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Comparing two different fiction universes is a very difficult operation. Star Wars Conversion for FreeSpace 2 is a daring idea, not only in the field of making new ships, effects and missions. The two universes(FreeSpace - Star Wars) doesn't pass to each other so well. That was not a single occassion when the SWTC staff was questioned about how is a ship(For instance a Super Star Destroyer) in Star Wars supposed to survive an assault from a ship in FreeSpace 2(For instance a ship from the same type, the Colossus). The answer is simple: Both the FreeSpace and Star Wars ship will survive! They won't meet, they are played in two (very) different universes.
The only reason why two universes don't pass is very simple to find an answer to: They are following different physiscs, imaginations and focuses. Let's suppose the creators of these worlds are living in the same age, and begin constructing up their universe at the same time, and they are working separately from each other, without the knowledge of each others existance.
The creators of these two worlds imagine a space universe a different way. They look after or ignore science in different occassions(Travelling in space is a good example here, while in Star Wars all ships travel with lightspeed from system to system, in FreeSpace, it would take several decades and centauris to reach a nearby system with lightspeed), they imagine their weaponry(Beams and flaks in FreeSpace, all ships have shields in Star Wars, except a few ones), armaments(Tractor beams in Star Wars), limits and enemies another way than the another one does. They follow a different storyline, they use different geographical focuses, number of species and systems.
Spaceships are also very different in both universes. As mentioned before, FreeSpace ships have beam cannons but no shields, the reversed is true for Star Wars ship. The normal sizes of ships and fleet are also so different. This is a case when the question comes up: Can starship shields absorb the beam energy? Or can the beam weapon ripple the shields in Star Wars over a hit? Which one can be victorius? These questions remain open, because the two world creators are not discussing with each other, they do not concile their imaginations, and they do not know about what the another one is doing.
The most difficult part in making Star Wars conversion for FreeSpace is that the staff is working with FreeSpace engine. This engine is obviously not optimized for Star Wars, and Source coding is very needed. Even therefore, it is still unknown how can the Star Wars universe be implemented into the FreeSpace engine.
