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>You also invalidate the need for convoy and the ability of Jem'hadar=20
ships or anyone else to engage in deep space. Starfleet could keep it=20
heavy units at the terminal points instead of following the freighters=20
around. Since they can only be attacked when at sublight speeds, the=20
attackers wouldn't hang around in deep space either.
Actually, escort vessels would be used to discourage enemy ships from shado= wing
the transport vessels, and to send the message that attacking this convoy m= ight
not be the best idea. Actually, "Starfleet keeping its heavy units at
term= inal
points" is exactly how I did it. The objective of the Dominion was
not to = capture
deep space, but to capture the planets and the space installations. Deep
space remains generally empty. Remember, in Steve-Trek, I have Federation
ships zipping through Romulan space without much of a care, because the
Romulans can't stop them as long as they don't get too close to a Romulan
planet.
>Making warp less sacrosanct and torpedoes a bit zippyer is better=20
dramatically as I see it.
Well, there are the warp torpedoes, and if the Jem'Hadar had such weapons a= nd used
them, especially the cloaked variety, then they could take a heavy toll on
Federation shipping. Similarily, Dominion ships would be vulnerable.
Take= n to this
logical conclusion, of course, planets or anything else could be attacked
b= y cloaked,
unmanned torpedoes. I prefer not to carry it that far. Ambushes of ships = leading
to their destruction while at warp could happen (and in fact did happen in
= "The
End Game") but space battles at warp, no.
Steve
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>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.
Actually, escort vessels would be used to
discourage enemy ships from shadowing
the transport vessels, and to send
the message
that
attacking this convoy might
not be the best idea.
Actually, "Starfleet
keeping its heavy units at terminal
points" is exactly how I did
it. The
objective of the Dominion was not to capture
deep space, but to capture the
planets and the
space installations. Deep
space remains generally
empty. Remember, in
Steve-Trek, I have Federation
ships zipping through Romulan
space without much
of
a care, because theRomulans can't stop them as long as they don't
get too close to a Romulan
planet.
>Making warp less
sacrosanct
and torpedoes a bit zippyer is better dramatically as I see
it.
Well, there are the warp
torpedoes, and if the
Jem'Hadar had such weapons and used
them, especially the cloaked
variety, then they
could take a heavy toll on
Federation shipping.
Similarily, Dominion
ships would be vulnerable. Taken to this
logical conclusion, of course,
planets or anything
else could be attacked by cloaked,
unmanned torpedoes. I
prefer not to carry it
that far. Ambushes of ships leading
to their destruction while at warp
could happen
(and in fact did happen in "The
End Game") but space battles at warp,
no.
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
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