Hi Allan, Actually, on Star Trek I have seen battles both ways. Some were in subspace at high warp speed, and some were at impulse speeds which is sublight. Tactical wize phasers don't work well in warp, but the photon and quantum torpedoes can be fired at maximum warp. However, you are right the majority of space combats on TNG, DS9, and Voyager happened while the starship was at impulse speeds. However, I have seen cases like in the TNG show Q Who where the Borg were chasing the Enterprise at high warp and the Enterprise was using afte photon torpedoes to fire at the Borg cube while both were doing speeds exceeding warp 9. Actually, it would make sense if you were in range of a base or other fixed target to drop out of subspace and approach using standard impulse maneuvering thrusters. Game wise having impulse and warp drives also gives you two chances to maneuver and move. If you only had one you would be adrift with no maneuverability at all. On a technical note the impulse speeds don't very much between ships. Impulse drives seam to be pretty much a fixed standard design across classes.
Allan Thompson wrote: > HI Guys, > I always thought that combat in trek was fought using impulse speeds, since > warp was really just a way to go from point a to point b quickly, where > impulse allowed for fine flying skills. > I would think that impulse would greatly affect player choice, and that > each ship had a diffrent maneuverability. > So the defiant would have a quick turn radius, and quicker impulse > maneuvering, while the enterprise would be more sluggish, and turn slower > than the defiant. While impulse might be the same speed for all ships, > meaning that half impulse is the same for all ships, perhaps that can be > manipulated a little to give the smaller and quicker ships impulse > advantage. > Thus when an impulse engine gets hit, your ship would start to react more > sluggish, less responsive. You could probably loss warp without losing > impulse power, and vice versa and so I think impulse would be a neat > addition to the game. > What does everyone else think? > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
