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From: chenr@tilt.FUN (Ray Chen)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: Enterprize vs. Gallactica
Message-ID: <293@tilt.FUN>
Date: Sun, 19-May-85 18:21:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: tilt.293
Posted: Sun May 19 18:21:14 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 20-May-85 00:13:24 EDT
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Reply-To: chenr@tilt.UUCP (Ray Chen)
Organization: Princeton University EECS Dept
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Summary: 

In article <593@wjh12.UUCP> gts@wjh12.UUCP (G. T. Samson) writes:
>I remember from the book adaptation of the episode where Spock gets attacked
>by the flying fried eggs that the Enterprise packs something that can be fired
>like a photon torpedo and that will destroy a planet.  When Spock leads them
>to the home-base of the parasites, the Enterprise throws these things
>("planet-crackers"?) at the planet and it is blown apart.
>
>Now, is this part of the Star Trek Canon, or not, though?

There's no reason why it couldn't be.  Here's a good way to build a
planet-buster bomb.  Remember Obsession where a gram or so of
anti-matter exploding on a planet's surface blew away half it's
atmosphere?  Well, make up a photon torpedo style weapon (e.g.
self-propelled with a guidance system) only make the warhead a few
pound of anti-matter instead of a few ounces.  Give it
"ground-piercing" or "ground-burrowing" capabilities.  Then aim the
torpedo at the thinnest part of the planet's crust.

I'd think that be enough to seriously harm a non-gas-giant planet.

	Ray Chen
	princeton!tilt!chenr