Dragon1
Rear Admiral
What was the Nephilim's true level of technology? How far off would Confed be from creating large, fleet-scale plasma weapons in the latter 27th Century(that is if they wanted to do it to begin with), individual external shield emitters, and artificial long range portals? Would the plasma weapon on the Midway be incorporated into newer carrier designs?
I was always curious as to how the shield emitters themselves worked. I believe that they project a secondary shield over a sensitive area that is already protected by the ship's phase shield. An incoming torpedo might phase-lock and penetrate the first layer, but then detonate on the second, thus protecting the actuall hull of the vessel. How would a system like this work in ship to ship battle. In a destroyer-vs.-destroyer scenario, would a Nephilim ship with external shield emitters have double the shield strength in sensitive areas? Something like this would prove to be extremely valuable.
The ability alone to create the vortexes that the Nephilim did would radically change the face of warfare. Entire Nephilim fleets were able to cross thousands of light years very quickly to enter Kilrathi space. Could this be used on the small scale, could groups of fighters cross one or two star systems (effectively reducing the need for large carrier based fleets)?
Could we expect to see incorporated Nephilim technology in the fighters and capships of the Privateer Online/ Wing Commander Online universes if they had ever come to fruition?
I was always curious as to how the shield emitters themselves worked. I believe that they project a secondary shield over a sensitive area that is already protected by the ship's phase shield. An incoming torpedo might phase-lock and penetrate the first layer, but then detonate on the second, thus protecting the actuall hull of the vessel. How would a system like this work in ship to ship battle. In a destroyer-vs.-destroyer scenario, would a Nephilim ship with external shield emitters have double the shield strength in sensitive areas? Something like this would prove to be extremely valuable.
The ability alone to create the vortexes that the Nephilim did would radically change the face of warfare. Entire Nephilim fleets were able to cross thousands of light years very quickly to enter Kilrathi space. Could this be used on the small scale, could groups of fighters cross one or two star systems (effectively reducing the need for large carrier based fleets)?
Could we expect to see incorporated Nephilim technology in the fighters and capships of the Privateer Online/ Wing Commander Online universes if they had ever come to fruition?