>>On Tue, 13 May 2008 17:40:05 GMT, Blakes7@tic.toc wrote:
>>
>>>It was an incredibly stupid plot point to travel all the way to Earth and
>>>just burn some graffiti on the surface to get them stirred up. It would
>>>have been tested somewhere else. And since in the Trek world, we know what
>>>a few ounces of anti-matter will do to a planet, a better plan would have
>>>been to send an unmanned probe with a litre of anti-matter, enter the
>>>atmosphere, and turn off the containment field. Poof...goodbye Earth.
>>
>>I disagree. It made perfect sense, once we got to know the Xindi mindset.
>>The insectoids and reptilians were vehemently anti-humanoid; it made perfect
>>sense they would want the test directed at earth. The stupid part was being
>>so smugly arrogant to not care whether humanity had the capacity to
>>retaliate. As for the anti-matter bomb, it could simply be the Xindi
>>weren't aware of the military uses of anti-matter, or were aware, and
>>decided it was too risky. A containment breach enroute and thousands of xin
>>hours and who knows how much in resources are lost ..
>It would be foolish to waste resources sending an untested weapon.
Kweeg
Kweeg
