MN> One thing they learned from the Galaxy Class
MN> design was that a saucer section couldn't clear its mooring clamps
MN> quick enough to escape a warp core breach (Generations). One thing that
MN> eludes me though, why didn't they eject the core when they knew it was
MN> going to breach? That has been a question in the back of my mind for
MN> almost 3 years. I never heard a reason for them not ejecting the core.
MN> And I have watched the movie several times.
MN> Martin
       In the Battlse scene vs. the Bird of Prey, the Klingon ship is
 whomping on the E-D.
        In the Engineering section, the computer announces that the Warp
 Core is now unstable or about to breach or that the situation is now
 quite bad.
        Geordi opens a panel and yanks on a handle. The panel throws
 steam back at him.
        Geordi calls the bridge and says "We're going to have a Warp
 Core breach and there's nothing I can do about it!"
        Isn't the handle upon which Geordi yanks the warp core ejection
 system?  Doesn't the fact that it throws steam rather than ejecting the
 warp core mean that it's broken?
        Perhaps I'm wrong.  Wouldn't be the first time.
Jay 
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