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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Futurama Guy: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Pwesty: [qb] About Kirk knowing about the Machine, it sounds like to me that he knew about it BEFORE going on the 1017. Decker was describing what they had been attack by and Kirk KNEW what he was talking about, so somewhere before the Doomsday Machine had been encountered by someone, in other word how would Kirk know about it with out see it! [/qb][/QUOTE]My computer crapped on me last night before I got to send this, and I see Mr. Neutron already covered it, nonetheless I thought I would give this beast a topic thorough scrubbing once and for all: Kirk "KNEW" nothing about the planet killer. His entire suggestion was merely a theory and the entire scenario was a mystery to them until they discovered the Constellion, her logs and Decker before finally crossing paths with actual Planetkiller. Nothing from the script seems to confirm your ideas: <blockquote> KIRK: What happened to your ship, Matt? DECKER: My ship ... Attacked! That -- That thing. KIRK: What was it? DECKER: That -- KIRK: Answer me! What was it? What happened, Matt? </blockquote> <blockquote> KIRK: What hit? What attacked you? DECKER: They say there's no devil, Jim, but there is. Right out of hell, I saw it. </blockquote> <blockquote> DECKER: If you'd seen it, you'd know. The whole thing must be a weapon. KIRK: What does it look like? DECKER: Well, it's -- it's miles long, with a maw that could swallow a dozen starships. It destroys planets, chops them into rubble. KIRK: What is it, an alien ship? Or is it alive -- DECKER: Both or neither. I don't know. </blockquote> <blockquote> SPOCK: She was attacked by what appears to be essentially ... a robot, an automated weapon of immense size and power. Its apparent function is to smash planets to rubble and then digest the debris for fuel. It is, therefore, self-sustaining as long as there are planetary bodies for it to feed on. KIRK: A robot weapon that purposely destroys entire solar systems. Why? SPOCK: Unknown, Captain. However, Mr. Sulu has computed the path of the machine, using the destroyed solar systems as a base course. Projecting back on our star charts, we find that it came from outside, from another galaxy. </blockquote> and finally: <blockquote> MCCOY: This whole thing is incredible. A robot? A machine like that, who would build it? KIRK: We don't know. An alien race, apparently from another galaxy. MCCOY: But why? KIRK: Bones...did you ever hear of a doomsday machine? MCCOY: No. I'm a doctor, not a mechanic. KIRK: It's a weapon built primarily as a bluff. It's never meant to be used. So strong, it could destroy both sides in a war. Something like the old H-Bomb was supposed to be. That's what I think this is -- a doomsday machine that somebody used in a war uncounted years ago. They don't exist anymore, but the machine is still destroying. DECKER: Oh, forget about your theories! </blockquote> That's all folks! :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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