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   ANIM8Rfsk  writes:   
   >> What part of "geosynchronous orbit" don't you understand?   
   >>   
   >> -- Ken from Chicago   
   >>   
   >The TOS ship is NOT in geosync.  Transporter range is well below it.   
      
   Ha! It's iffy on TNG and beyond too - 40,000km is what memory alpha says.   
   So much for that fanwank.   
      
   On the other hand, TOS era ships are so overpowered that you wonder why   
   they bother going into orbit at all - they could just hang there in the   
   same way that bricks don't. *   
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          like corkscrews.   
      
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