| Subject: Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire |
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capn hayes
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Date Posted: 17:11:41 09/05/02 Thu
Author Host/IP: NoHost/207.14.48.2
In reply to:
TrekGOD
's message, "Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire" on 07:24:37 09/05/02 Thu
>>>Trek ships don't appear to move any faster in the
>>>movies or in the shows. Don't use quoates either,
>>>they are contradictory. For all intents and purposes
>>>your shuttles are no faster than TIE Bombers and your
>>>Intrepids (fastest ships in the fleet) are no faster
>>>than ISDs.
>>>
>>>Even with warp strafing, which we have never seen
>>>effectively used on TV or in the Movies against large
>>>fleets, they will have a difficult time destroying
>>>Capitol ships, as they are heavily armered and
>>>shielded, and will probly never hit fighters or
>>>bombers because of the speeds they are traveling, the
>>>size and manuverability of their targets.
>>>
>>>All in all, your ships need to slow to sublight
>speeds
>>>to get anything done.
>>To bad Divine Shadow didn't add a few Interdiction
>>cruisers to the mix they would elmenate Warpdrive as a
>>tactical option for the trek ships. And Before any
>>trekkies say it Gravimetric distortion does disrupt
>>and prevent warp travel. That's what Gravity Well
>>Projectors do. Although for a somewhat different
>>intention. I beleive that the Field would prevent warp
>>travel locally (say the battlefield). Warspite, Divine
>>Shadow, what do you all think?
>
>even though you didn't ask my opinion. I will give it
>anyway.
>
>Your "Grav Distortions" will have no effect on the
>ability to generate a subspace field around the ship
>to allow for warp travel. If they did, then it would
>effect every trek Ships shielding and power output
>systems besides the fusion generators. Along with
>every short range fighters including TIE's and the
>like Rebellion like.
>
>Warsies. Start quoting the Generations Scenes where
>capt. J Hariman (a puney Trekling striaght out of the
>Academy aka Farris Beuler) says the Grav distortions
>will tear the ship apart. He's right to a point but
>that would only occured when the shields went down for
>transport. (remember the shields form a subspace
>bubble around the ship) Which cooincedently didn't
>happen when Scotty transported them aboard. When the
>sheilds where dropped is when they had ship problems.
> Also remember them saying "Try to generate a subspace
>field around the ships. That might break the ribbons
>hold." what was the ensigns reply? not
>'Gravimetric Distortions' BUT "There's to much
>Quantum interference Captian!" he said nothing about
>the gravitiy distortions occurring near the ships.
>Plus (I know this is a long shot in the dark but) Star
>Trek IV. The bird of prey clearly jumps to warp in
>the atmosphere (this is as canon as you can get)
>which proves that Warp drives do work in @ least a 1g
>gravity well, and if you generate to much gravity,
>then stuff will start floating towards you including
>your own weapons and smaller stunt fighters disrupting
>the entire battle.
>
>I think I have enough proof to say that an ISD with an
>interdiction field in place couldn't stop a TrekShip
>from entering warp.
Oh butmust disagree what a sad little trekling is not reallizing is that gravemetric distortion can cause a warp field to destabalize. In several episodes of VGR this has happened.
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