disc@houxz.UUCP (S.BERRY) (03/29/84)
A point nobody seems to have made... If I had the capability to make such a shield, I certainly would have put one on the Death Star!! Since the force field didn't seem to take up THAT much room, and the Death Star is "the size of a small moon", I'm sure it would have fit on (and could have been powered by) the battle station. So why, once the battle had begun, didn't the Emperor raise the shield on the "fully operational" battle station? Perhaps they needed it lowered to fire the weapon...? SJBerry
ee163aca@sdccs7.UUCP (03/30/84)
[] I was under the impression that the Death Star was not fully-operational until the last minute. I seem to recall Darth getting ticked-off at the commander of the thing, because work was progressing so slowly ( "We will double our efforts" I believe was his reply ). A shield would be necessary to protect the Death Star until it was tested-out. I sure wouldn't stake my one and only Death Star to the Rebel Fleet if I hadn't tested it out yet. P. van de Graaf U. C. San Diego
notes@iuvax.UUCP (03/30/84)
#R:houxz:-71400:iuvax:5800005:000:492 iuvax!apratt Mar 29 20:00:00 1984 It is easily conceivable that such a force shield must originate from some power-generating place (the moon) and be projected to the thing it protects. Trying to put the generating station on the Death Star would be like sitting in a car and pushing on the dashboard -- you don't go anywhere. Also, perhaps the physics of the force shield required the gravity well or something. Or more power than the Death Star could conveniently spare. -- Allan Pratt ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!apratt
disc@houxz.UUCP (S.BERRY) (03/30/84)
> It is easily conceivable that such a force shield must originate from some < > power-generating place (the moon) and be projected to the thing it protects. < > Trying to put the generating station on the Death Star would be like sitting < > in a car and pushing on the dashboard -- you don't go anywhere. < I don't recall the starship Enterprise ever having to drag a planet everywhere they go in order to use their deflector shields... SJBerry
dave@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) (03/30/84)
You forget that Star Trek happens in the future,
but Star Wars happened in the past...
"That's the biz, sweetheart..."
Dave Fiedler
{harpo,astrovax,philabs}!infopro!davenotes@iuvax.UUCP (03/31/84)
#R:houxz:-72100:iuvax:5800006:000:185 iuvax!apratt Mar 30 14:21:00 1984 Re: "I don't recall the Enterprise having to drag planets around..." Different technology. The Enterprise is in OUR future. The Death Star is in the PAST of a galaxy far, far away...
clardy@smu.UUCP (04/04/84)
#R:houxz:-71400:smu:19900001:000:201 smu!clardy Apr 2 19:17:00 1984 How about this: The shield generator was the first thing built. To protect the new Death Star while under construction. As to why the generator wasn't built in space in the first place, well...
fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) (04/06/84)
From: disc@houxz.UUCP (S.BERRY)
Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 07:13:49 PST
I don't recall the starship Enterprise ever having to drag a planet
everywhere they go in order to use their deflector shields...
SJBerry
Clearly, the Federation has better shield technology. Or the death star
power system was not yet up to powering the thing & the planet zapper...
Erik E. Fair
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