bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton) (10/16/83)
Do you remember the episode with the Kelvans from Andromeda (sp?) who stole the Enterprise for intergalactic travel. They modified the engines so the ship could go around Warp 15 for an extended trip of 300 years. They left the Enterprise on friendly terms. Why in the name of any diety would they modify it back???????????? (There is more. Nomad modified the ship for high speeds but the flow control could not handle it. They should have modified them and reinstalled the change, which they could have got from Nomad's banks when Spock scanned them. The women that disrupted the spells of those she touched was controlled by a computer that could not only teleport the enterprise 1000 light years but also make it go warp 14. (about to blow up too, I guess) They got the computer with the info, but the machinery for the teleport would still be around and the books too. The gamesters of Triskelion had a super long range transporter (and scanners) and might have been convinced to trade the technology on a bet.....) -- Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304
leichter@yale-com.UUCP (Jerry Leichter) (10/18/83)
All questions on the order of "in episode xxx, the Enterprise was in posession of technology that would have been useful in later episode yyy, but it wasn't used" are simply explained. You've no doubt heard of the Prime Directive: No Federation member can interfere in the development of a planet by giving them access to advanced technology. Well, there is a little-talked about converse to this: the Composite Directive. It forbids the Federation from picking up any new ideas from other races. :) -- Jerry
mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP (mcewan ) (10/19/83)
#R:watmath:-597100:uiucdcs:24900020:000:170 uiucdcs!mcewan Oct 18 23:13:00 1983 Actually, in that show where the Enterprise gets teleported 1000 light years, they had to travel that 1000 ly back in 24 hours, which would mean a speed of over warp 70.
twt@uicsl.UUCP (10/21/83)
#R:watmath:-597100:uicsl:11600008:000:346 uicsl!twt Oct 20 17:19:00 1983 If there is a Composite Directive (which I've never heard of but that doesn't mean anything); then wouldn't McCoy have gone against it in "Spock's Brain" when he put on the teacher (or whatever it was call) in order to gain the knowledge to replace Spock's Brain??? And what of the time that Kirk and Spock stole the Romulan Cloaking Device????
leichter@yale-com.UUCP (Jerry Leichter) (10/25/83)
I had thought that calling it the "Composite Directive" would have made it obvious to all that I was kidding. I guess I underestimated the serious- ness of net.startrek readers. -- Jerry
okie@ihuxs.UUCP (10/26/83)
(reply to uicsl!twt...) When Kirk and Spock stole the cloaking device (*The Enterprise Incident*), they were under orders to do so by the Federation. Besides, the Prime/ Composite/whatever Directive wouldn't really apply, since the Romulans are a spacefaring culture equal to the Federation, and not a developing culture susceptible to damage by such an incident. (actually, line two should read "...under StarFleet orders to do so.") And in the case of McCoy and the fantabulous brain zapper (*Spock's Brain), that culture was actually degenerate, if Spock was correct. McCoy's "interference" wouldn't have mattered, as the culture wasn't developing, it was stagnating. If you want to go deeper into the matter of the Directive and the *Enterprise* crew's involvement (specifically Kirk's) with it, read "The Price of the Phoenix" and "The Fate of the Phoenix" by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath. Great books on their own, they both involve marvelous arguments for and against the Directive, Kirk's actions, etc. B.K. Cobb
spaf@gatech.UUCP (10/27/83)
Of COURSE the Enterprise can go faster -- but only downhill with a tailwind.
"If it makes sense to the scriptwriters, it's fine with me"
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Gene Spafford
School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA
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