In message , "Greg D. Moore
(Strider)" writes

"Scott Hedrick" wrote in message
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Except that it doesn't go anywhere. That's one of the things that really
****es me off in science fiction. First example- a great Next Gen episode
with Scotty. Why in the world (no pun intended) would a Dyson Sphere cause
a
gravitational anomaly, if the solar system that was there did not? That
bit
of nonsense completely disrupted my suspension of disbelief, and made it
hard to enjoy the rest of the episode.

Because, you detect this huge gravitational pull, look there and hmm,
there's no sun. And no apparant sign of x-rays. Something strange is going
on. Let's go check it out.

Star Trek doesn't add to its credibility by having _everything_
brilliantly illuminated, including the sphere.
And the Dyson Sphere (as well as Mr. Scott) was the Great Unused Plot to
beat all Great Unused Plots. The owners would have regarded the entire
Borg Collective as a convenient source of spare parts.
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