Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site abnjh.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!whuxle!spuxll!abnjh!nova From: nova@abnjh.UUCP (Scott D. Allen) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Destruction of the Enterprise (SPOILER) Message-ID: <670@abnjh.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jun-84 08:38:20 EDT Article-I.D.: abnjh.670 Posted: Wed Jun 6 08:38:20 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 08:03:13 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Lines: 29 I seem to remember in one of the STAR TREK episodes that the Enterprise could be self-destructed by letting all the matter and anti-matter "mix" at one time. I assume that such a blast would cause significant damage to the planet the Enterprise was orbiting at the time. I don't think this method is the only way of blowing up the old girl. Remember, in ST III, Kirk and crew wanted to blow up the Enterprise and GET OUT! They planned to beam to Genesis to get to Spock and have a fighting chance. They only wanted to destroy the Enterprise and hopefully take out a few Klingons in the process. The method they used probably had some type of fail-safe to protect the anti-matter so only the ship would go. Or maybe they hit the old "Destroy-the-ship-and-kill-Klingons" button. Scotty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Allen ATT-IS Orlando, Florida ..!abnjh!ncoss