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Re: Origin Marketing--totally unfair

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From: madb... Mad Baron
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <macsonic-060...@dyn101.dialin.rad.net.id>,
macs...@rad.net.id (Edo Andromedo) writes:

>>> 
>>> 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.
>
>I think that there is a story about the original Enterprise attacking a
>Death Star, it is a little bit comedical, but it clearly shows that the
>Death Star can be defeated by the Enterprise.

Alright. Here's the solution. Star Destroyers, Death Stars, and all
Imperial technologies were constructed a long time ago, in a galaxy far
far away. The technology is outdated! Enterprise has the latest 24th
Century design and engineering! Enterprise would win because it is
technologically superior. No contest!

"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." -
Darth Vader

Mad Baron
madb...@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/madbaron
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From: madb...@aol.com (Mad Baron)
Subject: Re: Origin Marketing--totally unfair
Date: 1996/01/06
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