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In article <4d3uo2$i...@cloner3.netcom.com> poke...@ix.netcom.com(Lee Hutchinson ) writes:
>From: poke...@ix.netcom.com(Lee Hutchinson )
>Subject: Re: Wing Commander vs. Star Trek
>Date: 11 Jan 1996 21:16:50 GMT

>In <DL1A4...@cunews.carleton.ca> djk...@chat.carleton.ca (Daniel
>King) writes: 
>>Star Trek Universe                     Wing Commander Universe
>>-warp drive                            -jump points
>>       -useful in combat                       -good for running away
>>       -almost every ship can have it.         -good for suddenly
>being
>>       -requires time to travel.                THERE, so instantaneous.

>Yes, but you can only jump sequential star system in WC.

>>-transporter technology                        -no transporter technology.
>>       -transport a tac nuke or anti-
>>        matter bomb aboard a Cruiser
>>        and BOOM.
I know this is kinda a dumb thread but here goes.

>You can't transport anitmatter without EXTENSIVE (read: dry-dock)
>modifications to the entire transporter system (cited from the ST:TNG
>Tech Manual)
Still,a nuke isn't antimatter is it?
I don't understand why they don't use nukes on Star Trek anymore...  the last 
time I saw what seemed like a nuke was on the Voyager premier with those 
Tri-Cobalt devices...
Nukes are cheap and easy to produce, especially for an organization like 
Microsoft...er... Starfleet


>>-incredibly powerful shields.          -capital ships don't HAVE
>shields.

>Hell yes the WC cap ships have shields!  Granted, they don't last too
>long before the power of the Almighty CTRL-W, but still...

>Otherwise, excellent points.


>>C'mon!  Rent an imagination!  I wanna see four legs, slugs, worms,
>snakes,
>>ten legs, a hundred legs, I wanna see sentient insects ACTING like
>>sentient insects would!  Do some research!  Hire some people who could
>>potentially give you some insight into just WHAT COULD evolve under
>>certain conditions...sheesh.

>Want to see some cool-looking aliens?  Play "The Dig."  The Cocytans
>look COOL...

>-- 
>Lee Hutchinson
>Poke...@ix.netcom.com
>"One hundred and six miles to Chicago; we got a full tank of gas, a half-
>pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

>"Hit it."