So, Would've the Caretaker's Displacement Wave
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It seems that both waves seen started in the Badlands, and ended there, or else Voyager would have had a better idea what to expect when they went lookin' for Chakotay's ship.
Considerin' the Caretaker was lookin' for replacements, he seemed to confine his search to a limited area of space and that could mean that he couldonly create the waves near sources of plasma storms.
And, as shown in DS9 'The Maquis, Parts One & Two', the Badlands/DMZ is a good day's ride out from the station at warp speed.
It seems that both waves seen started in the Badlands, and ended there, or else Voyager would have had a better idea what to expect when they went lookin' for Chakotay's ship.
Considerin' the Caretaker was lookin' for replacements, he seemed to confine his search to a limited area of space and that could mean that he couldonly create the waves near sources of plasma storms.
And, as shown in DS9 'The Maquis, Parts One & Two', the Badlands/DMZ is a good day's ride out from the station at warp speed.
It might be that the Caretaker could only create the wave in conjunction with intense plasma activity or simply selected areas where he could steal ships without suspicion or attracting unwanted attention. Plus I guess deep in the Badlands would make it difficult for ships to flee at warp, a problem a ship wouldn't have if the Caretaker just created a wave in open space. That would be a negative for trying to nick a ship near DS9, it could just hit warp and run in any direction away from the wave.
We do know that three ships where taken in the Badlands for sure, Chatokay's ship, the Voyager and the Dreadnought missile. Pity we don't know where the Equinox was when it was taken. It might have been doing a planetary survey in the Badlands for all we know.
We do know that three ships where taken in the Badlands for sure, Chatokay's ship, the Voyager and the Dreadnought missile. Pity we don't know where the Equinox was when it was taken. It might have been doing a planetary survey in the Badlands for all we know.
Sisko: Screw the Ocampa, arm quantum torpedoes......FIRE!
Boom goes the Caretaker's Array.
It would've taken hours to get the "Return" command working (and then, we aren't sure they'd be able to do it right), Kazon reinforcements would've gotten there before then. Using the Array to go home was never an option in the first place since odds were they'd be taken by the Kazon before then.
If DS9 was pulled out there, they'd stay in orbit of the Ocampa world and probably send out scouting missions with the Defiant and Runabouts to explore the region and get an idea of what the place was like.
If DS9 was pulled out there, they'd stay in orbit of the Ocampa world and probably send out scouting missions with the Defiant and Runabouts to explore the region and get an idea of what the place was like.
hahahahaha yeah ummmm....isn't that kind of what voyager did anyhow? it would be more like " screw us we are staying, say goodbye to your family people...oh wait...just fire! "
For all we know, the Caretaker created the Badlands as part of his trapping scheme (and had similar traps prepared all across the galaxy). We know he only started actively looking for successor candicates in captured starships in the 2370s, but he could have made the preparations as early as 800-900 AD or so, when he and Suspiria decided to stay with the Ocampa.
Timo Saloniemi
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We don't know which way our hero ship was facing. One of the reasons she was sent to hunt for the Maquis in the first place was that her maneuverability would help in the maze that was Badlands; we can probably assume she had already made a turn or two before the wave hit them.
In any case, the waves clearly were slower than light, so it would take forever for them to reach DS9. Which incidentally means that we don't know if the waves had limited range or not, because the fact that they didn't displace any planets from Alpha to the Ocampa system during the first year of capture operations doesn't prove they couldn't have done so eventually - it merely shows that there were no planets inside Badlands that would have been hit by the waves yet...
However, finite range sounds more reasonable than infinite range, I guess.
Timo Saloniemi
In any case, the waves clearly were slower than light, so it would take forever for them to reach DS9. Which incidentally means that we don't know if the waves had limited range or not, because the fact that they didn't displace any planets from Alpha to the Ocampa system during the first year of capture operations doesn't prove they couldn't have done so eventually - it merely shows that there were no planets inside Badlands that would have been hit by the waves yet...
However, finite range sounds more reasonable than infinite range, I guess.
Timo Saloniemi
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