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From: kdh@houca.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: YASTF (Yet Another Star Trek Flaw)
Message-ID: <139@houca.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 09:22:47 EDT
Article-I.D.: houca.139
Posted: Wed Jun 29 09:22:47 1983
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Mentioning the Skalosian Water episode brings to mind a flaw in that
episode which I picked up the first time I saw it.  When first confronted
with the woman on the bridge, Kirk attempts to stun her with his
phaser.  Naturally, the beam proceeds rather slowly, and she side-steps.
What I wondered about was the fact that the beam stopped (did not pass her)
and then the trailing end caught up to it when (presumably) Kirk released
the trigger.  The beam should have proceeded and hit the wall.
Also, why did the crew on the bridge not see the phaser flash?
(Or was it too short? Hmm... at ~1 ft/nanosec (pardon me, 1/3 meter)
that would have been only a coupel of nanosec's.  Ah well.....)

Also, if Kirk and the others are so speeded up (sped up?) that this could
occur, how long would Kirk have lived?  Making a rough guess wrt the
beam speed, Kirk would have been sped up between a million and a billion
times.  That would have reduced his life expectancy to something substantially
less than an hour, assuming the usual life expectancy was about 100.
(Course the episode only lasted 45-50 min...... :-) )

Isn't it fun picking shows apart?

					Kevin Hunter