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From: tli@uscvax.UUCP (Tony Li)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Hot potato
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Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 02:24:23 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 15 02:24:23 1984
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> So now the warp drive is damaged beyond repair, the Klingons are coming, and
> you'd like to abandon ship.  You'll initiate a sequence of commands that
> will effectively destroy your ship--let's say you set off "controlled"
> explosions on the bridge, computer center, engineering, etc.  These ex-
> plosions will disrupt power supplies.  But what happens to the antimatter
> field-isolation bottles, and the antimatter stored in them??
> 
> 			    B   O   O   M   !!
> 
> Once you destroy your ship, you destroy the only thing that keeps your
> matter and antimatter apart. PLEASE don't argue that the field bottle
> would survive the self-destuct; electromagnetic bottles are difficult
> at best to maintain, and are notorious for their power consumption!  And
> remember--the field-generating equipment has to be OUTSIDE this force
> field, or else!
> 
> 				George Raiche

Right.  So now Kirk sets off this 'limited' self-destruct system, and it
blows up the bridge and half of the hull.  The Enterprise spirals in, and as
it impacts, the field bottles collapse, and (to quote)

> 			    B   O   O   M   !!

Up goes the Enterprise, the Klingons, and the rest of the planet.
Nah!  That's not touching.  The Enterprise has to go out looking like a
derelict instead of a small star.  Foo.  So much for realism...

Sigh.
Tony ;-)
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