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Ablative Generator : Speculations & Reality
jocelyn2
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In 2378, U.S.S. Voyager acquired the ablative generator technology. It's crew brought it back to Starfleet 26 years before its invention. In 2404, the ablative generator was still an experimental technology. The Voyager's crew sucessfully integrated that technology to the ship. It was effective at cancelling the efforts of the borg to assimilate the Voyager however, they still got a hand on the ablative generator technology before Voyager made it to the Alpha Quadrant.
It is innefective against the Borg now however it could prove useful against other species in the galaxy. That's why I suggest that Cryptic implements all the Federation Starships with the possibility to gain acces to that technology and use it.
At the end of Voyager's Endgame Part II, it seemed to me that the Ablative Generator Technology was in Starfleet's future defensive capabilities.
It is innefective against the Borg now however it could prove useful against other species in the galaxy. That's why I suggest that Cryptic implements all the Federation Starships with the possibility to gain acces to that technology and use it.
At the end of Voyager's Endgame Part II, it seemed to me that the Ablative Generator Technology was in Starfleet's future defensive capabilities.
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In Endgame Part II, Torpedoes are launched from small openings that forms in the Ablative Generator's Covering Field. The console can be adapted to provide small openings for Cannon Weaponry as well, increasing the ship's Counterattack capabilities.
...because he will find an easy way to do it.
-Bill Gates
...because he will find an easy way to do it.
-Bill Gates
Even though I liked the episode it seemed to me that introducing the torpedoes was to early, since the quantums were brought in first contact. Was it mentioned that these torpedoes was only for fighting the borg? Its been a while since I saw it.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Transphasic_torpedo
Also here is mentions to that the gen were still effective even though at 6% so i guess they are still useful.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Ablative_generator
Would awesome to equip my sovereign class with this armour gen. O well can keep dreaming.
It still gave some protection, but the last sphere did more damage than all the cubes before it, so the Borg were well on their way to bypassing it entirely.
I rewatched the episode a few weeks ago, and they didn't say anything about the torpedoes specifically being for fighting the Borg, only that the Borg had no defense against them yet. The Queen was confident they could adapt to them, though, but by the time they did Voyager would have destroyed most of her available ships and much of the nexus. The implication is that there is a defense against them, and they're only devastating to an enemy that doesn't possess that defense. Not much different than other torpedoes - the Enterprise-D's photon torpedoes were strong enough that on at least two occasions the crew explained that fired at close range with shields down, the splash damage could destroy the Enterprise, and in Starship Down, the Defiant took several torpedo hits with limited damage, but the one that passed through the shields and stuck in the hull posed a much greater risk (basically doing what transphasics are designed to do - explode internally instead of impact the hull).
Not counting the always inconsistent plot-dictated capabilities of starships and the fact that the Dominion War seemed to take place entirely unshielded, torpeoes were regularly depicted as far less dangerous if you have the proper defense (usually shields) than not.
I want to know if I can take the Ablative Generator and use it on the OTHER Long Range Science Vessel Refit; with 2 Engineer officers (instead of 1 Engineer & 3 Science).
Is there a slim chance? ...or it can only be used on the 2,000 Zen version.
I agree I only pop it off when my shields are down and the hull is below 50%. Combined with evasive maneuvers and all my heals are on cool down, it does good saving your aft deck... I do have a tendency to fly that ship more like an escort then a sci, so she's usually in the thick of it.
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Why couldn't Starfleet have simply studied the tech and integrated into all standard armor plating since? Why waste power on a generator when (energized) armor plating is more efficient and allows the useage of shields and energy weapons?
I mean there are a ton of ships out there and equipping them with such a tech would cost a lot of ressources. Yes, there is still costs involved in the future.
Secondly, Starfleet would have to calculate if it is really practical for all its ships. I mean, the tech comes at a cost of not being able to fire properly and is only a defensive mode. Would only make sense for cruisers which are at the front lines of deployment. Escort ships would have little of it if they are not able to fire propperly and actually do their job: deal damage.
Not the best one I've seen.
And you necro'd a thread older than your account to tell us this? Must have been really important. :rolleyes:
Nope. Rather a mediocre attempt, as necros go. Until you dig up a thread from 2010, you're just a wannabe experimenting with thread necromancy.
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