Don’t distress calls seems a bit risky?

[Sam_I_Am]

“This is a general distress call. Our warp drive has failed. We’re unable to travel at warp speeds. We request any starships to assist us.”

Cue dozens of Ferengi, Klingon, and Romulan(*) ships powering up to plunder a crippled starship.

*Stardate dependent

 

[BillJ]

Would depend on the who, what, when, where and why?

Scott ends up ignoring a distress signal in “Friday’s Child”.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

If you're a female yeoman, call in sick.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

How many other options are considered and discarded before a distress call is made? It'd depend on the state of the ship, the number of able crew, the nature of the trouble, whether the odds are good that a friendly person will answer, whether all other options have been exhausted...

 

[Shawnster]

Don’t distress calls seems a bit risky?

Yep. But what options are there?

Same thing today on the high seas, especially off the coast of Somalia.

 

[fireproof78]

“This is a general distress call. Our warp drive has failed. We’re unable to travel at warp speeds. We request any starships to assist us.”

Cue dozens of Ferengi, Klingon, and Romulan(*) ships powering up to plunder a crippled starship.

*Stardate dependent

Yes, of course it's risky. Better than dying.

 

[Set Harth]

"We went with the refurbished warp core. There's a mistake you only make once."

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Famous last log of the Kobayashi Maru.

 

[Tosk]

Send distress call: Run the risk of attracting the nefarious.
Don't send distress call: Die in space.

Seems like an easy choice to me.

 

[fireproof78]

Send distress call: Run the risk of attracting the nefarious.
Don't send distress call: Die in space.

Seems like an easy choice to me.

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[Nerys Myk]

Yes, of course it's risky. Better than dying.

You might say, in the case of Starfleet, it's their business.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

"Taking care of riskiness...Out in space...Taking care of riskiness...and Kirkin' Enterprise"

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Yep. But what options are there?

Queen to queen's level three?

 

[Kor]

This is one of those aspects of Trek that's based on something in real life...
So, just like distress calls in real life, you're counting on various parties to respect international maritime laws and conventions, and humanitarianism. Or rather, "interstellar law" in this case, and whatever the multi-species equivalent of "humanitarian" would be. Of course there may be some bad actors out there, but at the same time, interstellar powers would be careful about potentially setting off a war or something.

Kor

 

[Nerys Myk]

This is one of those aspects of Trek that's based on something in real life...
So, just like distress calls in real life, you're counting on various parties to respect international maritime laws and conventions, and humanitarianism. Or rather, "interstellar law" in this case, and whatever the multi-species equivalent of "humanitarian" would be. Of course there may be some bad actors out there, but at the same time, interstellar powers would be careful about potentially setting off a war or something.

Kor

Knowing the Federation it's probably still "humanitarian."

*Scowls in Azetbur*

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Of course there may be some bad actors out there. . . .

Matthew Lillard always, Steven Seagal usually, Melanie Griffith after 1975, Robert Mitchum on certain occasions.....

 

[Uncle Sock]

Space feels really small in Star Trek because of warp drive, all the different quadrants, and the countless species we see. But in reality, space is enormous. In “A Time to Stand,” Sisko and his crew were trapped behind the Cardassian border, and without warp drive, it would have taken them about 17 years to get back home — and that’s just one example. If Voyager had been limited to full impulse speed, it would’ve taken them around 140,000 years to reach Earth.

So if I were stranded out there, I’d send out a distress call any day rather than spend the rest of my life in some corner of the galaxy.

 

[Shawnster]

Most of the major powers, like the Klingons, probably respect those in distress. It's not like there is any honor in raiding a civilian ship and there is nothing of strategic value. The Ferengi might be more inclined to plunder, but isn't that worth it if it means rescue from death? It's

Just like today, last century, or throughout history when a ship in distress was rescued by people from a rival government.