Spacedock Defense capabilities.
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Look under "Stations>Spacedock"
Armament :370 x Type XII phaser arrays, total output 2,240,000 TeraWatts
24 x Type 2 burst fire photon torpedo tube
Defence Systems :High Capacity shield system, total capacity 2,240,000 TeraJoules
Light Duranium/Tritanium Single hull.
Low level Structural Integrity Field
IDK where they get that info though.
Look under "Stations>Spacedock"
Armament :370 x Type XII phaser arrays, total output 2,240,000 TeraWatts
24 x Type 2 burst fire photon torpedo tube
Defence Systems :High Capacity shield system, total capacity 2,240,000 TeraJoules
Light Duranium/Tritanium Single hull.
Low level Structural Integrity Field
IDK where they get that info though.
Yes, he made it up...and considering that he's got a phaser type one higher than the phasers mentioned as the biggest type in the TNG TM, and he's got them all over a station that is a hundred years old in the TNG era, I don't know how well founded this speculation is.
To be sure, the station could be several hundred years old by the time of TNG - and still armed to the teeth with the latest and most modern gadgetry Starfleet R&D can come up with. This asset would be big enough to warrant protecting, so it would receive constant defensive upgrades.
And we know that space stations in the Trek universe can be really badass, holding off dozens or even hundreds of starships. And we surprisingly also learn that they fight best when there are no friendly starships on the way... It'd probably make sense for stations on Earth orbit to have considerable defenses even if the Sol system as such is also defended - we've seen determined enemies push through the outer defenses and reach Earth before, so major assets near the planet would benefit from defenses of their own.
Conversely, though, I doubt Spacedock is a major element in the defense of Earth. It's only a single space station, after all, and on such a low orbit that it suffers from coverage problems.
Timo Saloniemi
And we know that space stations in the Trek universe can be really badass, holding off dozens or even hundreds of starships. And we surprisingly also learn that they fight best when there are no friendly starships on the way... It'd probably make sense for stations on Earth orbit to have considerable defenses even if the Sol system as such is also defended - we've seen determined enemies push through the outer defenses and reach Earth before, so major assets near the planet would benefit from defenses of their own.
Conversely, though, I doubt Spacedock is a major element in the defense of Earth. It's only a single space station, after all, and on such a low orbit that it suffers from coverage problems.
Timo Saloniemi
GodThingFormerly
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Why would a space platform deployed into an inertial orbit require any kind of SIF?
TGT
GodThingFormerly
A Different Kind of Asshole
Tidal forces.
Gaia must have put on quite a bit of weight over the intervening three centuries.
TGT
Arming Spacedock to the teeth is a stupid move anyway. Better to protect Earth with a couple dozen Defiant-type ships and use a number of ground-based or orbital weapons platforms for last ditch defense. I mean, even a child would have a pretty easy time keeping Earth between them and Spacedock, rendering it effectively useless.
Useless at what? It's a big fat target by itself, and surely needs protection!
Spacedock's not a good gunnery outpost for defending Earth, and probably never was intended to be. But that's no reason to leave it unprotected. The Enterprise is useless at protecting Earth, too, when we remember that she's always exploring strange new worlds; again, that's no reason to leave her unarmed.
In contrast, Defiant-class ships have never shown much of an ability to defend anything. They are good at armed recce and the like, but when there's a real battle to be had, the commander's best bet is to park the Defiant at a space station and have the station do the fighting - as we see several times in DS9.
Timo Saloniemi
Spacedock's not a good gunnery outpost for defending Earth, and probably never was intended to be. But that's no reason to leave it unprotected. The Enterprise is useless at protecting Earth, too, when we remember that she's always exploring strange new worlds; again, that's no reason to leave her unarmed.
In contrast, Defiant-class ships have never shown much of an ability to defend anything. They are good at armed recce and the like, but when there's a real battle to be had, the commander's best bet is to park the Defiant at a space station and have the station do the fighting - as we see several times in DS9.
Timo Saloniemi
Makes sense. There's no reason not to arm Spacedock. I just always thought of Earth itself as the fatter target and except for a reference to "ground-based defenses" from DS9 and the Martian Defense Perimeter in BOBW II we've never really gotten a sense for Earth's defenses.
However, we did see quite a few starships in the vicinity of Earth when the the Borg sphere came through in Endgame. It seemed like an odd assortment of ships to be defending Earth, though, seeing as many of them are better suited for long-term exploration than for babysitting a planet. When I say "Defiant-type" I'm thinking of some kind of fast interceptor that could bring the fight to the enemy before they reached firing range of Earth and Mars. The Defiant may not quite fit the bill, I don't know, but Starfleet should have a ship type better suited to system defense than Galaxies or Excelsiors. As in, a ship type that sacrifices long-term cruise capabilities in favor being fast, well-armed, and numerous. The Defiant-class came to mind. Maybe there's a better example.
However, we did see quite a few starships in the vicinity of Earth when the the Borg sphere came through in Endgame. It seemed like an odd assortment of ships to be defending Earth, though, seeing as many of them are better suited for long-term exploration than for babysitting a planet. When I say "Defiant-type" I'm thinking of some kind of fast interceptor that could bring the fight to the enemy before they reached firing range of Earth and Mars. The Defiant may not quite fit the bill, I don't know, but Starfleet should have a ship type better suited to system defense than Galaxies or Excelsiors. As in, a ship type that sacrifices long-term cruise capabilities in favor being fast, well-armed, and numerous. The Defiant-class came to mind. Maybe there's a better example.
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