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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] It may also be that Kirk somewhat belatedly noticed that he was too close to the Reliant, and that a "mercy shot" would create such a big blast that the Enterprise would be engulfed in it, Genesis or no Genesis. Remember that the Enterprise had no shields at this point. So the first prerequisite for all action was to move as far away as possible - and the maximum distance Sulu was able to put between the ships before Spock repaired the warp engines simply wasn't enough for a safe shot, nor for escaping the Genesis wave. We saw Kruge's BoP survive a proximity blast in ST3 when the Enterprise was scuttled, but perhaps that scuttling was more controlled than the explosion that would be expected if Kirk fired at the already-damaged Reliant? In other instances, shieldless ships have not survived if another starship has exploded in the immediate vicinity. Except perhaps for a couple of Defiant cases, and that tought little ship has body armor... Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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