"New Ground" is another datapoint for point-blank torpedo fighting being a very poor idea. Arguably the shields of the ship are compromised in that episode, too. But "Jem'Hadar" features even shorter engagement ranges than the two TNG episodes: the realization that phasers aren't going to do the trick comes at such a late stage in the engagement that Keogh would need to pull back, and he doesn't want to do that because he protects the runabouts. And eventually the Odyssey shields are compromised and lowered, too.
It was fun to observe a not completely inept guest crew in action, sort of like proto-Robau. And even more fun to see how they wrote Keogh into such an almost-Picard, with quirks that could be sympathetic on a main character and only become unsympathetic because some of them are directed against our main heroes (Keogh's dislike of Dax vs. Picard's dislike of Ro, Keogh's concern for the lack of punching power for DS9 combatants vs. Picard's similar concerns for somebody's safety in a battle).
Timo Saloniemi
It was fun to observe a not completely inept guest crew in action, sort of like proto-Robau. And even more fun to see how they wrote Keogh into such an almost-Picard, with quirks that could be sympathetic on a main character and only become unsympathetic because some of them are directed against our main heroes (Keogh's dislike of Dax vs. Picard's dislike of Ro, Keogh's concern for the lack of punching power for DS9 combatants vs. Picard's similar concerns for somebody's safety in a battle).
Timo Saloniemi
