[hicksz]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Umm... that specifically says that it is designed to sweep tiny particles, not huge, self-propelled mines. The navigational deflector does not do anything against a photon torpedo. Why would it do anything against a similar warhead that is in a mine instead of a torpedo?

I agree with you Imperator Fyron

I don't believe the navigational deflector dish would be able to sweep mines. I believe if they tried they would set them off. Thats why we need a seperate componet for this task. Also, moving at speeds of Warp, a starship will not have enough time for a course correction if they are headed in the path of a planet using only a navigational deflector dish. Starships still need star charts and stellar cartography (as seen in Star Trek Generations) to map the location of planets to chart their positions at any given time in a solar system along with any other stellar body. This is how they are able to safely warp through these system and usually you should not warp inside a solar system if there are many stellar objects.

[ March 08, 2004, 17:06: Message edited by: hicksz ]