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Mutura nebula problem.

posted 8 years ago by manco82
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The average nebula has a diameter in the thousands of light years. Yet the Mutura Nebula looks to about as big as a planetary size. Only Z- 10000m in such a huge space?

[–] Humphrey_Fish 8 years ago

The motion was relative to their target, which they'd obviously have to be near to even see.

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[–] TheSolarSailor 8 years ago

Only Z- 10000m in such a huge space?

What does that have to do with what you are saying? "Z - 10,000 meters has nothing to do with the size of the nebula. Kirk, after discussing Khan's two-dimensional thinking, orders the Enterprise to drop 10,000 meters while the Reliant will remain scoping the area on a flat level playing field. The Enterprise will then get a lock on Reliant as it flies overhead and then raise back up to attack her. They have spent the battle going around in circles on a level plain until Kirk realizes that he is the one who can make use of the space above or below. This all happens in a localized area inside of the nebula. The size of the nebula is never mentioned.

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[–] captain-bryce 8 years ago

The average nebula has a diameter in the thousands of light years. Yet the Mutura Nebula looks to about as big as a planetary size. Only Z- 10000m in such a huge space?

As TheSolarSailor said, the Z- 10K meters was only the Enterprise's position relative to the Reliant, not a reference to the entire nebulae.

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