Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!spar!freeman From: freeman@spar.UUCP (Jay Freeman) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Enterprise vs. "The Death Star" Message-ID: <237@spar.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-May-85 16:35:11 EDT Article-I.D.: spar.237 Posted: Wed May 8 16:35:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 11-May-85 08:19:34 EDT References: <699@ssc-vax.UUCP> <1884@topaz.ARPA> <2824@sdcc3.UUCP> Reply-To: freeman@max.UUCP (Jay Freeman) Distribution: net Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 19 /* libation to line-eater */ "Fascinating, Captain. It's some sort of tractor beam. They have drawn us inside their fighter squadrons, inside their defensive screens, and even inside their hull. These tactics are most interesting." (pause) "Did you say, ' ... inside their defensive screens ...'? "Precisely, Captain. "How far is it to the center of this thing? "Approximately 4.18952 kilometers." (pause) "Ahem. Mr. Sulu, warp factor 0.005. Forward phasers ... -- -- Jay Reynolds Freeman (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)