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From: zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: I 'tink I'm going to be spacesick
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Date: Sat, 11-May-85 14:20:08 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 11 14:20:08 1985
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> > >> 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 ?
> 
> This may be from ST:TMP - where we see Science Station Epsilon 9
> being attacked by V'ger. We see the station "patterned" (destroyed),
> but then we continue to see V'ger afterwards. This also happened
> earlier in the movie when Epsilon 9 was picking up video from a
> Klingon ship being attacked by V'ger, and continued to receive
> the images after the ship was destroyed.
> 
> This may be another one of those damn "inconsistencies" that
> I hate to acknowledge.
> 
> 					Josie Clementz
> 					AT&T Bell Labs
> 					Naperville, IL
> 					(...!ihuxw!josie)
> 					
> -- 
> 
> 				Josie Clementz
> 				AT&T Bell Laboratories
> 				Naperville, IL
> 				(...ihuxw!josie)
> 				

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I believe e.e.smith solved that inconsistency in the SKYLARK series
by simply using an energy lenses which was **physicaly** present
near the scene to be viewed, it also worked for projection of
holographic images. Of course such an item was practical only 
when resting on a base of planetary dimensions because anything
smaller, with a smaller baseline, caused the lense to swing about
to erratically. Hence a starbase or planet could mount such an
apparatus and use it to relay picture and sounds from afar while
a starship could not. Also as it would take time for such a large
enrgy creation to die it is consistent then that images would continue
for some useful length of time after the generating device ceased to
be. 
For further information I believe ( but may be mistaken) ( I have
a good record for that) all this took place in the third novel of
the series unfortunately I dont remember the title and I am not
at home to go look at the book.

jeanette zobjeck
ihnp4!ihlpa!zubbie