Star Trek: Balance of Terror: DD vs Sub

Gildor · 04-09-07, 01:55 PM

Just watched the original series episode of Star Trk called Balance of Terror. The Enterprise encounters a Romulan ship that just destroyed a Federation Outpost. The Romulan ship can cloak (submerge).

SOme of the corny things related to ASW that made me laugh:

- While the Enterprise waits quietly for the Warbird to run out of energy and decloak, Spock asks for permission to fix some equipment. Kirk says "To work quietly" as if sound can carry through space.
- The Enterprise fires its phasers at the aproximate location of the warbird similar to depth charges
- The warbird commander moves his ship into the tail of a comet without thinking about the fact that this would make him visible.
- The warbird commander jetisons debrie and bodies to try and fool the Enterprise that the warbird was destroyed.
- Kirk orders the Enterprise crew to monitor for the attempt of the warbird to "slip away under us" (In space?)
- The warbird jetisons a nuclear warhead in the path of the Enterprise which was narrowly avoided when Spock recognised it as a trap.

These are just some goofy things I observed. If you get a chance watch the episode and see it from a submarine view.

Enigma · 04-09-07, 02:03 PM

did you notice that part where people were engaging in combat in outer space in futuristic flying battleships and that they had teleport systems, photon guns, and alien species amongst their ranks? That was pretty crazy too.

Sailor Steve · 04-09-07, 04:52 PM

I recognized the story when I first saw it - first-run back in the sixties.

It's called The Enemy Below:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050356/

Platapus · 04-10-07, 07:42 AM

Did you ever notice that in the original Star Trek series, any time the Enterprise was "disabled" in battle, it always tilted... Tilting in space?

micky1up · 04-10-07, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Did you ever notice that in the original Star Trek series, any time the Enterprise was "disabled" in battle, it always tilted... Tilting in space?

you have to remember when the original series camer out they didnt have full time scientists working with the producers to get it all right and in the 60s how much did we really know about space?

Platapus · 04-10-07, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by micky1up

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Did you ever notice that in the original Star Trek series, any time the Enterprise was "disabled" in battle, it always tilted... Tilting in space?

you have to remember when the original series camer out they didnt have full time scientists working with the producers to get it all right and in the 60s how much did we really know about space?

Well we knew about docking and rendezvous and spacewalks, as well as Trans Lunar Injection and lunar orbit. We got within 15 Kilometers from the Lunar surface so I figure we knew a little about space.

Sailor Steve · 04-10-07, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Did you ever notice that in the original Star Trek series, any time the Enterprise was "disabled" in battle, it always tilted... Tilting in space?

It wasn't tilting, it was listing...filling up with...um...

LUDDITE!

Platapus · 04-10-07, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Did you ever notice that in the original Star Trek series, any time the Enterprise was "disabled" in battle, it always tilted... Tilting in space?

It wasn't tilting, it was listing...filling up with...um...

LUDDITE!

I could just imagine Kirk ordering "Counter flood damnit, counter flood!"

Kapitan_Phillips · 04-10-07, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Did you ever notice that in the original Star Trek series, any time the Enterprise was "disabled" in battle, it always tilted... Tilting in space?

It wasn't tilting, it was listing...filling up with...um...

Shatners Ego

04-09-07, 01:55 PM	#1
Gildor Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 251 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Star Trek: Balance of Terror: DD vs Sub Just watched the original series episode of Star Trk called Balance of Terror. The Enterprise encounters a Romulan ship that just destroyed a Federation Outpost. The Romulan ship can cloak (submerge). SOme of the corny things related to ASW that made me laugh: - While the Enterprise waits quietly for the Warbird to run out of energy and decloak, Spock asks for permission to fix some equipment. Kirk says "To work quietly" as if sound can carry through space. - The Enterprise fires its phasers at the aproximate location of the warbird similar to depth charges - The warbird commander moves his ship into the tail of a comet without thinking about the fact that this would make him visible. - The warbird commander jetisons debrie and bodies to try and fool the Enterprise that the warbird was destroyed. - Kirk orders the Enterprise crew to monitor for the attempt of the warbird to "slip away under us" (In space?) - The warbird jetisons a nuclear warhead in the path of the Enterprise which was narrowly avoided when Spock recognised it as a trap. These are just some goofy things I observed. If you get a chance watch the episode and see it from a submarine view. __________________ U-46: Oct 1943 off Portugal

04-09-07, 02:03 PM	#2
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	did you notice that part where people were engaging in combat in outer space in futuristic flying battleships and that they had teleport systems, photon guns, and alien species amongst their ranks? That was pretty crazy too. __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

04-09-07, 04:52 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I recognized the story when I first saw it - first-run back in the sixties. It's called The Enemy Below: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050356/ __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-10-07, 07:42 AM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,382 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Did you ever notice that in the original Star Trek series, any time the Enterprise was "disabled" in battle, it always tilted... Tilting in space?