Originally posted by Ushgarak
They fire torpedoes in warp often enough in the series.The games are all over the place- continuity nightmare.
i know the games have those rules, but i cant say i have ever seen a torpedo fired while in warp in any show, not off the top of my head,thats allot of shows and episodes...and my memory aint what it used to be 😮💨
But if you say they were ,i will take your word for it 👆
Originally posted by starlockHe's right. Torpedoes and phasers/disruptors have both been employed at warp in both the movies (ST:Nemesis, for example) and TNG-Voy. The Prometheus used weapons at warp and Voyager did the same against the Kazon. There are other instances, though these are the immediate examples that came to mind.
i know the games have those rules, but i cant say i have ever seen a torpedo fired while in warp in any show, not off the top of my head,thats allot of shows and episodes...and my memory aint what it used to be 😮💨But if you say they were ,i will take your word for it 👆
Re: Re: Re: Warp Straffing
Originally posted by starlock
I am almost positive they have been fired while in warp....torpedoes can not be fired while in warp.......Thats how most of the games are btw
they're fired rearwards at warp in Q-who are they not...when the borg are in pursuit of the enterprise?....
Originally posted by Captain SEXThat was fairly common during the original Star Trek. "The Ultimate Computer", "Balance of Terror" and "Elaan of Troyius", and ST:TMP all contain instances of FTL ships using weapons against sublight ships.
How often though is warp strafing used where a vehicle in warp firs on a sub light craft?
Originally posted by Acrosurge
That was fairly common during the original Star Trek. "The Ultimate Computer", "Balance of Terror" and "Elaan of Troyius", and ST:TMP all contain instances of FTL ships using weapons against sublight ships.
Yes, and we have not seen it at all since the original series. I am convinced this would give the Federation the edge of the Star Wars Galactic empire.
Originally posted by Captain SEXIt is an edge, no doubt, but do you think it is a definitive one?
Yes, and we have not seen it at all since the original series. I am convinced this would give the Federation the edge of the Star Wars Galactic empire.
In every instance of Warp Strafing in the original series, it was only done because the target ship was inhibited or unable to go to warp. I suppose that Warp Strafing wouldn't make much tactical difference against ships that can go FTL at a whim (which would be almost all the TNG ships onward). That might explain why we don't see it in the later series. It does not explain why the Klingons and the Dominion failed to use this technique against Ds9. Perhaps they would have been unable to deliver the bombardment necessary to penetrate the stations shields using only strafing techniques? We have only speculation.
Originally posted by Acrosurge
It is an edge, no doubt, but do you think it is a definitive one?In every instance of Warp Strafing in the original series, it was only done because the target ship was inhibited or unable to go to warp. I suppose that Warp Strafing wouldn't make much tactical difference against ships that can go FTL at a whim (which would be almost all the TNG ships onward). That might explain why we don't see it in the later series. It does not explain why the Klingons and the Dominion failed to use this technique against Ds9. Perhaps they would have been unable to deliver the bombardment necessary to penetrate the stations shields using only strafing techniques? We have only speculation.
A combination of warp and temporal torpedoes should do the trick.