User blog comment:Ratiu Grigore/Star wars vs.mass effect/@comment-3578615-20110625012543/@comment-217683-20110628071716

You need so much power if you're using the technology of the Citadel races. Imperial technology is far superior to that of the Citadel races. Extremely high-powered (apparently) hyper-accelerated plasma weaponry, missiles and torpedoes far beyond those used by the Citadel races, ion cannons, incredibly powerful shields, to say nothing of the massive defenses of many Imperial worlds.

The technology of Star Wars is so far in advance of that used by the Alliance that it isn't even funny. Not to mention that Imperial warships (even the small ones, to say nothing of the ISDs) have so many more weapons than Systems Alliance ships.