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From: mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: re: Romulans/Klingons
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Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 18:24:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 20 18:24:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!mcewan    Nov 20 17:24:00 1985


> I don't know how many of you play Role-Playing(*) games, but the FASA
> corporation has been given the task of formulating almost all the ST knowledge
> into the ST rpg they produce.  It mentions briefly that the cloaking device
> they stole was tested and examined.  All it says after that is that there
> was some nasty accident that occurred when the Federation retested the
> cloaking device, although no particulars are given.  One is led to believe that
> the ship using the device completely vanished out of existence.  Needles
> to say, the Federation droppped all further research into the subject.

Why is it considered obvious that they would stop research after this? I'd
think they'd want to find out what happened, for use as a possible weapon
if no other reason (we are talking about a military organization, after all).

"The US military was developing a secret weapon during the 40's, but the
experiment got out of hand and 2 Japanese cities were totally destroyed.
Needless to say, they immediately halted all research and covered up all
evidence of the incident. There are some things man was not meant to know."

			Scott McEwan
			{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

"A flash in front of my eyes ... I blink ... open my eyes to ... discover I am
 a dog in a pickup truck full of garbage ... no one but me sees the lid blow
 off the can ... it's 14 miles to the dump ... this is ... at last ... heaven."