---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Guardian 2000" Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:46:33 -0500 Subject: Re: [TECH]Mass of an ISD & Max linear speed/acceleration Message-ID: <9m4ep4$7h33$1@ID-82121.news.dfncis.de> -------- Lord Edam de Fromage <$mike$@themightygibbon.co.uk> wrote in message ... >Mind you, since you seem to want to continue this debate, lets try. >Answer me this - why can't SW scanners scan through/round/behind planets? >Off the top of my head I can think of one example of this, and I'm >surprised you don't remember it - Yavin, ANH, Death Star attack and all >that. Why do you discount the strong possibility that this isolated example of being able to detect something on the other side of a planet was, in fact, satellite based? After all, the Rebels controlled that area, and it was their stage. On the other hand, the assault on DS2 was in an Imperial area, where satellites or sensor drones could not be launched and operated easily. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Wayne Poe Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 03:36:01 -0700 Subject: Re: [TECH]Mass of an ISD & Max linear speed/acceleration Message-ID: -------- On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Guardian 2000 wrote: > Lord Edam de Fromage <$mike$@themightygibbon.co.uk> wrote in message ... > > >Mind you, since you seem to want to continue this debate, lets try. > >Answer me this - why can't SW scanners scan through/round/behind planets? > >Off the top of my head I can think of one example of this, and I'm > >surprised you don't remember it - Yavin, ANH, Death Star attack and all > >that. > Why do you discount the strong possibility that this isolated example of > being able to detect something on the other side of a planet was, in fact, > satellite based? After all, the Rebels controlled that area, and it was > their stage. On the other hand, the assault on DS2 was in an Imperial > area, where satellites or sensor drones could not be launched and operated > easily. G2k's vaunted logic strikes again. Why didn't they just put up neon signs around the system too, saying "HI EMPIRE! HERE WE ARE!!!" -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----