From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!karn Newsgroups: net.startrek Title: Re: Physics gaffes Article-I.D.: eagle.748 Posted: Wed Jan 26 23:38:15 1983 Received: Sun Jan 30 03:24:34 1983 References: eagle.746 alice.1423 On weapons, I could accept this one. A weapon wouldn't have to explode in contact with an object to shake it up, just be near enough so that the expanding gas cloud hits it with sufficient force. Phil