Can you imagine the modern day equivalent, say an aircraft carrier, sailing the seven seas as a scientific/exploration/diplomatic/military mission with full families and a school full of children and even perhaps a small maternity ward.
Red Alert! Battle Stations! Cancel the music recital and postpone the pancake breakfast until further notice.
They absolutely should have figured out some basic bitch warp drive for the saucer. Pop out nacelles? At some point the D was provided with a runabout, maybe two of those could have extended a warp shell around the saucer? Literally anything would be better than asking it to limp along at sublight speeds.
I mean, the Defiant had internal nacelles. other (alien) ships had internal nacelles. or even just “Warp field maintenance coils” that would allow them to sustain warp until they got far enough away or someplace habitable. But I doubt very much the Saucer would be able to reach someplace safe just carried by “inertia”. particularly because the warp drive doesn’t seem to actually be the ship moving. (once the warp field collapses, the ship is dead in the water.)
Can you imagine the modern day equivalent, say an aircraft carrier, sailing the seven seas as a scientific/exploration/diplomatic/military mission with full families and a school full of children and even perhaps a small maternity ward.
Red Alert! Battle Stations! Cancel the music recital and postpone the pancake breakfast until further notice.
Yes. Its okay. They can just turn them into instant hostages by separating the saucer section.
That’ll be fine. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
They absolutely should have figured out some basic bitch warp drive for the saucer. Pop out nacelles? At some point the D was provided with a runabout, maybe two of those could have extended a warp shell around the saucer? Literally anything would be better than asking it to limp along at sublight speeds.
I mean, the Defiant had internal nacelles. other (alien) ships had internal nacelles. or even just “Warp field maintenance coils” that would allow them to sustain warp until they got far enough away or someplace habitable. But I doubt very much the Saucer would be able to reach someplace safe just carried by “inertia”. particularly because the warp drive doesn’t seem to actually be the ship moving. (once the warp field collapses, the ship is dead in the water.)
I can hear the music in this photo.