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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago at such long ranges you could move your ship and avoid a directed energy weapon But how would you know an energy weapon had fired? Wouldn’t you be constrained by the speed of light, regardless?
minus-squareKISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIf Star Trek sensors were constrained by the speed of light, warp travel would be impossible.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIf their engines aren’t constrained by speed of light, why would their weapons be?
But how would you know an energy weapon had fired? Wouldn’t you be constrained by the speed of light, regardless?
If Star Trek sensors were constrained by the speed of light, warp travel would be impossible.
If their engines aren’t constrained by speed of light, why would their weapons be?