edb@akgua.UUCP (E.D. Brooks [Emily]) (03/26/84)
[] I have begun to wonder why, if the new death star was "fully operational", did it need a ground-based shield at all? Isn't that rather unusual? Emily Brooks ...ihnp4!akgua!edb
notes@iuvax.UUCP (03/27/84)
#R:akgua:-66400:iuvax:5800004:000:340 iuvax!apratt Mar 26 18:56:00 1984 re: "Why did the 'fully operational' Death Star need a ground-based shield?" All part of the ruse. It was an Empire double-agent who sold the secret code to the rebels, as well as the disinformation that the Death Star would not be operational when they wanted to attack. As Admiral Ackbar (?) said, "It's a trap!" -- Allan Pratt
tim@nmtvax.UUCP (03/28/84)
/***********/ If the Death Stars was not protected by the shield the good guys would have known it was operational. The Emperor wanted to trap them, and keeping the shield up was jut another little detail to make sure they were fooled. Besides, they didn't seem in a hurry to go anywhere, why go off chasing the rebels when you can just sit and wait for them to show up, and the shield was no more than a pain in the neck. It didn't prevent the Death Star from operating normally. Tim