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Lee Hutchinson wrote:
> 
> In <30eb2b0a...@nntp.ix.netcom.com> Cha...@ix.netcom.com (Clay
> Cahill) writes:
> >>Lasers, yes.  High-energy glowing green plasma?  I dunno...
> >
> >Hmmm... I dunno either. You talking the Death Star main gun? That'd
> >blow a starship up, of course, but it takes so long to aim and fire it
> >at a planet that I can't see them aiming at a ST type starship.
> I agree. Enterprise is way too fast and maneuverable to be hit by a
gun that big. Problem is that it would take Enterprise all day to punch
through the Death Star's shielding and armor, unless ST weapons are
much more advanced than their SW counterparts.

> The Death Star main gun can kill....well, anything.  But it does indeed
> take a long time (over a minute, at least) to aim and fire.  And, since
> the Death Star is vulnerable to small fighters, Blair & Co. would make
> a trench run...hehehe
> Oh yeah? Would it get through PHASE SHIELDS? (just kidding)

> >>and what
> >>about proton torpedoes?
> >>
> >
> >Good point. I don't know what the charge is on those things. If it's
> >chemical (an explosive) I wouldn't give them a chance... But if it's
> >something else? I dunno. If they match up closely with photon torps
> >(which are 'effing anti-matter), then the Enterprise would have real
> >problems with a bunch of torps delivered by fighters.
> 

> They don't ever say what the proton torpedos and such are.  I'd hazard
> that they're antimatter, but a proton torpedo probably isn't as
> powerful as a photon torpedo.  Hell, a photon torpedo is a HELLUVALOT
> more powerful than ST plays it out to be...
> Despite looking through the Star Wars role-playing manuals, I don't
ever recall seing how a proton torpedo works. I don't see how they
could be nearly as powerful as photon torpedoes, though, since the
technology in SW doesn't seem to be that advanced relative to ST.
In my limited amount of play of X-Wing, it wasn't my impression that
protons were too great. I mean, it took two of them to take out a
SD shield sphere, and in one of the movies (Return of the Jedi, I 
think) two A-wings (I think)  blew by one and shot it with lasers a
few times and it was history. However, this is obviously not the
same with the video game, so the matter is up for debate.
As far as photon torpedoes go, you might be overestimating the amount
of antimatter available in the torpedo. I can't say I've seen any
manuals on the subject, but from what I know of physics it's quite
difficult to contain antimatter since a large amount of electricity
is needed to maintain the field that keeps the antiprotons going in
a circle. I guess ST technology should be vastly more advanced, though...

> --
> Lee Hutchinson
> Poke...@ix.netcom.com
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> 
> "Hit it."

Evan