Can a lightsaber cut through adamantium??

[Zannah]

The Death Star isn't a ship, it is a battle station. 40K has space stations too and they are larger than the mightiest battleships.

Also, as a previous poster have already written, when it comes to planetary destruction, 40K wins. Not only does that nutjob Abaddon the Despoiler ride around the galaxy in his flagship "The Planetkiller", but the Inquisition frequently use their favoured Exterminatus solution to cleanse worlds of their infested populations (although they choose not to blow the entire worlds to pieces, since that would make them impossible to re-colonize. Igniting all oxygen and burning away everything alive seems quite enough to them)

I'd rather face Emperor Palapatine and his cronies any day of the week than going up against the Imperium of Man.

Executor-Class Ships aren't battle stations though, and still large enough (As are Sunhammers and Darksabers, both technically ships and both capable of firepower on death star level). Besides, the Exterminatus is (to my knowledge) the worst weapon available to the imperium of men. On the other hand, the firepower to burn through a planets crust, extinguishing all organic life in the process is something even the relatively small Imperial-Class star destroyers can do. (they still deserve their name after all).

While the fight might be pretty onesided infantry wise, since there's more Space Marines then there's Sith, and there's probably more Guardsmen then there is Stormtroopers (though the latter are easier to make), with the Imperium of men having forgotten most of it's tech thousands of years ago, the Galactic Empire definately wins when it comes to toys (and uniforms) - and would win in the long run, through superior ressources and maneuverability.

Sorry for the slight derail, but the fangirl inside me needed to get that out (though realisticly, with both empires being staffed entirely by xenophobic nutcases, chances are they'll find common ground)

 

[Tonythion]

Of course, but it needs to be Liam Neesson

Win

 

[Coop83]

I think I'll have to take a subjective view of this - because wolverine's claws are relatively thin, a light-saber could quite easily cut through them. If it were a solid door made of the stuff, then it would take longer, much like Qui Gon in Phantom Menace dealing with the blast doors.

 

[Henco]

The unmovable object being hit by the Unstoppable force...

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

Sorry for the slight derail, but the fangirl inside me needed to get that out (though realisticly, with both empires being staffed entirely by xenophobic nutcases, chances are they'll find common ground)

This deserves it's own thread, I'll make one and post my response there.

EDIT: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.256408-Poll-The-Empire-from-Star-Wars-vs-The-Imperium-of-Man-from-Warhammer-40-000-which-would-win

 

[vxicepickxv]

Depends on what Adamantium we are talking about. Marvel comics, Wolverine's bones Adamantium? No, that one is literally indestructible. Adamantium from Warhammer 40k? Yeah, but it would take a long while.

Actually, the Wolverine issue is all kinds of jacked up, because depending on the writer will depend on the properties of Adamantium. If the adamantium is done in the Ultimate Universe, then yes, a lightsaber will be able to cut through it, as it can be shattered by Magneto's energy.

In the 616 universe, it depends on who writes it. Adamantium doesn't have a single ferromagnetic state(It can either be magnetic or non-magnetic), nor does it have an individual single true state. When Wolverine lost his adamantium WAY back in the 90's, the metal was magnetic, and could change shape based on the exact frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum that hit it. When Astonishing X-Men was released(which is still Marvel Canon BTW) adamantium was not hindered by an electromagnetic force, nor was is susceptible to the magics of Limbo(as only X-23's bones and claws were remaining).

In the 40k universe, almost anything has a chance against almost anything, but a plasma gun has a better shot at breaching the adamanitum tactical dreadnought armour than a lasgun does. Of course, neither one of them stand up to a star god.

 

[Wintermoot]

Depends on what Adamantium we are talking about. Marvel comics, Wolverine's bones Adamantium? No, that one is literally indestructible. Adamantium from Warhammer 40k? Yeah, but it would take a long while.

but if wolverines adamantium is indestructeable how did they graft it to his bones?
OP that,s a good question I wouldnt know it but since they managed to mold it in a shape so it can be grafted to wolverines bones I would asume it would cut through it

 

[Henco]

Yeah, I would have to say Lightsabre, cause I don't believe in indestructible. And it's quite preposterous that an adamantium bullet can pierce adamantium but a hyperexcited bunch of particles can't knock it's molecules apart.

And if you throw adamantium into a quasar, will it survive?

 

[Kurokasumi]

If Jedi knight II taught me anything... They can cut through anything except Cortosis

 

[DanielDeFig]

Some serious resistance would slow the blade down significantly. But it would definitley get through.

There is an instance when Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade cut through a wall of cortosis-lined rock. Cortosis shorts out a lightsaber as soon as it comes in contact with the blade. It took them hours, but hey got through.

 

[BlueGlowstick]

Adamantium is completely indestructible. Nothing can destroy it. Sorry but my vote is no.

 

[Nikolaz72]

I dont know if a lightsaber could cut through adamantium. But the question is, will it blend?

 

[My name is Fiction]

"It's plasma so yes it would cut through."

 

[Infernai]

I think ask that guy with the glasses covered this question once before...the answer? You don't wanna know: I will just say that whenever adamantium and a lightsaber collide, something interesting happens.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

The answer obviously depends upon what interpretation of Adamantium you are dealing with. In some settings, it is simply unusually strong and light (a fictional Titanium basically). In other settings it is actually indestructible. In the Marvel universe, it is indestructible after it is initially concocted and cools. Thus it likely could cut the former but would do nothing to the latter.

 

[Exocet]

Also, neither lightsaber nor adamantium can break through diamond, the strongest metal known to man.

I'm going to assume diamond being a metal was a typo,but being hard doesn't automatically make a material "strong".While it's true that it's the hardest natural material there is on Earth,it can somewhat easily be smashed,so a diamond going 200mph and crashing in a wall would just shatter.It's the same with concrete,it's incredibly hard and can be compressed to no ends,but the second it starts receiving impacts(a sledgehammer for exemple),it crumbles.

OT:I think Wolverine could survive Vader's lightsaber,but the second he starts forcechoking,big W is fucked.

 

[York_Beckett]

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

 

[sdafdfhrye3245]

Well, since a Lightsaber is more related to light (Duh), yeah, I don't think any physical substance could really block/hinder it even slightly, considering that it's just pure energy, rather than it having a physical form.

If it is pure energy then how can one saber block another should they not just go through each other?

 

[xchurchx]

Well its just one of those questions isnt it
I had always wandered what would happen if i drop one still on
Thankfuly Robot chicken answered that for me

 

[warprincenataku]

Adamantium can be melted down, as it was done so to be applied to Wolverine's bones. I think it's the strongest metal, but still can succumb to heat.