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I seem to recall an episode of TNG in which the enterprise encounters a comet, and Riker (or someone) comments that the Enterprise would be unable to destroy it - even if they exhausted their photon torpedo supply. Does anyone else remember this, or am I just going crazy? I couldn't find anything about it in the canon database.

I belief you are talking about the asteroid in TNG:"The Pegasus".

I don't reacll such episode, but one ("masks" IIRC) they melt an ice comet with phaser fire (nice CGI FX too (for that time))

they wouldnt really be 'melting' it as such

how big was the coment this seems like further proof that the empire is far superior to the federation

Them successfully pulling this off is hardly a blow against the Federation... the Empire is clearly superior, but not because the Federation can melt a comet, at a less than full power setting no less.

For reference, I don't think the comet in question was an ice comet.

Gandalf wrote:For reference, I don't think the comet in question was an ice comet.

Wasn't it the one with all the ancient artifacts on it that eventually took over the enterprisde? If so, it was also extremely large IIRC.

Natorgator wrote:

Gandalf wrote:For reference, I don't think the comet in question was an ice comet.

Wasn't it the one with all the ancient artifacts on it that eventually took over the enterprisde? If so, it was also extremely large IIRC.

It was the one The Pegasus was fused into.

You're thinking of the one from Masks.

You're getting episodes mixed up. Pegasus was a large asteroid, not a comet, and not ice.