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Subject: Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser


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Capn hayes
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Date Posted: 05:08:13 09/11/02 Wed
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In reply to: trekie 's message, "Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser" on 04:12:04 09/11/02 Wed
 > you just typed an 22 line paragraph to try to
>convince me that wars is better then trek? I'd much
>rather see it on screen then on some website. The
>day I see a Trek ship fighting a Wars ship in a movie
>and the Wars ship is actually winning (a joke) I will
>believe it, but untell that day. I hear blah blah
>blah lasers.. blah blah blah she'll make .5 past
>light speed blah blah blah I made the Kessel run in
>less than 12 parsects blah blah blah. I'm not saying
>this to be closed minded, I am saying because it has
>it's faults just like Trek does. Trek has a lot more
>for the main reason that it's been in continuious
>production. Wars had a 20 year pause or so.
>
> Now I will admit the light sabers are a cool weapon
>to have (give one of these to Tasha Yar) and I do
>think that one Jedi could kick the shit out of whole
>platton of Trek Security officers. And the empire
>could make 9-11 look a lot more terrifing then it
>actually was (so can the Borg [see "New Borg City"].
>And Darth Vader's voice is so cool!!! Picard has the
>second coolest voice in sci-fi. We all also know the
>FTL travel is impossible so let's not even argue over
>who is faster.
>
>Although I don't understand one thing about the
>Falcon.. the commander of the Star Destroy says that
>it's too small to have a cloaking device but a romulan
>shuttle that is a quarter of the size of the falcon
>has one??? can someone explain that to me?
>
> Not to say that I'm "turning" (I used a Wars term)
>to Wars this is just how I precieve it by watching it.
>So in my opinion weather you Warzies like it or not..
>Wars ships are a lot less powerful then you make them
>out to be and Mariana Spirits is a lot cutier then
>Princess Lehia however Padme Amadala has the age
>thing going for her :) yum yum
Well you do have some good points and I won't argue about Padme. I think Star Trek has some good points to. Obviously Star Trek has transporters very handy! I think hand phasers ARE more powerful than blasters on their highest setting, but not as powerful as is stated in the tech manuals. hyperdrives are far faster than warpdrives. Sub-light speeds and maneuverability are about the same in my opinion because it has never been proven otherwise. I say this because I've watched every episode and every movie of Star Trek, as well as all of the Star Wars movies. After comparing them to one another they both look and seem equal. Small ships like the delta flyer are no faster than the falcon I recently saw an episode of [VGR] where the Delta Flyer raced another ship through an asteroid feild to a comet on the otherside. Tom even used new and improved impulse drives that popped out of the sides for extra speed. Now you can clearly see that the delta flyer was fast and maneuverable. BUT not any faster or more maneuverable than any ship in the same size catagory from Star Wars! I'm sure there good examples of Trek acceleration that you could give me and I wouldn't deny them. As far as the other things like size and power I stand by that. To build a moblie battle station like the Death Star is beyond Starfleets capability. That example alone testifies to some of the technilogical prowess the Empire has. As for the Cloaking device thing the Romulan shuttle was not that much smaller than the falcon, but you have a point Cloaking technology isn't at the same level as in Star Trek. But neither the Borg, nor the Dominion used cloaks and they have both brought the Federation to its knees something the romulans have not been able to do. Unless Nemisis changes that! Besides there could have been more to that comment that we aren't aware of. But after fairly judging Star Trek, mainly Starfleet against the foes they have been pitted against. I find the Imperial war machine to more than a match for the Federation. That comment is not made lightly or out of predjudice towards Star Trek. Actually I enjoy them both very much. Allthough the technobabble seems slow the pace of Star Trek sometimes. Simply Star Wars doen't have that their technology just does what it does no explaination given. We as fans just have to be entertained and not worry about it. But when we do its hard to explain things that don't exsist. Hense the technobabble. Only there isn't enough of it in Wars so the debate becomes onesided. If you apply Trek science to Wars ships you'd see what I mean. Anyway noone really knows for sure its up to us fans to decide that. Peace
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Re: Turbolaser vs. PhaserThe Divine Shadow22:34:47 09/11/02 Wed
    Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaseranonymous trek fan23:59:28 09/11/02 Wed

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