Guilliman vs Thrawn
Guilliman and Thrawn are both known as exceptional strategists, and excellent commanders overall.
How would they fair against each other in a curated setting?
Ground rules:
Early/Mid Great Crusade era Guilliman (to bridge the experience gap)
No Starfighters (I am not familiar with any 40k equivalent to a tie fighter)
A standard las-rifle = E11 Blaster
Neither commander can fight, this is solely a test of strategy
Void shields = ray shielding (depending on ship class)
Fleets:
Guilliman gets 1 Gloriana, and 15 other capital ships + any vessels necessary for supporting ground troops.
Thrawn gets 3 Star Dreadnoughts and 20 other capital ships and vessels required for ground troops.
The difference in fleet size is due to 40k ships being disproportionately larger than Star Wars ships, but due to no Abominable Intelligence I am hesitant to give Thrawn a proportionately even sized fleet.
Ground Forces:
Guilliman gets 10,000 standard, unnamed ultramarines and 5,000,000 Imperial Guardsman from any regiment of his choice (so long as they are standard guardsman).
Thrawn gets 10,000 Phase III Dark Troopers and 5,000,000 standard TK Stormtroopers of any variation of his choice (so long as they are standard stormtroopers).
Setting:
A single solar system similar to the Sol System but each planet is habitable like Earth but bigger or smaller. They still have some of their own issues however, like Venus still has acid rain, and gas giants will have limited visibility due to fog/space dust and storms.
Both fleets enter from the edge of the solar system (on opposite sides).
Questions:
Who wins the ground game?
Who wins the battle that actually matters in space?
How long does the conflict last?
What do the losses generally look like on each side?
Ending Note:
This is not a 1 for 1 comparison of their fleets. If you think the side you’re rooting for has an inferior force in one area, how do you think they would overcome that issue?
I want to know about maneuvering, hit and run tactics, etc.
EDIT: Seems like the matchup was quite poor. If you would like to do so, insert your favorite chapter master or really any ranking space marine in place of Guilliman and in turn they would get 10,000 of their own brothers.