[OT] Trek shielding (was Re: Kinetic Shields)

At 07:02 AM 6/8/01 -0400, Noam wrote:
>From: David Griffin <carbon_dragon@yahoo.com>
> >But Star Trek does. Granted pulse torpedoes
> >make weak photon torpedoes, even weaker
> >quantum torpedoes and very weak transphasic
> >torpedoes, but they're a step in the right
> >direction.
>
>Beg to differ. Shields in Trek are proof vs. All damage until they go
out.

If that's the case, then why is the Enterprise getting great holes torn
in 
her hull at the end of Trek VI before her shields go down?  Likewise 
Excelsior.  Now, I suppose you (or they) could say that the prototype
BoP 
had prototype torpedoes as well, but...?

					 Aaron Teske
					 mithramuse@njaccess.com