"David Johnston" <david@block.net> wrote in message
news:cnc5145br553a63c93a9b55e1pgsqnma96@4ax.com...
> 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.
I will agree that it wasn't very well thought out, however I do remember
seeing tiny pieces of the hull blow off whenever the Enterprise took a big
hit after the plating went down.
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Tim Bruening
