Fighting the Borg
posted on December 13th, 2009, 7:10 pm
posted on December 21st, 2009, 10:56 pm
Well considering how weapons are organized in the Star Trek Universe there is light weaponry which is in the phasers and beam based weaponry, pulse based weaponry is a byproduct of beam and a possible counter against the Borg.
In star trek smaller ships usually have more beams for a couple of reasons, first they are designed to fight other smaller ships, beams have better targeting and less likelihood of getting intercepted and second they have less room to fit up heavy weapons systems "torps"/"missiles". The akira class is a "missile cruiser" which is a cruiser designed to attack larger targets with missiles which do more damage then a beam.
A missile/torp will do more damage to larger ships compared to phasers/beams for a couple reasons. A missile has a chassis, this is the delivery system and in that chassis is explosive/kinetic/therm which is not "energy" it is a type of energy.
The Borg are able to adapt their armor systems to adapt to beam based weaponry but not as well to heavy based weaponry, simply because missiles have things beyond nukes and beams are well...beams...they slice into stuff and thats about it, missiles blow stuff up... Pulses were a type of mix between beam and heavy weaponry so they are better then beams when it comes to damage and better then torps when it comes to speed and targeting. Sorry for the somewhat strange post, I will make a short diagram to illustrate the comparison for each weapon type.
The reason the Borg weaponry is so "godlike" against other races ships is because they have better targeting for their missiles, their missiles are smaller and faster, so their missiles are as effective against small ships as they are against larger ships. Borg beam based weapons are also more powerful because they have even more energy to draw power from, the Borg ship is a huge energy conduit and their beam weapons show us this.
I would like them to scale the weapons systems for all ships and categorize them into different sections and give them pros and cons of each and scale them for ships accordingly. The defiant is a great little ship because it has pulse weapons which do great dps for such a small ship "smaller ships usually just have beams" and a lower profile and more armor, specifically designed to fight against the Borg.
Hope this helps, O, and I love the Borg.
Light Heavy
Lower Damage per shot Higher Damage per shot
Low Recharge Time High Recharge Time
More energy consumption Lower energy consumption
Less space needed A lot of space needed
Better Tracking Lower Tracking
Example: Phaser Example: Quantum Torpedo
In star trek smaller ships usually have more beams for a couple of reasons, first they are designed to fight other smaller ships, beams have better targeting and less likelihood of getting intercepted and second they have less room to fit up heavy weapons systems "torps"/"missiles". The akira class is a "missile cruiser" which is a cruiser designed to attack larger targets with missiles which do more damage then a beam.
A missile/torp will do more damage to larger ships compared to phasers/beams for a couple reasons. A missile has a chassis, this is the delivery system and in that chassis is explosive/kinetic/therm which is not "energy" it is a type of energy.
The Borg are able to adapt their armor systems to adapt to beam based weaponry but not as well to heavy based weaponry, simply because missiles have things beyond nukes and beams are well...beams...they slice into stuff and thats about it, missiles blow stuff up... Pulses were a type of mix between beam and heavy weaponry so they are better then beams when it comes to damage and better then torps when it comes to speed and targeting. Sorry for the somewhat strange post, I will make a short diagram to illustrate the comparison for each weapon type.
The reason the Borg weaponry is so "godlike" against other races ships is because they have better targeting for their missiles, their missiles are smaller and faster, so their missiles are as effective against small ships as they are against larger ships. Borg beam based weapons are also more powerful because they have even more energy to draw power from, the Borg ship is a huge energy conduit and their beam weapons show us this.
I would like them to scale the weapons systems for all ships and categorize them into different sections and give them pros and cons of each and scale them for ships accordingly. The defiant is a great little ship because it has pulse weapons which do great dps for such a small ship "smaller ships usually just have beams" and a lower profile and more armor, specifically designed to fight against the Borg.
Hope this helps, O, and I love the Borg.
Light Heavy
Lower Damage per shot Higher Damage per shot
Low Recharge Time High Recharge Time
More energy consumption Lower energy consumption
Less space needed A lot of space needed
Better Tracking Lower Tracking
Example: Phaser Example: Quantum Torpedo
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