Re: armada...

> Due to the fact that no one seems to have noticed fighters are used in the
> Star trek universe,  if any one remembers the episode about the kid in wes
> crushers squad that got blown up IN A FIGHTER.  fighters are used as system

     No, I hadn't noticed fighter ships in ST.  Only in SW.

> defence forces armed with Phasers and Photon torpedos (slightly out gunning a
> T.I.E. fighter) fighters were also in the episone the best of both worlds
> part 2 when the borg cube enters our system.  and they are small enough to be
> carried by a star ships.

     Why do we always debate whether or not Trek or Star Wars outgun each
other?  One is more closely linked to "hard" science fiction, and Star Wars
is very definately fantasy.  I mean you have wizards, and swordplay and all
that good stuff that hooked me in the first place.

     Riddle me this.  Riddle me that.  They always knock on Lucas because FTL
ships like the Falcon make the jump to light speed in gravity wells, as seen
when Han Solo pulls his butt of Tatooine.  However, I just re-watched _The
Final Voyage_  (Is that #4) and they make the jump to lightspeed in a Klingon
ship *IN* the atmosphere!  Why is that?

Rocinante