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Not necessarily, since if both are traveling at warp, the weaponry would be traveling at warp also, at the point of launch...Not sure how that would work, it would depend on the specifics of Warp travel, but as demonstrated in the TV series and movies, it would appear that ships at warp CAN fire on each other. Thus, one of the following two cases it true:There are scenes where a FTL ship fire a photon and phasers at a ship in front of her - thus, photons and phasers must travel FTL, else they would quickly fall behind the firing ship.
- ST weaponry is not FTL, but any weaponry fired while in warp is already traveling at warp, and thus need not be FTL to catch another FTL ship.
- ST weaponry is FTL.
IMO, ST weaponry is most likely not FTL, and any instances of a ST ship at impulse firing upon and hitting a ship at warp are simply cases of very good FC.
Obviously.This, if even possible, requires fire control that can see the target ship in real time so that you have some hope of guessing where the target will be in the time it takes the weapon to get there - and even then, if the FTL target isn’t approaching the firing ship, no shot is possible.
So it would appear, judging from the movies - and for that matter, all the various material you consider non-canon.As far as that goes - hyperspace precludes everything, including maneuver.
This is as opposed to ST FTL travel, or "warp", which seemingly does allow maneuver and weapons fire.
I usually think of SW FTL as a kind of "wormhole" method, or something, whereas ST FTL travel is more of a "warping of space" method (thus, the name warp?).
Excellent.As demonstrated by canon, yes.
Well, partially. I was considering, at least if the "anti-warp-ship" platform was mostly TL and such, that it might be more along the lines of WWII era AAA (especially in nighttime) - try to guess where the targets are likely to be, and fill that area with a mass of fire.You still run into the FC issue - you cannot target what you cannot see.
And, in any case, the issue is what the Empire/Feds have, not that they might have later.
And why is it only what the Empire/Feds have at the moment the conflict starts?
Are you trying to imply that either:
- The conflict will be over in so brief a period as to preclude any possibility of further developments, or.
- That the Empire/Fed would for some reason cease R/D when the conflict started.
Because IMO, it seems far more likely that both sides would attempt to adapt their capabilities to the situation, not just keep trying with the same crap, and considering the vast areas involved, it seems unlikely that the conflict would be over in a short time.
Thus, I was taking into account the apparent abilities of the two sides, and trying to predict what they would do.
Further, if you step outside your definition of “canon”, you can use this.
Or this.