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Title: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: Andym on 05 December 2016, 02:47:56 PM
Seen this on Yahoo news. Apparently it cost £6.2 Octillion to run a day!!!!! :o Although, they seem to firing and recharging the laser every day!

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/cost-of-running-the-death-star-revealed-and-at-6-2-octillion-its-hefty-121721175.html (https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/cost-of-running-the-death-star-revealed-and-at-6-2-octillion-its-hefty-121721175.html)
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: Elbows on 05 December 2016, 03:53:15 PM
They could also upload future plans for stations to the Cloud...super secure...don't have to worry about those Bothans.
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: N.C.S.E on 06 December 2016, 03:53:31 PM
I'm sure they could re-coup some of that cost by hiring out conference room facilities.

 lol lol

Funniest thing I've seen all week.

Perhaps a few wedding reception facilities etc as well?

Funerals, christenings etc etc, the possibilities are endless!
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: Elk101 on 06 December 2016, 04:50:53 PM
No wonder the Imperial officers were so stressed, they were trying to juggle destroying the Rebels with balancing the heating bill and the catering costs.

"Lord Vader,  might I suggest we swap Fajita Friday with something a little more.....basic?"

Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: Cubs on 06 December 2016, 06:18:55 PM
Bit of lagging and an insulated door on that exhaust port would have cut their heating bills.
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: manchesterreg on 06 December 2016, 09:08:54 PM
Could have converted the main walkway to a wheel and used ewoks to power the death star.
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: Mahwell skel on 07 December 2016, 12:37:09 AM
More recycling! Less trash compacting!
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: Vanvlak on 07 December 2016, 06:04:25 AM
They should've built a Dyson sphere instead, and just get energy from the star within. They would need more material, so the initial outlay would be higher but running costs could be lower - if they used droids to man it with just a core team to manage the place and fire the laser. They could even grow crops on the surface....
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: beefcake on 07 December 2016, 08:09:05 AM
Bit of lagging and an insulated door on that exhaust port would have cut their heating bills.
lol You beat me to it!
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: armchairgeneral on 11 December 2016, 09:56:54 AM
I thought they had been making cut backs such as axing Darth Vader's private dining facilities so he had to go to the canteen like everyone else.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: Mr Tough Guy on 12 December 2016, 11:45:51 AM
Sounds a bit much, as someone calculated the GGP (Gross Galactic product) to be about $4.6 sextillion a year, and the construction cost of the first Death Star as $852 quadrillion (all in 2012 Dollars)

It's a Trap: Emperor Palpatine's Poison Pill
https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.09054
Title: Re: Death Star Running Costs
Post by: Etranger on 12 December 2016, 01:18:31 PM
Sounds a bit much, as someone calculated the GGP (Gross Galactic product) to be about $4.6 sextillion a year, and the construction cost of the first Death Star as $852 quadrillion (all in 2012 Dollars)

It's a Trap: Emperor Palpatine's Poison Pill
https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.09054
But you have to factor in all the O, H & S fines they get...