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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Spock's coffin
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Date: Tue, 20-Sep-83 14:41:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 20 14:41:23 1983
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The Enterprise was orbiting the Genesis planet when Spock's "coffin" (an
empty photon torpedo casing) was discharged through one of the torpedo
tubes.  (Quick, trivia fans, was it the port [left] or starboard [right]
tube?)  It was planned to land on the planet, apparently.  The problem I
had back when the movie first came out was the fact that the torpedo
traveled all through the atmosphere of that planet (remember all the
vegetation?) relatively untouched (the red lettering - the content of which
is another favorite trivia question of mine - was just as clear as when the
casing was in the torpedo bay).  And it made such a perfect, soft landing
without becoming damaged that way, either!  Not a single bush looked
disturbed.  What durable material they make throwaway photon torpedo casings
of, to withstand the searing heat of atmospheric reentry and impact with the
ground (no crater!).  One could argue that this would be necessary of the
casings, when they carry torpedoes.  As for torpedoes themselves, you bet
they travel at warp speeds!  They would have to move much faster than any
starship in order to be of any practical use.  A Star Trek game I once
played had them moving at warp 12 (the maximum emergency speed of the
uprated Enterprise is warp 10).

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		Roger Noe		...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe