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Old 04-21-11, 04:47 PM   #27
Rhodes
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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike View Post
Actually if two ships are both traveling at the same warp speed the pursuing ship would have the advantage since the light from the pursued ship reaches the pursuer faster than light (it reaches the warp field and is compressed along with the normal space along the ship's flight path) while the light from the pursuing ship never reaches the pursued ship. So until the pursuer extends their warp field around the pursued ship (to say open fire with a STL weapon like a phaser) thus equalizing the relative velocities the pursued ship will never know someone was there.
I still prefer the good old photon torpedo!
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