Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The X-wing almost entirely sinks into the mud which forms the base of the swamp, and the star ship debris sink very rapidly into the oceans at Kamino. This means starship densities must be at least several times greater than water, probably at least comparable to modern metals despite not being entirely solid.
The ICS books written by Astrophysicist Curtis Saxton imply densities in the tens of tons per cubic meter an order of magnitude greater than water and several times denser than most metals. This is due to the necessity of on board hyperdense fuels exceeding the dry weight of the vessels which consume them by several times in order to sustain the power required for multi thousand G force accelerations.
a Imperial Star Destroyer must weigh at least a couple hundred million tons going by canon evidence and probably several billion tons going by official evidence from technically inclined sources (derived from fuel requirements at star wars technical commentaries).
It is now possible to derive a starships power from acceleration and mass:
galacticempirewars.com/propulsion-power
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The X-wing almost entirely sinks into the mud which forms the base of the swamp, and the star ship debris sink very rapidly into the oceans at Kamino. This means starship densities must be at least several times greater than water, probably at least comparable to modern metals despite not being entirely solid.
The ICS books written by Astrophysicist Curtis Saxton imply densities in the tens of tons per cubic meter an order of magnitude greater than water and several times denser than most metals. This is due to the necessity of on board hyperdense fuels exceeding the dry weight of the vessels which consume them by several times in order to sustain the power required for multi thousand G force accelerations.
a Imperial Star Destroyer must weigh at least a couple hundred million tons going by canon evidence and probably several billion tons going by official evidence from technically inclined sources (derived from fuel requirements at star wars technical commentaries).
It is now possible to derive a starships power from acceleration and mass:
galacticempirewars.com/propulsion-power
Fair use
