Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: >On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Jim Sharkey wrote: >>It wasn't a toy. The Space Cruiser Yamato in _Star Blazers_, in >> addition to its gun turrets and fighter bays, was essentially a >>giant cannon reverse-engineered from alien star drive technology. >>They could blow up entire planets, although, IIRC it disabled the >>ship for some time and was not 100% reliable.
>Wasn't the wave motion gun basically a matter of taking the ship's >main drive - the wave motion engine - reversing and focusing its >output on a target? Well, again IIRC, with humankind's usual ingenuity when it comes to blowing shit up, Earth takes the engine design and exponentially increases for use as a weapon. Jim ------------------------------------------------ Changed your e-mail? Keep your contacts! Use this free e-mail change of address service from Return Path. Register now! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
