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Exactly. The story lines and tech are approved by CBS, and CBS views it is soft canon. Its the only game with that distinction as well. Game mechanics and player interactions, however obviously not included.

You brought up a good point, Jason. I don't think I've ever seen an ISD fire aft. Certainly not below.

I don't know if there is one. I've never seen any concrete data. Especially since there are a wide variety of weapon types in Trek. There are NDE weapons (Phasers, Disruptors, etc) Thermal DET weapons, Even more exotic particle weapons (Antiproton, Tetryon, etc) Trek shields don't seem to have much problem holding up against thermal weapons, They do well against NDE weapons, and not so well against the super strange/exotic kind. That's not even bringing explosive weapons into it. Nuclear weapons are easily handled by the shields, (Hell, they're easily handled by an unshielded hull as we saw in BoT) Photon Torpedoes, Quantum orpedoes, Chroniton Torpedoes, Transphasic Torpedoes, Subspace weapons (Banned by treaty) all react against shields differently. It really is a mixed bag.

My thought is that the Rhydonium was used to initiate a chain reaction with the ship's reactor system. It wouldn't take a gigantic explosion to destabilize the reactor core if placed in the right spot.

Nice. This is cooler, though. (Linked from the same article) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18630622

Turbolasers travel MUCH slower than light, so the effect must be profound.

Interesting article. Come to think about it, I haven't seen anyone read anything in those movies. Most Citizens of the Star Wars Galaxy are Probably Totally Illiterate

This is a really touching story. I'm glad he got to see it.

Probably because that joke is as old as dirt. Those of us who are really into Tolkien usually look at Harry Potter the same way as Bram Stoker fans look at Twilight.

huh? If you've never heard that joke before, you're obviously not a Tolkien geek.

Clearly Gandalf. Dumbledore can't even respawn. To be fair, I don't think any of them actually HAVE a change of clothes.

Sort of but not quite. I agree with the firepower and power generation figures but I disagree with other conclusions Curtis has. For instance, he is convinced that the domes on the bridge of an isd are strictly sensor domes and not shield generators. I disagree, the films and other technical manuals are pretty clear that those are shield generators which also perform other functions.

I think that's kind of the point of the whole thing. What Khas is demonstrating, is this; Once you start using the EU as a source, you open a Pandora's box. You either use all of it and go certifiably insane trying to reconcile all the inconsistencies, or you go the intellectually dishonest route, picking and choosing the ones that suit your argument. SDN, for instance, is well known for choosing the latter option. When it comes to SW, I'm a movies/TCW only guy. The EU is entertaining, but to me it's more or less officially licensed fan fiction. The numbers in the ICS seem to be able to be reconciled with the films, so I don't have a problem with the firepower and power generation figures in it.

I suspect Trellaine.

What the actual fuck?

Mir.

Ultralight building materials perhaps? Also, most of it is hollow, isn't it?

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!

When Star Trek 11 came out in 2009, there was a lot of discussion about when exactly the timeline diverged. It appeared to be when Nero came through the black hole and encountered the USS Kelvin. Some things didn't fit, and Questor suggested that the timelines diverged before that. Perhaps at the time of First Contact. The more I thought about it, the more it makes sense that the timelines never actually diverged at all. That this alternate universe, is just that. A completely alternate universe, in the exact same way the Mirror Universe is. There wasn't a divergence point for the Mirror Universe, nor was there for any of the myriad of universes we saw in "Parallels". The idea that Spock and Nero went both back in time, and skipped over to a fully formed alternate universe is really a theory that fits better with what we see on screen, and gets rid of some nagging continuity issues.

I posted this musing on Facebook earlier today, and given the response, I figured I would start a thread about it. From my FB post: [h=5]Since Star Trek XI and apparently at least the next two films will be set in the alternate timeline, a thought occurred to me. How great would it be to have an entire film set in the Mirror Universe? We had a two part episode set entirely in the Mirror Universe in season 4 of Enterprise. It was particularly well done, and really explored the mindset of the Terran Empire. I'm not sure if an entire TV series in the Mirror Universe would be successful, since I doubt most people could identify with the characters for any length of time. However, a feature film might be doable.[/h]

Oh no. Its this clown again.

It's probably all misdirection anyway. Paramount is likely trolling all of us and it's someone completely different.