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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
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Subject: Re: Enterprise vs. "The Death Star"
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 20:24:08 EDT
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> /* 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)

 
Is this a for or against?
 
I'm not too sure how the Enterprise would fare against the Death Star.
It's one large mother and, allegedly, armed to the teeth.  It also
has screens for repelling attack from any large ship (that's how the
X-Wings got in...they're small.  Remember, though, even they encountered
turbulance coming through.) Would they repell the Enterprise?

Also, remember they do have some moderately big guns for defense against
large ships.  These were not effective against the little fighters, so
they sent out TIE fighters to "destroy them ship by ship." (or something
like that.)
 
Of course, how big is the Enterprise, compared with the big ships of the
Empire?  Is it bigger than the Millenium Falcon?  That's my only grumble
about Star Wars (It became a little clearer in the subsequent movies):
The lack of scale.

Any opinions, gang?
--
"So I call to your heart..."                Peter Merchant