figured there has got to be enough geeks here to disscuss...So. We should first lay down the rules.
Any of the Main races/alliances and empires, from these Two respective Universes can be used. So ,
For Star Trek, We would have (From TNG Era) :
-Federation
-Romulan
-Klingon
-Borg
-Cardassian
-Dominion
-Vulcans
-Breen
-Ferengi
For Babylon 5, we have :
-Earth Alliance (Includeing Psi Corps)
-Rangers
-Minbari
-Shadows
-Vorlons
-Narn
-Centauri
-League Of non Alligned Worlds (Drazi, Vree, Brackiri, and So on...)
Now, Nevermind Into Universe Conflicts, both these Universes have set aside there politcal differences within, to settle the greater Conflict. This was a Joke created By Q Because he was bored, before anyone decides to ask the question Why, there is your answer
So, lets Disscuss it...
There is far too much to go into on my own, but im sure it wil all be covered in due time, So i wont go into Ship Specifics, YET (that is going to be fun
), Weapons Etc, but the Main Advantage Point of the Babylon Races, Which i will make now, are :-Jump Engines, Unlike warp drive, you Cannot Detect these until they form, so there is little prior warning that you are about to be engaged.
-Minbari, Ranger, Some Earth Alliance and Vorlon and Shadow Ships, All have organic Technology, and uber stealth technology, Which could make them invisible to Star trek Sensors.
-Babylon 5 Weapons , I think there is little doubting that in the grand sceme of things, babylon 5 genre weapons are far more powerful, The Cutting Beams, The main Cannon on the excalibre Class, The Forward Cannons On omega Classes, the Vorlon insane planet killing weapons, and Shadow Death Clowd, And such. Offenseivly there isnt anything i can think of from TNG that could out firepower a White Star, Minus Perhaps the Borg Cube. Neverming a Blue Star Shatara Class, Or an Advanced Omega Class, or even a Narn heavy Cruiser, And we arent even onto the Vorlon Behemoth's yet...
-B5 fighters , There arnt alot of fighters knocking about in Star Trek, Whereas B5 Has Some uber Manouveable Fighters, which in squads are capable of takeing out Massive Ships. These Include the minbari Nial Class and The EA StarFury Classes.
Star Trek Advantages :
Sheild Technology - The Clear advantage of the star trek universe is the shield technology, However behind this, even with Defiant Type ablasive armour, and at last gasp defence, Polariseing the hull (thanks enterprise
) there isnt a lot behind these. Wether these Shields would really Hold Out is a different matter, the final battle could well depend on which is more effective, Sheilds, Which can be taken down and take a while to rebuild, Or the organic B5 technology, which can repair itself at a fairly quick rate.Cloaking technology - Just at B5 has Jump technology which Star trek will not be able to detect, So does Star trek have Cloaking technology, Most Obviously, The Klingons and Romulans employ this, However, you cannot engage warp with this, as you can be detected, and you cannot fire while cloaked either, which is a bit of a setback.
Neutral Points - Accuracy, Both Star Trek And Babylon 5 have advanced targeting systems, and are highly accurate with all Beam Weapons, however Torpeados on Both sides, and Blaster Weaponry on B5 sides, do have a habit of missing. So if it comes down to Phasers Vs Cutting Beams, My money Would be on cutting beams....
Continue!
, i have seen every episode of B5 its epic... 
