bruhgraw@uok.UUCP (11/20/84)
About "Wink of an Eye": 1. How did the transporter (and other mechanisms) work for the sped-up people on the ship at THEIR speed, and still work normally for those at the slower rate? And if the transporter worked faster, why didn't Kirk's phaser? 2. On the subject of the phaser, why didn't it blow a hole in the wall when he fired it, or leave scorch marks, or at least be visible to the rest of the crew? 3. Could somebody explain why a person ages incredibly fast when he/shegets "cell damage"? Just rubbing your hands together kills thousands of cells. Why wouldn't that be fatal too? 4. At the end, why didn't Kirk give the antidote to the Scalosians? Then they would have been saved, and that would have been that. !ctvax!uokvax!uok!bruhgraw
lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick) (11/27/84)
The Scalosian incident brings back to mind several items of the
Federation discarding acquired knowledge:
Since an antidote to the Scalosian water was known, why wasn't the
effect of the Scalosian water exploited for such things as repair work
(or espionage or fighting the Klingons or...)?
Also, why was the psychokinetic power available from kyrany withheld?
Can you imagine the Klingon Commander's reaction when Kirk (or Spock)
starts having some fun with the Klingon cruiser?
For #3, for physical vegetables such as Pike, why not use the life-
energy transfer device on Camus II (Turnabout Intruder)? Finding a new
host body might be a bit of a problem...
And, of course, who dismantled the Kelvan improvements (e.g., Warp 11)?
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You can't settle the issue until you've settled how to settle the issue.zubbie@wlcrjs.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck) (11/27/84)
One would assume that since the transporter works only if one is standing still than it would work on anyone with the willto stand still thatlong but the wuestion occurs to me even though the Thalosians and Jim and later Spock were accelerated why did they not become visible just by standing in one place with out moving for one of their hours or so. Say like sleeping.
dwhitney@uok.UUCP (11/28/84)
This is my best estimate of how to answer your questions. Arguments
welcome.
1. The female leader informed Kirk that she "beamed up" with him on their
transporter, "a terribly slow process" or words to that effect. After
boarding, they simply modified it as necessary to work at their speed.
2. The phaser had not been modified as the transporter had.
3. The connotation I have about the "cell damage" was that a scratch, an
actual open wound, was what did you in; not just the rubbing of hands, etc.
4. Why no "burn marks?" Well, being able to see the shots coming (from
their perspective, very slowly) they could simply block them. No hit,
no burn marks.
5. The antidote was useless to the Scalosians was, if I inferred correctly
ineffective on Scalosian people. I assume their scientists had already
devised a similar one, which failed.
Oh, well, just some thoughts...
David Whitney
ctvax!uokvax!uok!dwhitneybsa@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (11/29/84)
> Article <8400097@uok.UUCP>, from bruhgraw@uok.UUCP +---------------- | | 4. At the end, why didn't Kirk give the antidote to the Scalosians? Then they | would have been saved, and that would have been that. | As I remember it, the Scalosians told him early on that they had an antidote, but by the time they'd found it, they were into some later generation and could no longer use it without dying. --bsa -- Brandon Allbery @ North Coast Xenix | the.world!ucbvax!decvax!cwruecmp! 6504 Chestnut Road, Independence, Ohio | {atvax!}ncoast!{tdi1!}bsa (216) 524-1416 \ 44131 | E1439@CSUOHIO.BITNET (friend's acct.) | BALLBERY (161-7070) on MCI Mail ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Keeping the Galaxies safe for Civilization... :-)
brahms@spp2.UUCP (11/29/84)
>One would assume that since the transporter works only if one is standing >still than it would work on anyone with the willto stand still thatlong but >the wuestion occurs to me Nope. There are several instances where people are moving around when they are transported. Example: In "The Cloud Miners", Kirk and the High Chairman (I don't remember the person's name or title) are fighting in a mine when they are beamed up to the Enterprise. -- Brad Brahms usenet: {decvax,ucbvax}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms arpa: Brahms@usc-eclc