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Probably more powerful, actually. Torpedoes are designed to be carried by fighters, and many of the models include decrypting equipment to allow them to bypass the shields on warships, which probably reduces the size of the warhead even further. Skippers use the chassis of a Capital Ship...

I don't believe they listed any model numbers in WC1. The Rapier II number comes from WC2 (where it also appeared), and given the CF designation, I would have to guess that the Scimitar's model number appeared in some WCM related documents.

Ew... You'd think Lucas could have handled things slightly better. Honestly, why is it such a big deal to let the guy under the suit know that he's being replaced for the big scene? On the other hand, I've also heard rumors that the face thing may have been Lucas's payback for Prowse blabbing...

I should also add that they are sometimes referenced in connection with LGMs - Little Green Men.

Neither Independence War game has Dralthi style ships. The closest any ship gets to the Dralthi is the Dreadnought class corvette, which is featured on the front cover art of the original Independence War (and which looks nothing like the Dralthi). Also worth noting is that the scale of ships...

Bug Eyed Monsters. :D

A more likely guess is that Confed found a simple flaw in the early Kilrathi 'stealth' technology (much as the Nephilim ignore Confed cloaking technology), while the later WC2 stealth fighters (starting with the ones that sank the Tiger's Claw) used radically different technology. Blair's...

I haven't seen Two Towers yet, but you get a couple of good looks at Gollum in Fellowship. While his eyes don't glow green in the dark (which I would imagine is how some animals have eyes that reflect red in the dark), he otherwise looks perfect. Remember that he was originally a hobbit before...

Worst would probably be the one with the flying scorpions, Japanese helmets, etc... Can't for the life of me remember the name of it, though. Best would probably be Star Raiders, except for the fact that it came first, so it would be a bit difficult to demonstrate its a rip-off.

Having missed most of DS9... Is the point that Sisko made Q leave him alone (implying that Q tried to mess with him once, and quit after that), or that Q never did mess with Sisko (at least onscreen). If the former, then that would be either quite an accomplishment, or just the fact that Sisko...

No combat command doesn't necessarily mean no command experience whatsoever. Now he SHOULD have had combat experience before going to the Lexington, but apparently didn't.

It would be fairly unusual for a captain to have a carrier as his first command. Maybe something small like an escort carrier might work as a first command, but a carrier requires a lot more work than a regular warship of the same size, and is also considered more valuable. So chances are that...

Kirk

Of course a right answer exists. There's always at least one "right" answer. The REAL question is, does anyone know what that right answer is?

Look on the bright side. At least you're never disappointed. ;) On a slightly more serious note... I remember hearing about this, although I don't remember the network involved, and I didn't recall the number of Iraqis involved (a full battalion seems a bit big, although a company is...

I remember roughly when the Maine blew up (right after the Turn of the Century), but I can't remember who was president. I think that was just before Taft. Or maybe Taft was president at the time. My blind spot in the presidents extends pretty much from Johnson to Wilson (wouldn't be so bad...

Perhaps 'irrational' is the wrong word to use, then. A better way to put it is that they have an entirely different values system than us. While Hussein may not be too keen on indiscriminately firing off WMDs at other nations (he's got two sons waiting in the wings, and little to indicate that...

Unfortunately, much of the Middle Eastern world isn't necessarily filled with individuals who think as rationally as you or I, Quarto. I've heard the occasional quote from Arab residents of that region who are convinced that if Saddam, or any other Arab nation, does get a nuke, it'll go off...

US policy has always been to respond to aggression with an equivalent level of force, and more if necessary to get the job done. The US considers nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and chemical weapons to all be Weapons of Mass Destruction. However, the US is also extremely reluctant to use...

How is this different from the strategy we've been pursuing for the last 57 years? I fail to see why this is of the least bit of interest, as it represents absolutely no change whatsoever in US policy.