Re: Star Wars Vs Star Trek?

Quoth Anybody:
: <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

: > Star Trek has the Genesis torpedo - can destroy and build a planet with
: > the same shot.

: I think Jiahaur means the Sun Crusher:

:      Sun Crusher
:      -----------
:      An Imperial superweapo prototype designed at the Maw
:      Installation. Slightly larger than a starfighter, its
:      resonance torpedoes were powerful enough to destroy a
:      star. The slender, cone-shaped vessel was equipped
:      with laser canons and shimmering quantum-crystaline
:      armor that made it nearly impervious to damage. ...

:                       - A Guide to the Star Wars Universe


: The torpedoes couldn't actually destroy the sun, they simply started a
: chain reaction that destroyed the sun.

Bah. The Tox Uthat simply turns /off/ the sun:

Tox Uthat
Episode: TNG 167 - Captain's Holiday

Also known as a quantum phase inverter. The Tox Uthat was invented by Kal
Dano in the twenty-seventh century. It is a palm-sized crystal capable of
stopping the nuclear reaction going on within a star. Afraid that the Tox
Uthat would be stolen, Dano traveled to the twenty-second century and hid in
on the planet Risa. The Tox Uthat became a target of both twenty-seventh
century criminals seeking to retrieve it, and twenty-fourth archaeologists
who believed in what was regarded as a legendary device. Dr. Samuel Estragon
in particular devoted half of his life to trying to locate the Tox Uthat.
After he died in 2366, his assistant Vash carried on and succeed in locating
the Uthat, but the Ferengi Sovak and two Vorgon felons from the
twenty-seventh century also tried to obtain the device. Captain Picard,
vacationing on Risa, became involved and eventually destroyed the Tox Uthat
to keep it from any unethical persons. 

(http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/technology/article/70281.html)
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