Return of the Red devil

posted on July 21st, 2010, 8:59 am

Just a quick one!

Any chance of seeing the Klingon torpedoes returning to Red again? I don't know about other people, but it doesn't feel all that Klingon to me. When i think about TOS and the feature films, red torpedoes were the waay to go! 

posted on July 21st, 2010, 9:43 am

actually the films had different coloured torps. they couldnt make up their mind either.

as the most recent canon sources have klink weapons being mostly green i think the current system is most realistic.

posted on July 21st, 2010, 10:38 am

I would like to see rainbow colored torp volleys
But red ones for Klingons seem ok for me.

posted on July 21st, 2010, 1:14 pm

As far as I recall, Optec did say red beams/torps would return in the case of special weapons. Take the Shield Breaking Torpedo for instance  . Right now they are just favoring the DS9 style for Klingon weapons, in the same light as favoring that style for Romuland and Federation weapons too.

[Tyler]

posted on July 21st, 2010, 1:19 pm

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I was sure they said conventional weapon color would vary, with some ships having red and some green. That is how DS9 did Klingon weapons, with both colors appearing in the same scene.

posted on July 21st, 2010, 1:34 pm

in DS9 we have seen K'tinga firing red beam and in VOY it was green beam 
rest of klingon ships did had green colored weapons
if i remember corectly

posted on July 21st, 2010, 1:42 pm

in DS9 we have seen K'tinga firing red beam and in VOY it was green beam 
rest of klingon ships did had green colored weapons
if i remember corectly

actually they identified the vessel in VOY: Prophecy as a D7 class, alhtough i believe they intended it to be a ktinga.

and it never fired a beam on screen. its weapons looked like torps, clearly the effect was a torpedo visual, but the dialogue said they were disruptors. these "disruptors" that looked like torps were green.

then voyager fired phasers from a torpedo tube

posted on July 21st, 2010, 1:58 pm

actually they identified the vessel in VOY: Prophecy as a D7 class, alhtough i believe they intended it to be a ktinga.

and it never fired a beam on screen. its weapons looked like torps, clearly the effect was a torpedo visual, but the dialogue said they were disruptors. these "disruptors" that looked like torps were green.

then voyager fired phasers from a torpedo tube

so that wasn't beam... hehe it is a while since i've seen that episode
and phaser fired from torpedo tube?  why does that not surprise me

posted on July 21st, 2010, 4:42 pm

A ship that used at least 93 of its 40 "irreplacible" torpedos and somehow spontaneously generated new crewmembers and shuttles as well, either Janeway wanted more Dakka for when she got angry or the Voyager wizard strikes again!

Back on topic: I like the red torpedos better as they give more color variety to Klingon weapons. Probably the best place for red torpedos to make a comeback would be on the unranked K'Tinga, with higher rank (double silver maybe, as K'Tinga don't exactly reach officer very often) getting a newer, better, green torpedo.

posted on July 21st, 2010, 4:49 pm

lol its possible to explain all of those if u are a trek rationaliser.

1) maybe voyager bought some torps off one of the surly aliens in the delta quadrant?
2) maybe torred figured out a way to build some more, like in the omega ep.
3) maybe they built more shuttles so chakotay could crash them some more.
4) maybe janeway cloned crewmen?

i agree though, voyager made very little sense most of the time.

posted on July 21st, 2010, 7:51 pm

Q pity.

posted on July 21st, 2010, 9:08 pm

I was sure they said conventional weapon color would vary, with some ships having red and some green. That is how DS9 did Klingon weapons, with both colors appearing in the same scene.

Personally I'd like that too, though if you don't read into Optec's quote, he said simply special weapons 

Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations - Weapon/Sensor range

posted on July 21st, 2010, 9:13 pm

That could also be interperited as them arriving together...

posted on July 21st, 2010, 9:18 pm

They can always change their minds as well.  I don't care what color they are, so long as they destroy my enemy.