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From: spock@hope.UUCP (Chris Ambler)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Phasers, and Photon Torp
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Date: Wed, 26-Mar-86 16:41:49 EST
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> 	If a starship can travel at warp speed and still interact with
> the sub-light-speed universe, why question how a photon torpedo can be
> fired?

A starship in warp speed can only interact with the sub-light universe through
radio (subspace, etc.). THAT'S *IT*

> 	Other questions:
> 	If a photon torpedo travels faster than the speed of light, why
> is it a PHOTON torpedo?

It is a Photon torpedo because it uses a Photon guidance system.

> 	If a photon torpedo is a matter/antimatter bomb, why call it a
> photon torpedo?  Rather call it a mass-anihilation bomb or antimatter
> torpedo.

ABOVE...

> 	Since most everything in the galaxy is made of matter, why
> include matter in antimatter bombs?

Because space is big, and a few hydrogen atoms per kilometre don't make for
a very big boom.

-Spock!  (Christopher J. Ambler, University of California, Riverside)
         -"Captain, I see no reason to bother Starfleet..."