Originally posted by Long Tom:
One useful thing you might want to remember is the fact established in the DS9 episode, "To The Death", that the gateways, or at least that gateway, emit a kind of dampening field which prevents the use of energy weapons in it's vicinity.
I ran "Enter Chimera" (great episode, Dave) and one of my PCs was all set on vaporising the gateway, as soon as he set eyes on it,to
prevent the opposing force getting their hands on it. I'd kind of forgotten about the dampening field, and 'invented' it on the spot to keep the adventure moving, only to discover that this was canon, when rewatching the episode.
As an aside, we had a great comedy moment when one of our crew lobbed a stone through the gateway at the moment that a particular female officer of the opposing side was in view. When next seen on our ship's viewscreen, she had a most satisfying lump on her head.
Long Tom