Re: starwars Vs. star trek

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 21:01:26 -0800, Chris Connor <con9570@flash.net>
wrote:

>In Star Trek you have large ships with heavy guns
>firing at
>each other from long range(more or less).  Star Trek naval warfare very
>closely
>resembles WWI battleship tactics.

Actually, it doesn't really resemble much of anything. The ships don't
maneouvre in lines or anything, even though that might make sense given
the
weapon layout and the lack of 3D movement. The ranges are ridiculously
close
for the weapons. There isn't much in the way of tactics except
"swarming". 

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