Originally Posted by
T51R
DAMN. I forgot about that episode.
That ought to take out the presidential succession line like we saw in the movie, without the need for landing ground troops. Moon base, likely. Area 51, not too sure because it looked pretty well defended and fortified with armour.
But is the Enterprise, even the TOS one quick enough to avoid that many of those radio telescope-sized beam cannons, though? They locked onto the Sphere ship pretty quickly, reaction time seems comparable to a Starfleet crew. However, the cannon is fixed, and the Enterprise would be flying evasively....