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Date Posted: 04:05:57 10/17/02 Thu
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In reply to:
Warspite
's message, "Re: New poll (Nebula v Nebulon)" on 16:19:39 10/16/02 Wed
>True, but I think the comparison is flawed. Trek
>systems are far better than the manually aimed guns on
>a B17. Look at Voyager:Dragons Teeth. In that episode,
>Voyager still fired very accurately at fast and
>manouverable enemy fighters, depsite being in a high
>radiation environment that interfered with sensors,
>and having the auto-targetting system fail. If they
>can do well with those problems, then this should be a
>breeze.
The thruster placement on the TIE Defenders is similar to those of the Star Fury (Babylon 5), one of the most if not THEE most manuverable fighter ever produced. If you've ever seen an episode that involves fighters fighting, you get to see some of that insane manuverability, stop on a dime, spin on any axis with little or no change in the orientation on the other two, and the Defender has shields.
By the way, their shields are peirced after several hits from fighter grade weapons. It should be noted that Star Wars energy weapons (on Captiol ships) are more powerfull than Star Trek energy weapons, a single TL shot has totaly sublimated an X-wing with full shields up and continued on with no drop in yeild, while the Star Trek energy weapons, after destroying their target do not continue, lower energy output. A TL shot with a minimum yield of 200 gt would de-shield and sublimate a shuttle, perigrin, or runnabout in 1 shot aswell.
>Why? There was no suggestion that FTL speeds were not
>possible. In fact, the Enterprise does to warp inside
>the Nebula. The only problem would be finding the
>enemy again afterwards, but even that should not be a
>problem with modern trek sensors since they don'y have
>the same problems as they did in Kirk's time. Either
>way, warp speed would be a useful tactical card to
>have.
FTL is possible, but not advisable. The targetting problems would be huge, like trying to shoot a quarter with a .50 calibre machine gun from a Blackbird at mach 3. And the probibility of hitting one or more of the TIE Defenders would stop any other than Tom Paris or Han Solo from attempting to do it, as even glancing impact rip both to sub-atomic particles.
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