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For finishing later:
- Schlock Mercenary gets this one right. "Cee-sabots" are used before vanishing in a puff of Retcon as the author
Predictably Damaged V, Priority Delivery and Painstakingly Defenestrated.
Removed
- The first season cliffhanger of Stargate SG-1 is resolved in this manner after the shields of the enemy ships shrug off nukes. The good guys did have to disable the shields before they could pull it off.
Since they blew one ship up with explosives, and the unshielded second ship was destroyed by moving it close to the blast. No ramming involved.
That Other 1 Dude: any particular reason the example from Avatar was removed?
Peteman: Depending on the source, the Death Star is somewhere between 160 KM to 900 KM.
Actually, the German Luftwaffe pulled through the concept of the "Rammjäger", essentially Bf-109 with special armour. Only employed in one mission very late in the war, they destroyed 23 US bombers. However, only four Rammjäger pilots survived, while the rest were killed by US fighters after bailing out. The attempt was not repeated.
- Am I reading this correctly? US Fighters actually killed parachuting enemy pilots?????
Micah: In the process of refactoring, removed comments to the effect of "ramming at relativistic speeds is unrealistic, becauae the energy would be released in the form of heat that would destroy both ships". I don't think I've ever seen a spaceship ramming scene that wasn't portrayed as suicidal.
Narvi: Who cut out the Star Wars example? That's one of the most iconic examples of this trope!
Would Hancock count as a subversion when he's hit by a train and doesn't get a scratch? I'm not sure since the train didn't hit him on purpose.
Sotanaht Ramming Speed is generally a term used to say full speed (overfull in cases where its possible to get more speed by damaging the engine), all safeties off, prepare to die/abandon ship. All in one breath. ...Or So I Heard.
The Gunheart: What about WWII Kamikaze attacks? Don't those count? Frankly, every time I hear of this trope, I assumed it was at least partly based on that tactic...
