From: bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu (Billy J. Bissette)
Subject: Re: Robotech vs. ?
Originator: bjbisset@c00009-118dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Keywords: end this blasted thread!!!!! Enterprise doesn't stand a chance!!!!!
Reply-To: bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu (Billy J. Bissette)
Organization: Raise A Great Old One Foundation
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:56:54 GMT


In article <1993Jan25.151928.6431@uumeme.chi.il.us>, drac@uumeme.chi.il.us (Bruce Maynard) writes:
>Worf: Incoming missiles... chemically powered, nuclear warheads. Several
>      hundred fighters following immediately behind.
>
>Picard: Raise shields; Prepare a photon torpedo spread set to explode within
>        the area of the leading missiles, followed by another spread set for
>        similar effect amongst the fighters. Mr. Warf, you may fire when ready.
>
>[scene of mass destruction of missiles and fighters, obliterated by 40-50
>   matter/antimatter explosions]
>
[rest deleted, you can go back and read the original fiction in the original
 post, I'll keep it in the general framework of the orignal]

Nah. Rewrite from the explosion part
[sound of a few torps firing(the enterprise version of a sperad of torps), most
   missiles explode, one or two missiles make it through the blast to strike
   against the shield of the Enterprise, more explosions as a few fighters
   explode]

Data: 99% of the incoming missiles were destroyed, mainly by fracticide.
      However, the followup spread of torpedos was nearly completely stopped
      by the fighter craft.  (don't forget the SDF-1 had a few pilots who
      redefined the word "fighter ace").  Most of the fighter force is still
      operational, and is closing in...Sir, Mothership appears to be changing,
      what was apparently the bow is now aiming towards up.

Worf:  Energy build up in the booms, power levels capable of destroying this
       ship.

Picard:  They wouldn't fire with their own fighters in the path of the blast,
         would they?

Riker:  [raised voice] With due respect Captain, that is exactly what they
        appear to be doing-

Worf:  The fighter-craft are veering off, clearing a path wide enough for an
       attack from the Mothership.

Picard:  Evasive action!

Riker:  [with his best kiss-up-to-the-boss-speech] May I suggest we execute the
        Picard Maneuver(somewhat famous {side wink to Picard}), and bring us
        out of warp 60 kilometers the other side of the enemy vessel.
(60K?  The picard manuever is for close range, and just how did they pick 60K?)
>
>Data: Course programmed and ready.
>
>Picard: Make it so. (couldn't resist  8-{)}  )
>
>[gigantic blast passes thru where the Enterprise was a moment ago; scene of 
>   great consternation aboard the Macross]
>
>Riker: Target enemy vessel; commence rapid fire with all weapons.

Data:  Sir, the beam that was projected from the forward booms of the mother-
       ship is changing course, due to the effect of double images from our
       close range warp, it seems "confused."  Probable impact in 2.4 seconds.

Riker:  What the hell?!

Picard: Evasive action.

Data: The beam has split, half is proceeding after our reflection, the other
      half is homing in towards us.

Worf: Evasive actions and shields aren't enou--

[Enterprise shield blinks out an instant before the Enterprise is consumed in
 the blast, cheap model spaceship parts miraculasly fly from the blast, along
 an explosion that looks like it were made by several sparklers]


  And forget about sitting back from 2.5km and launching torps, even the "bulky,
slow" SDF-1 can dodge/intercept the torps in time.  But I doubt that the
battle would progress that way.  I'd rather believe that the Enterprise would
pick up broadcasts of Minmei's singing, and Riker, with his need to sleep with
anything remotely female, would talk Picard into mounting a "rescue operation"
for her.  That way Riker can get squashed by a Veritech's foot.  8)  And for
something almost no one would argue against, Riker could take Wesley with him
so that Wesley can get squashed too...
  Oh, for the anti-gravity pods damaging the SDF-1(assuming the SDF-1 can only
be hurt by reflex technology), follow this twisted logic:  Reflex weaponry
exists due to protoculture, protoculture affects what is around it for a period
of time.  The anti-gravity pods were inside the SDF-1 for a while, and were
therefore affected.  Now for the little bit of a leap of logic...They A-G pods
were affected in a way that had the side-effect of imbueing them with some of
the abitlity of reflex weaponry.  Its highly possible, as Earth never truely
understood reflex weaponry anyway, so the SDF-1 and protoculture probably
helped in its creation.

  I would give better odds if we used the Enterprise under Kirk's command.  Give
him the newest one which he ran, and give him his crew.  That would actually
be a fight...(remember, they were the only ones smart enough to build a homing
photon torpedo, not to mention their other displays of tactics and intellect.