Actually, if you compare the engagement ranges of the weapons and the engine performance of the combatants, even an Oberth class would own a ISD any day of the week.
Originally posted by wEvil:
in the 1960s and 70's star trek was aimed at a different audience.
If you saw the origional enterprise-style ship you would have a very hard time beleiving the series was real, peoples' tastes have changed pretty radically.
Oh baloney, they just didn't have any money or the sophisticated FX techniques back then and it's no more complicated than that.
Thier major advantage they had was what the hell existed back then that could be compared to it? "The Attacking Flying Saucers from Mars"? or how about "Santa Claus vs. the Martians", we know what wonderous marvels of fiction those were (OK, ok, there was "The Day the Earth Stood Still", but SF of that calibre was definately a rarity back then.)
[This message has been edited by jonskowitz (edited 10-24-2001).]
