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Enterprise -E in the Delta Quadrant. how would it fare there

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Are we talking about the realistic problem of resupplying, or the Voyager way of resupplying?

I'd say the E-E would do fairly well in the Delta Quadrant. I think it had a bigger compliment of weapons to work with. My opinion is that Picard is a better captain and diplomat than Janeway, so he might have been able to make some friends along the way. Plus the E was bigger than Voyager so it might have had more reusable supplies to help with. Is Data on the E at the time? My opinion is that he would have helped out alot too.

This is all just one fans opinion though. I wonder how Picard and crew would have acted toward meeting Annorax, meeting the Alien Guy that had the Dauntless. What he would have done with the Borg and 8472. How he would have handled those aliens that were in a different phase and were performing all kinds of medical experients with the crew (ie Janeway with the headaches from the 6 spikes in her head). Good question!
 
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From a diplomatic perspective, Picard would fare the same as Janeway.
She was able to make numerous friendly races along the way, but at the same time, most aliens who ended up as enemies of Voyager were not that really interested in talking or gave the crew an option for developing friendships.

Lets see ... 8472 (at the time of 'Scorpion') were not interested in speaking with Voyager crew.
Same would happen with Picard and the Enterprise-E.
Perhaps the ship would not lose all of it's shields by the one burst of weapons from the bioship ... but it would still be vulnerable.
Picard would probably consider the possibility to settling in the DQ ... but if we even go with the possibility that he would try to find a way home, then he would have to work with the Borg in the same manner Janeway did with them.

Annorax ... well, the events would probably unfold in a similar capacity with the Enterprise-E sustaining lesser damage given the fact it's a stronger ship in comparison to Voyager ... but ultimate result would probably be the same (and I don't know if Picard would develop Janeways line of thinking during Year of Hell).
Presumably, they would be attacked by more Krenim ships since they would see the Enterprise as a bigger threat.

Meeting the alien with the Dauntless ...
Well, I could speculate the events would turn out the same, if the events in Scorpion turned out the same.
I doubt Picard would want to risk letting 8472 annihilate the Borg and then proceed to the rest of the galaxy anymore than Janeway would.
Handling the aliens who were in a phase and performed medical procedures with the crew ...
Well, I would say he would have done the same like Janeway.

I could speculate that on several instanced the ship would not be taken over by hostile aliens for example (or in the case of a Sovereign class ship, they would simply send more ships to overpower them and achieve the same result like they did with Voyager).
But I can imagine some battle scenes would be shorter since the Sovereign is a more powerful ship.

Resupplying would probably be a bit less needed in comparison to Voyager, but then again it might not considering Voyager went through numerous situations that drained their systems.

Also, just because it wasn't showed on tv, doesn't mean Voyager never made pit stops here and there in early seasons for restocking.
 
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Well, also, are we talking about it being in the Delta Quadrant in general, or just being flung there and trying to deal with whatever happens?
 
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I think the main difference would be that Picard would not have been a massmurderer, not have changed the timeline --> 70 years of Voyage. The rest should be almost similar I guess.
 
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Enterprise E = Ugly.

So who cares :)
 
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Would Picard have dealt with the Borg? Or would he have used the knowledge he received as Locutus to avoid them/nullify them?
 
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I'm curious whether he would have tried to free seven of nine from the collective the way Janeway did and if he did, would he have been a father figure to her in the same way Janeway was a mother figure?
 
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I know what young Kirk would have done with 7 of 9.
 
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If Picard and company had been pulled in the delta q like voyager was, it would have been a very short stay. The Ent E could have held off the Kazon more effectively, long enough for Data to figure out how to use the Caretaker array to send them home. Meanwhile, Geordi would devise some timed explosives to plant on the array, set to go off after it had sent them home.

Caretaker array doesn't fall into the hands of the Kazon, Picard and crew get home, everybody wins.
 
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It's not a question of if the Enterprise-E can last in the Delta Quad, it's if the crew can. And I'd say they'd fair much better. The Experinced Crew of the Flag Ship of the Federation, verses the mish-mash of Terriorist, Criminals, Fresh Cadets, Mystrious alien hitchhikers, Cardassian Spies, Federation Spies, holographic medical staffs, and born-again Borg?

The Federation wouldn't put you on the Enterprise unless they thought you could handle the problems Voyager faced. If Janeway and the kids did it, the Enterprise's Crew could have done it standing on their head!
 
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Deks said:
Also, just because it wasn't showed on tv, doesn't mean Voyager never made pit stops here and there in early seasons for restocking.

It WAS shown, several times.

There was also reference several times to acquiring new technology along the way which improved replicator efficiency etc which explains the end of references to "replicator rations".

OK - it does not explain the endless stock of shuttles (though it is established on screen that Torres has repaired many and that they can build them) or the constant squeaky-clean ship, but it was not completely ignored.
 
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Enterprise would have laid waste to the Kazon ships, removing the immediate threat. Then, SOMEONE would have had the smart idea of putting a delay on the tricobalt devices (or whatever) and beaming them into the Array, much like Voyager did later on to destroy a Borg probe. Finally, they'd have activated the machinery to get them home (as Tuvok was about to do), and the Array would have been destroyed after they left.

The Ocampa would still be sealed in their hole, and the Kazon would still be mightily cheezed off. At the worst, they'd have left Neelix and Kes in the Baxial to fend for themselves.

Hindsight presto!

Mark
 
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Enterprise would have laid waste to the Kazon ships, removing the immediate threat. Then, SOMEONE would have had the smart idea of putting a delay on the tricobalt devices (or whatever) and beaming them into the Array, much like Voyager did later on to destroy a Borg probe. Finally, they'd have activated the machinery to get them home (as Tuvok was about to do), and the Array would have been destroyed after they left.

The Ocampa would still be sealed in their hole, and the Kazon would still be mightily cheezed off. At the worst, they'd have left Neelix and Kes in the Baxial to fend for themselves.

Hindsight presto!

Mark
Seven of Nine and Icheb are never returned to Earth, Borg transwarp hub is never destroyed, nobody kills Bjayzl and Narisa. Interesting new courses for the Great River!
 
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