Is Voyager capable of Submerging.
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They flew fine in fluidic space so water should be no problem. I don't know why the Flyer needed modifications for submerging.
Works for me! The SIF/deflector shields should be able to handle most pressure issues.
It was stated that they could in that very episode but it would take too long to do the necessary modifications when they needed to go to the center of the "planet".
Yes, it would make sense. Voyager is so much bigger than the D Flyer, it would take a heck of a lot longer to modify Voyager.
In the Delta Flyer's opening episode (Extreme Risk) they had to throw it into a gas giant, which would have more pressure than the water world.
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With all the magical forcefields up and running, the ship ought to be capable of sailing inside solid rock if need be.
However, longterm operations within a dense fluid might mean problems with certain things that have been fine-tuned for space or for thin atmospheres. Say, thermal balance might go all awry; the dense fluid might suck heat out of the ship hundreds of times faster than vacuum or air would.
As for "fluidic space", we never got any indication that this fluid would have been as dense as water. It probably was nowhere as dense as air, or the ship would have faced much greater problems there... By our laws of nature, a universe filled with something as massive as air would quickly collapse into a black hole. And if there is some repulse force in that alternate dimension that we don't know of, it would have to be immensely strong to prevent something as heavy as air from collapsing, and would thus cause problems of its own for intruding starships.
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However, longterm operations within a dense fluid might mean problems with certain things that have been fine-tuned for space or for thin atmospheres. Say, thermal balance might go all awry; the dense fluid might suck heat out of the ship hundreds of times faster than vacuum or air would.
As for "fluidic space", we never got any indication that this fluid would have been as dense as water. It probably was nowhere as dense as air, or the ship would have faced much greater problems there... By our laws of nature, a universe filled with something as massive as air would quickly collapse into a black hole. And if there is some repulse force in that alternate dimension that we don't know of, it would have to be immensely strong to prevent something as heavy as air from collapsing, and would thus cause problems of its own for intruding starships.
Timo Saloniemi
Tom said they were thruster modifications, which isn't unforseeable. Especially given the weakened state of the Waterworld when they arrived, maybe they were to prevent further damage.
Doesn't the legislation of starfleet to not disturb the timeline? maybe there is some biohazard in the water
