Why are ships listed as Unarmed?

Blackstar the Chakat · Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:14 pm

Reliant121 wrote:I would think that if a vessel was civilian then the captain, who owns it (If not owned by a company), has the right to equip it with whatever he sees fit to equip it with. Unless there is a law against it, i would see no problem with a freighter with a cloaking device even if you could get one. I admit i would want to investigate how the commander...aquired the device but if he has it and it was legally aquired i see no issue with it.

Federation vessels are not permitted to have, use, or develop cloaking devices.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:17 pm

Reliant121 wrote:I would think that if a vessel was civilian then the captain, who owns it (If not owned by a company), has the right to equip it with whatever he sees fit to equip it with. Unless there is a law against it, i would see no problem with a freighter with a cloaking device even if you could get one. I admit i would want to investigate how the commander...aquired the device but if he has it and it was legally aquired i see no issue with it.

There are limitations on what sort of equipment civilians are allowed to own in most countries, mainly to ensure that the state always outguns criminals. Given the military advantage a cloaking device would give a pirate or smuggler, I would expect similar restrictions to aplly to them.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:19 pm

fair enough to both of you

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:20 pm

please excuse me i havn't worked out how to quote as of yet

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:54 am

Reliant121 wrote:please excuse me i havn't worked out how to quote as of yet

psst - you use the quote button at the top right of the post you're quoting

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:59 am

God i feel really incredibly stupid now

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:28 pm

Alternatively, you can type

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[quote="Whoever you want to quote"] Whatever they wrote. [/quote]

That would then come out as:

Whoever you want to quote wrote: Whatever they wrote.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:38 pm

thanks

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:39 pm

No problem.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:55 pm

Rocheys way is much better, because you can misquote people to see if they notice. Not that I ever do such a thing - although I do sometimes edit the original message when I'm replying to an email.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:58 am

Sorry about getting back on track, but I'm a bit late getting to this...

Reliant121 wrote:Unless there is a law against it, i would see no problem with a freighter with a cloaking device even if you could get one. I admit i would want to investigate how the commander...aquired the device but if he has it and it was legally aquired i see no issue with it.

There IS a law against it. The Treaty of Algeron, no moatter how idiotic it was for the UFP to agree, forbids Federation vessels from having cloaking devices - not just Starfleet vessels.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:32 pm

Someone already brought that up, Mikey.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:31 pm

Sorry.