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[Star Wars, BSG] An X-wing and a Viper engage in a dogfight. Who wins?
gpt
(Assuming we're talking about the BSG reboot) 

The main advantage that the Viper has is its maneuverability. X-Wings simply fly around like WW1 or WW2 style fighters, in long slooping arcs. The Viper pilots are much better trained to take tactical advantage of space's lack of orientation, and they freely spin their fighters around and fly backwards, or make maneuvers that can only be done in a zero-gravity vacuum.

Pilot-to-pilot, the Viper almost certainly has a tactical advantage. Unfortunately, the X-Wing has a number of other factors in its favor. Shields, for starters, could leave the Viper incapable of harming the X-Wing. Even if we assume that the shields are deactivated or won't stop machine gun rounds, you've still got hyperdrive, energy weapons, almost certainly more powerful missiles, and an R2 unit to repair damage on the X-Wing. The X-Wing pilot might have trouble getting a bead on the Viper, but there's a strong chance of it being a one-hit kill when he finally does.

All that said, if you put the two pilots in the same piece of hardware, I'd take the Viper pilot 9 times out of 10. They make *much* better use of their space based fighting environment as distinct from an aerial dogfight.