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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I think you need to ask Dr. Daystrom to return some of your missing brain engrams. M-5.5 can wait.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I keep my phaser ready for home defense. I have just the one powerpack. But that alien that just wreaked havoc on the new dilithium distribution facility had 25 powerpacks!

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Originally posted by Geezer:
Then again, you generally get a price break when you buy powerpacks in volume. Must also consider that if you recharge your own powerpacks, it's usually more efficient to have lots on hand and do large numbers at a time. Not to mention that if you're involved in phaser competition, you need to be ready to fire several hundred full power charges in a weekend, often with no on-site recharging available.

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Besides, when anyone with basic hyperphysics knowledge can make a corbomite device with readily available resources, maybe a phaser is the lesser of two evils.

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The Metrons might say you have potential.

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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:

I possess a Stellar Converter, your argument is invalid.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
But one powerpack, fully charged, is good for more than one competition, even over a Saurian weekend.

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News flash: corbomite is like Admiral AUraptor's idea of galactic peace through attrition- a fantasy.

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Originally posted by Geezer:
It's well established that phaser accuracy and reliability decrease exponentially when the powerpack is more than 20% discharged.

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It is very cold in Donna Chang's South Brooklyn walk-up.

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You are reduced two steps in rank. Dismissed.

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Originally posted by Geezer:
It's well established that phaser accuracy and reliability decrease exponentially when the powerpack is more than 20% discharged.

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Ooops, that's an intergalactic rumour started by the planet that produces the Klingon disruptor. Seeing as you seem to believe it, that makes you either a Herbert or a Denebian Slime Devil, so which is it, Geeze?

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Originally posted by Geezer:

Also forgot to mention that under IFPPA (Intergalactic Federation of Practical Phaser Associations) rules, reloads of powerpacks are commonly required, usually after 20 blasts. Even in classic shooting stages, such as the Klingon Cataclysm, up to 200 blasts are fired by the best competitors. Cardassian Chaos Conflagration, introduced in last year's Vulcan Regionals, usually requires 20 powerpacks, a bat'leth, and two photon torpedos - also a very large range.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Wow, I stand corrected, sir!{quote]
Sit down. It's easier to type that way.

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So what is your stance on assault phaser ownership by Federation citizens then?

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Very few citizens actually own assault phasers, and those sapients have been through thorough background checks and have posted bond.

Semi-automatic phasers, regardless of appearance, are all functionally the same, firing one blast per trigger pull, and anyone who passes a background check should be able to own one.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
The second hundred amendment to the Federation Constitution was never meant for Stellar Converters, or Genesis Devices, you have to read it in the context of the times it was written in!!!!

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