To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com
From: Garry Stahl 
Reply-To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com

Steve Oostrom wrote:

> For these reason, pirates generally do not attempt to attack starships
> at warp.  They have
> to use other techniques, such as shadowing a ship and waiting for it
> to drop out of warp
> at its destination, or to have agents on board working with the
> pirates to force the ship
>
> out of warp in open space.  Because most destinations are secure,
> pirates basically
> aren't going to risk themselves attacking big passenger liners moving
> between major
> worlds.  Their targets are more likely going to be remote mining
> operations, small colonies
> or weaker or corrupt planets, or they will attempt to lure the
> gullible or the curious into a
> trap.
>


You also invalidate the need for convoy and the ability of Jem'hadar ships
or anyone else to engage in deep space.  Starfleet could keep it heavy
units at the terminal points instead of following the freighters around. 
Since they can only be attacked when at sublight speeds, the attackers
wouldn't hang around in deep space either.

Making warp less sacrosanct  and torpedoes a bit zippyer is better
dramatically as I see it.

--
Garry   AKA   -Phoenix-   Rising Above the Flames

Star Trek le mort.  Viva la Star Trek admiraetur.

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