Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihlts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Re: Star Trek II question Message-ID: <389@ihlts.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 15:25:15 EST Article-I.D.: ihlts.389 Posted: Mon Mar 12 15:25:15 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 08:47:06 EST References: <340@ihlts.UUCP> <13100005@hp-pcd.UUCP> <355@ihlts.UUCP> <887@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 26 To state my views once again, I do not think Kirk could have used the Enterprise's transporters to destroy the Genesis device. If you look at the reference line to this article you'll see this discussion has been going on a long time . . . >> The Enterprise has been very badly damaged by Khan's attack in >> the Mutara nebula. The ship probably did not have enough power >> to operate the transporters without putting the main engines >> back on line. Doubtful, because Kirk told Uhura to signal Reliant to prepare to be boarded. That almost certainly means using transporters within the next few minutes. >> They could pick up the energy being released by the Genesis device >> because of the large amount of energy it put out, but probably could >> not locate it accurately enough to use the transporters anyway. Possible, but sensors have been demonstrated before to be quite accurate at locating sources of energy. Nevertheless, it's a pretty good point. >> Kirk just didn't think of it. :-} >> Jon Biggar Well of course that's the real reason. Put another way, they didn't write it into the story because it was more interesting the way they DID film it. Roger Noe ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe