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doom891
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Just had an idea, when ever you play a high level character and help a low level character do missions, those low level ships are really slow. so, what if the high level ship could tow the low level ship through sector space to destinations?
This may seem not totally necessary BUT it would be a good mechanic to add for roll playing for one and a time saver for another, not to mention it would be just plane cool.
What do you think?
This may seem not totally necessary BUT it would be a good mechanic to add for roll playing for one and a time saver for another, not to mention it would be just plane cool.
What do you think?
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if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
My PvE/PvP hybrid skill tree
in effect. yes.
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without changing their Structural Integrity Field to counter the stresses. yes. and the power involved it would be limited to about warp 5... if we're going by canon
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you know this a star trek game right? technobabble is more or less required.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
Star Trek is full of technobabble. Without technobabble in STO or using technobabble to explain gameplay in STO, then this game loses its Star Trekness. Why aren't you using technobabble for this game?
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Name one..?
This episode http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Paradise_(episode)
Dax used her runabout to bring sisko's runabout out of warp and then they towed it back to the planet, also they would have to have warp towing, how would they bring severely damaged ships back to spacedock if they couldnt repair the damaged ship's engines on site?
In Next Gen Picard mentions how ships will have to be towed back to spacedock or starbase many times...
Technically there was no evidence of them ever towing the runabout at warp... Just that they could break warp with a tractor beam.
I Entirely agree that it seems unlikely that they would be able to get damaged ships anywhere without warp... Heck I'd even refuse to believe anything else.
But you will be hard pressed finding a single episode where one ship actually towed another at warp... Or them even mentioning that towing was done at warp.
Think back to the first episode of season 6, initial scene where the federation is retreating (correcting running) from the dominion where several tow ships are dragging several ships behind them... That's clearly at impulse... I mean... It's not clever to run from the enemy at impulse, if you can do it at warp.
"Tractor beams were generally only used at sub-warp velocities. To safely tow a vessel at warp speed, the target vessel's engines had to be deactivated to avoid shearing forces against towing vessel. A tractor beam could be used at warp speed only if both vessels' speeds were exactly matched. (TNG: "Final Mission", "The Emissary")"
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tractor_beam
proof enough?
Simple. The same method that was used in City of Heroes. Emergency Medical Teleporters that teleport you to a safe area when you are about to be killed. For the ships, it releases a chroniton field that rewinds time for anything within that field.
STO might not be real Star Trek since real Star Trek is limited to all TV shows and movies before Star Trek 2009 and any future TV shows and movies set in the original universe, but there are a ton of Star Trek fans that love to use technobabble to explain things away. As far as technobabble went out the door when STO went live, then you are mistaken. There is far too much technobabble in the item descriptions.
Face it. You can't escape technobabble in STO.
when a galaxy class starship puts a Tractractor beam on something smaller than itself that ship is not going to go any where but in sto its a joke
subsystem targeting joke every ship could do that unless its was commanded by pakled's
tuvok target engines sorry captain we dont have that ability
tuvok Tractractor beam now!!! sorry captain we dont have that ability
get where im going now?
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https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwnBDteLqMlniHajCdjwyhyAhRsu4H3CcLneMFLIN99xmtCuME
*coughs*http://sto.gamepedia.com/Ability:_Auxiliary_to_Structural*coughs*
please try again and this roll a sci and a eng toon first or you risk looking like an idiot.
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look at my edit and try again
system Lord Baal is dead
bad news friend that doesn't cover the fact that one of the things you said is a lie and a poor one at that.
and then I take back what I said you don't have to worry about looking like a idiot.
and at some point you have to accept it's a game on somethings.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
well point it out big man what did i lie about ?!?!?!??!
and thats been my point its a game and here we are talking about tractor beams at warp then got to bring in Structural Integrity Field to counter the stresses......... its a game
and to be frank dont see the Dev doing this idea they got better thing to do and not to say who goes to sector space any more you do every thing in the game from a menu
well i just thought this may be a good idea to help them player that get lost in exploration missions bahahhahhahahahhahaha
system Lord Baal is dead
really? gonna make me do this, you know what I do have better things to do but just for you I'll point a few biit of technobabble thats "not a thing in this game"
lets start with the basics shall we
anti matter warp cores
Singularity cores
Shield Arrays
oh directed energy weapon...
you know what this is taking too long let just link you to Starship equipment.
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Starship_equipment
oh and just so you don't have to worry about finding the fun stuff here you go
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Universal_Consoles
and as linkng you to every weird scfi ability would take more time then I feel like wasting on you. you can sort these out yourself.
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Bridge_officer_abilities
oh look Tractor Beam, and Auxiliary Power to the Structural Integrity Field.
do me a favor if your going to waste my time at least have the common decency to make it amusing.
oh and we can see when you edit after someone else post look just under this one.
now good day sir I feel like actually playing the game now.
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all im going to say is you missed the point i was trying to make BIG TIME same for the other one point i was trying to make that went over your head was yall trying to put too much realism in this game that will not happen
IF and i do mean IF the dev did this idea they are not going to take it to the point of realism they are just going to give you an ability for sector space they not going to take it to the point of got to use Structural Integrity Field to counter the stresses hope you got it now............................................
system Lord Baal is dead
Isn't this the Omega 13 Device from Galaxy Quest?
To answer this, all I will say is, we are playing on a server called HOLODECK! That should explain it.
Well the Borg could do it back in the day, I would think the Federation would have made some advancements in tractor beam technology by now.