Pre SDnet view of Star Trek vs Star Wars

Darth Lucifer · Post by **Darth Lucifer** » 2004-10-23 02:10pm

Gandalf wrote:Lasers cannot penetrate navigational shields.

Everytime I hear a Trek fan say this, I mock them Dr. Evil style. (fingers making quote gesture) "LASER."

Techno_Union · Post by **Techno_Union** » 2004-10-23 03:04pm

Mario1470 wrote:
Gandalf wrote:Lasers cannot penetrate navigational shields.
Everytime I hear a Trek fan say this, I mock them Dr. Evil style. (fingers making quote gesture) "LASER."

I know this is off-topic, but in Peak Performance, the Hathaway and Ent-D were using lasers right?

Going off that, the Ent-D raised its real shields when it thought a Romulan Warbird was coming to attack it, then the Hathaway comes in with guns ablazing. If the Ent-D's shields were up, and the Hathaway was using lasers, why wasn't there any shield interaction?

Or am I just making up the lasers bit? I honestly haven't seen the episode in a while.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2004-10-23 04:03pm

Techno_Union wrote:I know this is off-topic, but in Peak Performance, the Hathaway and Ent-D were using lasers right?

Going off that, the Ent-D raised its real shields when it thought a Romulan Warbird was coming to attack it, then the Hathaway comes in with guns ablazing. If the Ent-D's shields were up, and the Hathaway was using lasers, why wasn't there any shield interaction?

Or am I just making up the lasers bit? I honestly haven't seen the episode in a while.

those lasers allright, very low power lasers (advanced version of a laser pointer) those hit didn't probaly affect the paint on the E-D.

Techno_Union · Post by **Techno_Union** » 2004-10-23 04:43pm

Lord Revan wrote:those lasers allright, very low power lasers (advanced version of a laser pointer) those hit didn't probaly affect the paint on the E-D.

But if the navigational shields were supposed to stop lasers, why wasn't there shield interaction? I guess I am just confused.

J_Cayman · Post by **J_Cayman** » 2004-11-02 03:14pm

I "wanted" Star Wars to win ever since my 20th Century Philosophy class when a "trekkie" classmate started blabbering on with trek-nobabble during discussions on philosophy of science and philosophy of mind...

He even did it with a guest speaker from another college when he did a presentation...

The guest speaker never came back...

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-11-02 05:55pm

Techno_Union wrote:
Lord Revan wrote:those lasers allright, very low power lasers (advanced version of a laser pointer) those hit didn't probaly affect the paint on the E-D.
But if the navigational shields were supposed to stop lasers, why wasn't there shield interaction? I guess I am just confused.

Actually, the Borg used a laser beam to cut a slice out of the E-D (like a surgical laser) for examination. The shields did nothing to stop it.

Icmoigigan · Post by **Icmoigigan** » 2004-12-01 10:14pm

The outcome did not change for me, however the Empire gained a bigger advantage.

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