SUpport vessels in Startrek

[Jonathan Talbot]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by redwood973:
I would assume the support ships would be the same as those used by todays navy: Hospital Ship (AH); Fuel Tanker (AO); Transport (AP); Cargo Ship (AK) Repair Ship (AR); and Salvage Ship (ARS). </font>

That is what I am refering to, Basically the last two you have listed the Repair and Salvage vessel. My basic thought would be for a vessel that can intiate at least some of the Minor Skeletal repairs, Like a Twisted Nacelle Frame, Patch in the hull, while the ship is still with the Fleet, thus cutting down loss of ships and Man Power. As for the rest of the Support Fleet, a Definite Yes, to Hospital ships, and Supply vessels, thought StarFleet has been able to transport materials and supplies to the fleet on their own Starships. I would think that a Supply Group is still neccessary, for Items that cannot be moved by a StarFleet vessel, either due to time constrants or lack of specialized material to transport it.

So who is up to Join the Supply arm of StarFleet we can Keep the Fleet moving.


------------------
Jonathan Talbot.
Medical Officer

[redwood973]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Cybrludite:
No such luck, as far as Spacedock (and presumably Icon) goes. To loosely quote from Spacedock, going to warp while tractored rips your ship apart, and going to warp while you've got someone tractored disrupts the tractor beam. On the other hand, in the non-combat manuvers section of the book, they mention that it's possible (but risky) to tractor a ship while matching warp speeds to stop a ship that got a runaway warp drive. I suppose this is because it was done at somepoint during one of the shows. Trek-tech, go fig. No one ever said it had to make sense. :-\
</font>

Was not the USS Stargazer towed by tractor beam by the Enterprise, at warp, when it was recovered from the Feringi and towed to the nearest Starbase? It seems to me that a tug could be made to tow a vessel via tractor beam (may need be a super-charged one) at warp.

[Cybrludite]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by redwood973:
Was not the USS Stargazer towed by tractor beam by the Enterprise, at warp, when it was recovered from the Feringi and towed to the nearest Starbase? It seems to me that a tug could be made to tow a vessel via tractor beam (may need be a super-charged one) at warp.</font>

Hey, I just game in this universe... I try to avoid watching it as much as possible. It hurts when my reality suspenders pop back like that... (You don't want to get me started on the conspiracy in ST:VI. "Hey, lets work together so we can kill each other!")

Jon

That minor point aside, though, I liked ST:VI



------------------
If not for physics & law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!

[redwood973]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Cybrludite:
Hey, I just game in this universe... I try to avoid watching it as much as possible. It hurts when my reality suspenders pop back like that... (You don't want to get me started on the conspiracy in ST:VI. "Hey, lets work together so we can kill each other!")
</font>

It just seems odd to me that a tech would be developed to "hold" an object in place and someone not say, "Hay! This would be great for towing too!" Any problems that arose from the first few tests would be examined and corrected. If someone missed such a logical step to this piece of tech--well, off with thier heads!



[This message has been edited by redwood973 (edited 07-07-2001).]