Darth_Zod wrote:mentioned it before, but in the episode where Picard was doing an archaelogical dig as apart of shore leave or something similar, and he got abducted by site robbers, they fired a controlled shot to disable the Enterprise's nacelles without damaging it severely. so it has been proven that low level energy blasts simply disable the ship as opposed to destroying it outright. iirc it was disabled for quite some time too.
Episode was "Gambit". Shields were up as I recall.
In the 2 cases I cite, shields were down. Reliant took far worse, and lived.
Darth_Zod wrote:mentioned it before, but in the episode where Picard was doing an archaelogical dig as apart of shore leave or something similar, and he got abducted by site robbers, they fired a controlled shot to disable the Enterprise's nacelles without damaging it severely. so it has been proven that low level energy blasts simply disable the ship as opposed to destroying it outright. iirc it was disabled for quite some time too.
Episode was "Gambit". Shields were up as I recall.
In the 2 cases I cite, shields were down. Reliant took far worse, and lived.
Are you sure the Reliant wasn't destroyed? How did it get back in the time loop if it wasn't?
Darth_Zod wrote:mentioned it before, but in the episode where Picard was doing an archaelogical dig as apart of shore leave or something similar, and he got abducted by site robbers, they fired a controlled shot to disable the Enterprise's nacelles without damaging it severely. so it has been proven that low level energy blasts simply disable the ship as opposed to destroying it outright. iirc it was disabled for quite some time too.
Episode was "Gambit". Shields were up as I recall.
In the 2 cases I cite, shields were down. Reliant took far worse, and lived.
Are you sure the Reliant wasn't destroyed? How did it get back in the time loop if it wasn't?
Reliaint was never in the time loop
I'm referring to it in Wrath of Khan, where Kirk rips through the nacelle with phasers, then uses a torpedo to blow it right off.
Sharp-kun wrote:Reliaint was never in the time loop
I'm referring to it in Wrath of Khan, where Kirk rips through the nacelle with phasers, then uses a torpedo to blow it right off.
And she kept on ticking! Seem TOS ships were made by Timex
And up until the Genisis wave was detected the Enterprise Crew acted like there was nothing to fear from the damaged ship even prepared to board the ship.
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Sharp-kun wrote:Reliaint was never in the time loop
I'm referring to it in Wrath of Khan, where Kirk rips through the nacelle with phasers, then uses a torpedo to blow it right off.
And she kept on ticking! Seem TOS ships were made by Timex
And up until the Genisis wave was detected the Enterprise Crew acted like there was nothing to fear from the damaged ship even prepared to board the ship.
And don't forget the Constallation from "The Dommsday machine". If you look at it, you clearly see that it's nacelles are partly destroyed. But did the ship go boom? No.
I know the Empire is more advanced, but wouldn't they have difficulty "affecting repairs" (without captives to help them or the ability to communicate with intact computers using translator droids perhaps?) since the technology is so alien?
Likewise I think a few people are forgetting the original scenario is an ISD, not The Executor. ; )
Sharp-kun wrote:Reliaint was never in the time loop
I'm referring to it in Wrath of Khan, where Kirk rips through the nacelle with phasers, then uses a torpedo to blow it right off.
And she kept on ticking! Seem TOS ships were made by Timex
And up until the Genisis wave was detected the Enterprise Crew acted like there was nothing to fear from the damaged ship even prepared to board the ship.
And don't forget the Constallation from "The Dommsday machine". If you look at it, you clearly see that it's nacelles are partly destroyed. But did the ship go boom? No.
And from that, Scotty was able to get impulse power back online, one phaser bank recharged, and restore the shields! (albeit temporarily)
They built them tough in the olden days
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The people who wrote TNG obviously drew their inspirations for the behaviour of high technology from Microsoft Windows 3.1. I know that's often said as a joke, but I'm serious. The computer is the technological apparatus with which the average person is most familiar (and which he is most likely to realize is a technological apparatus; most people have no idea how much high-tech gadgetry is in a modern automobile engine). Therefore, when attempting to write something about high-tech equipment which felt "realistic" to them, they no doubt drew inspiration from the behaviour of their computers.
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Isolder74 wrote:
And she kept on ticking! Seem TOS ships were made by Timex
And up until the Genisis wave was detected the Enterprise Crew acted like there was nothing to fear from the damaged ship even prepared to board the ship.
And don't forget the Constallation from "The Dommsday machine". If you look at it, you clearly see that it's nacelles are partly destroyed. But did the ship go boom? No.
And from that, Scotty was able to get impulse power back online, one phaser bank recharged, and restore the shields! (albeit temporarily)
They built them tough in the olden days
It was just Scotty and two assistants doing the repairs also. You didn't need a whole crew of specialist engineers to get the job done.
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Techno_Union wrote:This brings up the question of whether or not ships have character shields. Enteprise always seems to get out of everything it is put in.
Only to a certain point.
Enterprise-nil self destructed and burned up in the Genesis Planet's atmosphere,
Enterprise-C was destroyed by Romulans at Nerendra III (this ship really doesn't count when referring to character shields, since it appeared in only one episode and this was not the subject of a movie or series like the other Enterprises) .
Enterprise-D suffered warp core breach after battle with Klingon BoP, and saucer crashes on Veridian III. Ship is unsalvagable.
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All the SD has to do is ask to send an "ambassador" which is really a heavily armed stormtrooper squad which would kill all of the readshirts seize the bridge and easily take control of the ship
