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From: lmaher@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: cloaking - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 2-Jul-84 00:28:00 EDT
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uokvax!lmaher    Jun 18 23:28:00 1984

<"I tried shoving a tribble into the warp drive, and it dinna do a bit of good.">
David Gerrold mentioned that The Enterprise Incident was just the
Pueblo Incident but with the Good Guys winning.  I found the energy
consumption assumed in _The Romulan Web_ rather far-fetched.  A ship
that can spend 5 years in deep space burning away its energy in a 
matter of hours.  And what's this "extra fuel" business - don't the
Romulans use dilithium crystals too?  It certainly seems like the
Cloak bends the light, remember the wavery starfield in ST3?

I like the explanation given that Federation spy and scout ships might
have it, but there's no reason for a Heavy Cruiser.

On another note, all four opponent ships in "The Ultimate Computer"
are Constitution-class heavy cruisers, just like the Enterprise.  
I saw it last week, and it looks like they used the Enterprise model
for all four; hardly surprising considering their budget.

Its interesting that (SPOILER SPOILER) 46 (?) people were required to
run the ship with M-5, and only 5 in ST3, 15 years later.  Of course,
M-5 could fight.

	Carl			(formerly uok!crigney)
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