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Re: Origin Marketing--totally unfair

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From: Cha... Clay Cahill
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 00:00
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>In article <30EC6E...@nwu.edu>, Evan Kaiser <core...@nwu.edu> wrote:

>>> Cha...@ix.netcom.com (Clay Cahill) writes:

>>> >
>>> >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.
>

Well, the SW universe has energy weapons and shielding to deal with
them. ST has anti-matter torpedoes in a couple of varieties that
simply wink shielding out of existence with the first shot... then the
second and third, etc. shots fly through that hole and annihilate huge
holes of matter. I don't think even the Death Star could take that for
long!

Clay-

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From: Cha...@ix.netcom.com (Clay Cahill)
Subject: Re: Origin Marketing--totally unfair
Date: 1996/01/06
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