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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
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It's been a while since I saw this first-season TNG episode so I thought I'd get some info. Now, the crew of the E-D speak of some kind of "repulsor/deflector cannon" which flings the E-D away (three days away at top speed IIRC) and the people down on this world threaten to do it again: "Be warned captain, (..) you will be flung so far away that by the time you get back, your children will be grandfathers.. (..)"
Anyone has the specifics on this weapon? (it isn't in Encs I or II)

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Timo
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As far as I know, the specifics consist of an image of a big floor-mounted control panel. There isn't much more to go by.

I've always wondered if the intended mode of user interfacing was to play hopscotch on the control panel...

Timo Saloniemi

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AndrewR
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Picard should have called their bluff - then they wouldn't have gotten the Enterprise's children.

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Cartman
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I don't think those people were bluffing... but what kind of ENERGY weapon can literally PUSH matter away, anyway? And how much energy would it consume?

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