Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sunybcs.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!ugthomas
From: ugthomas@sunybcs.UUCP (Timothy Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Phasers that look like photons...
Message-ID: <2903@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 08:24:12 EST
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.2903
Posted: Fri Mar  7 08:24:12 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Mar-86 05:34:37 EST
References: <2055@jhunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: ugthomas@gort.UUCP (Timothy Thomas)
Distribution: na
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
Lines: 19

>I seem to recall an old episode of Star Trek where Kirk ordered the phasers,
>fired in a wide field in pulses.  They came out looking like photons.  I can't
>remember which episode it was, but I think that phasers when fired in pulses
>would tend to look like photon torps...wouldn't they?

I believe the episode was Balance of Terror.  I dont think it was
the only one that did that.  (at least they never ordered photons shot
and have the phasers shot!)

-- 

____________   ____/--\____ 
\______  ___) (   _    ____)     "Damn it Jim!,
     __| |____/  / `--'            I'm a programmer not a Doctor!"   
     )           `|=(-
     \------------'
   Timothy D. Thomas                 SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
   UUCP:  [decvax,dual,rocksanne,watmath,rocksvax]!sunybcs!ugthomas
   CSnet: ugthomas@buffalo,   ARPAnet: ugthomas%buffalo@CSNET-RELAY