Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brunix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!wjh12!foxvax1!brunix!ry From: ry@brunix.UUCP (Rich Yampell) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: I 'tink I'm going to be spacesick Message-ID: <10516@brunix.UUCP> Date: Sat, 4-May-85 21:11:07 EDT Article-I.D.: brunix.10516 Posted: Sat May 4 21:11:07 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 8-May-85 04:00:40 EDT References: <267@moncol.UUCP> <1728@ut-sally.UUCP> <1864@hplabs.UUCP> <2303@pegasus.UUCP> Reply-To: ry@nancy.UUCP (Rich Yampell) Organization: Brown University Computer Science Lines: 34 Summary: >> The real question is: how does the starship get views of far away places? >> in some episode (or it might be one of the movies), a starbase is being >> attacked and the enterprise gets to see what's happening. fine, the starbase >> is transmitting the pictures. then after the starbase is destroyed the >> enterprise continues to get the same view. where do they get it from? > >I thought that after the starbase is destroyed, the Enterprise >just sees stars which could be the stars from the Enterprise's area. > >What episode are we/you talking about ? I am sure that I saw the same problem. I am fairly certain it was in the episiode "Balance of Terror", when the Romulan ship blows up the federation space station. I am reasonably sure that I remember the sequence as follows: The enterprise is recieving transmission from the base. They show the Romulan ship coming in for another attack (presumably being relayed from the base) Blinding light, and the base is destroyed. They show the Romulan ship fading out -- that is, turning on its cloak. The point is, it wasn't just the view of the Enterprise's area, because we see the Romulan ship fade out. And the base was destroyed, so they couldn't be broadcasting. Hmmmm, problem. Of course, if I'm mistaken in any of this, I'm sure someone will obligingly correct me!! :) Rich Yampell