Manticore wrote:
Metryq wrote:
tighr wrote:
However, the base assumption is that the battle is taking place at sublight speeds in relatively close proximity.
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Why would they use a different set of sensors? For that matter, why engage in a "close proximity" fight with weapons that have effective range and power at superluminal speeds? Since the warp drive was obviously functional... |
Didn't they say that the FTL sensors had been damaged? And if not, it's not that hard to believe that they had been throughout the fight. |
There was nothing said about damaged sensors. The only things that we know were the fight started with the Stargazer at Warp 2 when she was jumped.
After two passes from the Ferengi, Picard gets a bearing on the Ferengi ship by detecting it's sensor beam and then times the acceleration to Warp 9 at the Ferengi as the Ferengi's sensor pulse is on it's way back to the Ferengi.
The Stargazer then stops relative to the Ferengi ship and opens fire.