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From: 6080733@pucc.BITNET (Gavin Bell)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: FTL weapons
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Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 18:08:58 EST
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Ok, I can't resist adding a few musings on Faster Than Light Stuff:
 
It seems to me a big problem with faster-than-light weapons is not making
them go faster than light (if the enterprise can do it, why not them?),
but how do you _see_ what you are trying to hit?  Weapons couldn't use
regular electromagnetic waves to guide them-- they would overtake these
waves.  I suppose that, if you can hurl ships through space faster than
light, then it wouldn't be too tough to scan at faster than faster than
light, but....
 
Another question: How fast did the transporters move objects?  Was it
instantaneous, or just very fast?  I have heard that the TransWarp
technology introduced in the last Star Trek flick uses some form of
advanced transporter technology to transport the ship across space.
Any comments?  Seems like a good idea...
 
 
-Gavin Bell
 (aka Fred Bear--  Fred Bear has no hair!  SCARE Fred Bear!)
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