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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Capt_Frank_Hollister: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [qb] I don't think that works. I mean, OK, you're just talking about size, but a photon torpedo clearly isn't anything like an artillery shell, and is already a warp capable, guided weapon with potentially more destructive power than any real nuclear warhead yet built. [/qb][/QUOTE]True, my comparison was only meant as an analogy. Actually, modern rocket-assisted artillery shells are now both guided and provide some of their own propulsion to extend their range considerably, much like a photon torpedo. Also, photon torpedoes are only capable of 75% increase of speed over the firing ship (TNG tech manual, if I remember correctly). They aren't really warp capable in any independent sense and only if fired from a ship at warp. They are also guided only in a limited sense since on-screen evidence (Star Trek VI aside) usually shows them following near-ballistic tragectories. They are not true stand off weapons (I'm suggesting a range of half a light year or more, ~4 hours at warp 8) capable of independent propulsion or guidance or have hit-to-kill lethality with only one or two rounds. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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