Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gargoyle.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!gargoyle!matt From: matt@gargoyle.UUCP (Matt Crawford) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Star-wars,heh,heh Message-ID: <103@gargoyle.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 21:27:55 EDT Article-I.D.: gargoyle.103 Posted: Sun Aug 4 21:27:55 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Aug-85 08:12:14 EDT References: <573@mtuxt.UUCP> <> Reply-To: matt@gargoyle.UUCP (Matt Crawford) Organization: U. Chicago, Astronomy & Astrophysics Lines: 20 In article <> peterb@pbear.UUCP writes: >So senario: > A hostile killer is tracked on a trajectory taking it close to >station group A. Group B is in line of sight to group A, and farther away >from the killer. As the killer tracks toward Group A, A withdraws its sensors >for a preset amount of time. Group B lines up on the device and fires, >effectively wiping it out. Then group B retracts behind its sheilds and waits >for the projectile wave to pass(which is easily calculated). After the wave >passes, group A comes out and scans for debris, and signals group B to come >out after all is clear. > >Peter Barada Whoops! The object approaching "Group A" was the annual refueling and maintenance shuttle and it has now been destroyed by a software bug in Group B. Ad absurdam per aspera! Matt Crawford