Defiance of the defiant

[Praeothmin]

Torps are shielded?

They must be - it's the only way to explain them having a frequency setting.

And that wonderful orange or blue glow when they're fired...
Also, it would explain them being able to pass through a firing ship's shields without exploding, using the same shield frequency as the firing ship...

[Praeothmin]

To P's question: the interference doesn't have to be perfect. Even a partially-disrupted cloak is useless to sensors.

Why would the weapons or shields of a cloaked ship disrupt a cloaking device long enough for it to be discovered?
As I said, in ST VI the particular cloak was only briefly disrupted, so it seems it wasn't the weapons fire that was the issue...

[Mikey]

There must have been another mechanism at work. How long does EM radiation need to cross a distance as small as the thickness of a cloak field? Not long at all.

[stitch626]

Torps are shielded?

They must be - it's the only way to explain them having a frequency setting.

Well, no, not by that alone. Every bit of matter in the universe has a frequency.

[Mikey]

Well, that's pedantic. We're talking about treating the 2 - 3 meter long torpedo as a whole, in which case conventional mechanics applies.

[stitch626]

Well, that's pedantic. We're talking about treating the 2 - 3 meter long torpedo as a whole, in which case conventional mechanics applies.

Even the whole object has a frequency, even an entire planet has a frequency.

All I'm saying is having a frequency says nothing towards the existence of shields.

However, being able to go through shields (by modifying some frequency, not likely to be the natural frquency of the object) and the different glows (which could quite possibly be caused by the torpedo exhaust (or whatever allows it to manourve and accelerate, as little as it does) reacting with shields) lead to a theory of shielded torps.

[Praeothmin]

different glows (which could quite possibly be caused by the torpedo exhaust

The problem I have with that is that if the glow is simply the exhaust, it's emitting quite a lot for such a small engine.
Also, the glow englobes the torpedoes, and doesn't tail it, like normal exhaust would...

[stitch626]

different glows (which could quite possibly be caused by the torpedo exhaust

The problem I have with that is that if the glow is simply the exhaust, it's emitting quite a lot for such a small engine.
Also, the glow englobes the torpedoes, and doesn't tail it, like normal exhaust would...

Which is why this part

reacting with shields

was rather important.

[Praeothmin]

different glows (which could quite possibly be caused by the torpedo exhaust

The problem I have with that is that if the glow is simply the exhaust, it's emitting quite a lot for such a small engine.
Also, the glow englobes the torpedoes, and doesn't tail it, like normal exhaust would...

Which is why this part

reacting with shields

was rather important.

I missed it because of the two () inserted in one another, and I didn't notice it refered to the torpedoes shield...
Sorry...

[stitch626]

I missed it because of the two () inserted in one another, and I didn't notice it refered to the torpedoes shield...
Sorry...

Thats ok, I just realized how botched that sentance is.

[Tsukiyumi]

...sentance...

Well, there's your problem.

[stitch626]

...sentance...

Well, there's your problem.

Sorry, IE don't have a speel checker, and I'm using a school computer, so I'm stuck with it.

[Reliant121]

Some of us can type without the assistance of a spellchecker. Most issues I have is that Google Chrome defaults to an English [US], which means that any english spelt words are automatically wrong.

[Tyyr]

Some of us can type without the assistance of a spellchecker. Most issues I have is that Google Chrome defaults to an English [US], which means that any english spelt words are automatically wrong.

For once I'm going to have to side with Google.

[Captain Seafort]

For once I'm going to have to side with Google.

With hyperactive zeds and a vendetta against "u"s? Why?