Re: Dawn :: nUSEweb.com

Subject: Re: Dawn
Author: David Johnston
Date: 26 Apr
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:18:00 -0400, "80 Knight" <nospam@nospam.com>
wrote:

>>
>> No, it wasn't. Hull plating would get hit and go down to "45%", then
>> "12%" and then it would be down. Physical material doesn't do that.

>
>If you take a piece of hard metal, and start shooting a gun at it, it will
>start to loose it's strength with each shot.

Which is totally unlike what happened on Enterprise. Having hull
plating "down" did not mean the hull had a big hole in it. It was
really stupid.