Star Trek II Wrath of Khan - Reliant Vs Enterprise; First Clash 1080p
Why Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange recommends it
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange users link it as a direct source for how this scene plays out, citing phaser pulse fire and Kirk's viewscreen trick in their answers.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2017 to 2020.
What it is
A roughly ten-minute clip from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan showing the first confrontation between the hijacked USS Reliant under Khan and Kirk's Enterprise, including the surprise phaser attack and Kirk's viewscreen ruse. It is a fan-uploaded 1080p excerpt from the film.
What people said
Recommends Machavity · 2020-01 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why did Star Trek Discovery's phasers fire in short bursts, but switch back to beams?”
I found a video that goes over this in detail The point he makes in the video is that, regardless of era or universe, we see phasers emit in both pulses and streams. Beams Most people expect phasers to look like this [LINK] The list of places they appear like this is... well, it's long NX-01 NCC-0514 (USS Kelvin) NCC-1701 NCC-1701-D NCC-1701-E NCC-74656 (USS Voyager) Pulses There are instances in pre- Discovery canon of pulse firing. The most notable is Star Trek II , when Khan attacks the Enterprise So pulses are not necessarily non-canon. Discovery So why the switch? A couple of reasons In-universe, phaser technology has had to advance due to the Klingon war. We saw this in the Kelvin univ
Cites Jason K · 2017-09 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Has viewscreen-to-viewscreen communication with potentially hostile ships ever provided a tactical advantage?”
YES! In "Wrath of Kahn", Kirk tricks Kahn by stalling and allowing Kahn to gloat a bit via the viewscreen. Kirk pretends to give in to Kahn, then sends the Reliant shield disable codes. You can see this here [this video] at around 6:00 on. Kirk whispers to his crew, the crew surrepticiously moves their hands to activate the controls in order to fire. So Kirk deceives Kahn using the viewscreen information to lull Kahn into complacency. Had he only been on audio, I'm not sure Kahn would have been tricked so easily and may have continued attacking the Enterprise. Kirk was able to sell the ruse much more convincingly over video.
Cites user89104 · 2019-08 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why did Khan ask Admiral James T. Kirk about Project Genesis?”
When Khan first defeats Admiral Kirk, he asks about Project Genesis. Why would he ask about Project Genesis? Wouldn't the USS Reliant , a ship dedicated to helping the Genesis scientists, have far more information in its computers? Khan used the Ceti eels to control Captain Terrell's mind. He could just order Captain Terrell to give Khan access to the computers. If Khan did have access to the memory files on the USS Reliant , he would not need to ask Admiral Kirk. In asking Admiral Kirk, Khan revealed his intentions, which a super-genius probably would not do. He also alerted Kirk to go to the science outpost, Regula I, since that is where the Genesis scientists did their research. What happ