so you think you know star trek universe, lets see.

[MereMortal]

Mira Sorvino was just on the Tonight Show. Huge Star Trek fan!


Oh, and before you ask, here.

 

[silverpig]

<<How about because you can detect the compression of gas in front of a ship in warp transit?

This is the only counter-measure developed for the Picard maneuver, since sub-space sensors to detect superluminal motion are ineffective. The only other option is to claim that the Picard maneuver relies on totally disabling the target ship, and because current ships are armored better and phasor power is reduced when firing through a warp bubble, that the maneuver isn't that effective anymore. But that argument is weak>>


Wrong again. They actually explain it in one episode. The reason why they were able to use it on the ferengi is because they had light based sensors. They could only "see" outwards as fast as light basically. They said something about new ships having subspace based sensors that go faster than light, and are able to detect things at warp/light years away etc, so you'd be able to tell where the ship really was.

I feel all dirty now... yech, get it off me.

 

[MereMortal]

That really makes no sense. If that was the reason, why did Data have to come up with the method I described in my previous post when Picard (under the influence of Bok) used his maneuver on the Enterprise? Surely the Enterprise has sub-space sensors that can detect superluminal motion, no? It should have been a piece of cake to stop the StarGazer attack then!

Anyway, traveling at warp with only light based sensors seems kind of dumb to me. But then who am I to judge, I'm sitting here discussing Star Trek physics. The stupid things I do when I'm bored.

 

[SmackdownHotel]

Can I just jump in here..

What was the name of the first Federation starship destroyed by the Dominion?

 

[dc]

galaxy class ship, wasn't it the odyssey?

 

[Ameesh]

<< Can I just jump in here..

What was the name of the first Federation starship destroyed by the Dominion? >>



thats a good one, lets see who the hardcore people are

 

[NoReMoRsE]

<<

<< First TNG cheif engineer: Sarah MacDougal >>



who was the second ? ( i think this is a pretty tough question) >>



Chief Engineer Singh! He was killed though.

 

[silverpig]

<<That really makes no sense. If that was the reason, why did Data have to come up with the method I described in my previous post when Picard (under the influence of Bok) used his maneuver on the Enterprise? Surely the Enterprise has sub-space sensors that can detect superluminal motion, no? It should have been a piece of cake to stop the StarGazer attack then!>>


Being able to detect the ship doesn't mean you can stop it. Besides, how did they know where to aim the tractor beam if the trick worked? How would they have stopped the attack? Blown up the ship?

 

[ElFenix]

"TK421, why aren't you at your post?"

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

<< "TK421, why aren't you at your post?" >>

Long live Star Wars!!!!

*runs away before being beaten to death

nik

 

[Ameesh]

<<

<<

<< First TNG cheif engineer: Sarah MacDougal >>



who was the second ? ( i think this is a pretty tough question) >>



Chief Engineer Singh! He was killed though. >>



no it was argyle, and singh wasnt the chief engineer he was just some engineer

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

<< galaxy class ship, wasn't it the odyssey? >>



You are correct sir. Thats when the Fed found out their shields were inefective to Dominion weapons.

Here's a really really hard one. What was the name of the Black first officer abord the Odyssey?

 

[MereMortal]

Wasn't that character only referred to as first officer?