The Doomsday Machine

[stitch626]

Good question.
But, could the DM survive partially digitized?

[Mark]

It's a machine, not alive, so I'd guess as long as none of it's critical components were digitized, I don't see why not.

[stitch626]

Unfortunatly, we don't know what are critical components for the DM... man this battle idea has a lot of unknowns.

[Mark]

Unfortunately true. Ohh....I had a cool section 31 idea. They are trying to re-activate the DM. They could do alot of damage if they needed to in a hurry.

[Teaos]

Which V'ger are we using? the 2AU one or the 82AU one?

[Tsukiyumi]

Which V'ger are we using? the 2AU one or the 82AU one?

Because the 184 million mile version would be so much weaker than the 7.5 billion mile version as to make any difference?

Either way, I agree with Graham's assessment that V'Ger is one of the most incredibly powerful vessels ever featured in sci-fi.

Borg schmorg.

A fleet of Doomsday Machines would be appropriate for a real fight.

[Teaos]

V'ger wins against anything ever seen.

[Sionnach Glic]

V'ger could easily digitise the DM. It's digitised whole galaxies before, IIRC, so it should have come across neutronium before.

As for what happened to the DM, I imagine that Starfleet took it away to some secret facility to mine the neutronium.

V'ger wins against anything ever seen.

I wonder would a GSV be able to stand up to it, or would it count as another Excession?

[Mikey]

Hmmm... good question. Would being digitized by V'ger count as Subliming? And would a GSV's connection to ulterior and inferior subspace confer some protection?

Ummm... getting a bit close to a "vs." discussion, methinks.

[Captain Seafort]

I wonder would a GSV be able to stand up to it, or would it count as another Excession?

And if not, how would it measure up to the Excession itself?

Mikey's right though - we're probably a bit too close to versus territory.

[Sionnach Glic]

Hmmm... good question. Would being digitized by V'ger count as Subliming? And would a GSV's connection to ulterior and inferior subspace confer some protection?

Or would the GSV's effectors be able to do anything to V'ger?

Well, that said, you're probably right that this is veering a tad too close to VS territory.

[stitch626]

And yet you keep discussing it.

[Mark]

GVS??? What are we talking about here???

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

GVS??? What are we talking about here???

lol, I was just about to ask that.

Yes, what is a GSV?

[Tsukiyumi]

General Systems Vehicle, from Iain M. Banks' Culture series. Another series I really need to read. They'd better track down my library's roof soon. I need more books.