Why no fleet battles in Voyger ?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-28 02:08am

evilcat4000 wrote:
These are one episode wars that no one remembers afterwards. Compared to that the Dominion War lasted throughout the DS9 series.

The Dominion war was two out of seven seasons

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-09-28 02:29am

Yes but once the war started no one forgot about it. We saw several episodes with big battles.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-09-29 12:35am

evilcat4000 wrote:
They did, dumbass. Remember Species 8472? Short-ass war though, and wimp-ass Borg agreeing to *anything* Janeway proposed.
These are one episode wars that no one remembers afterwards. Compared to that the Dominion War lasted throughout the DS9 series.

Having something there is not a requirement to just come in shooting.
To engage a Romulan Warbird you have to find one first. And that is not easy since Warbirds often stay cloaked.

I was joking......

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-09-29 02:34am

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:You can't fire at what isn't there.
Having something there is not a requirement to just come in shooting.

By the way I wasn't being serious with "I didn't see Picard charge in firing...... " in my previous post, I just forgot to add the smile.

Oh, alright. That's okay then.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-29 02:59am

Fleet battles in Voyager would have only presented yet another opportunity for B&B to horribly fuck something up.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-09-29 08:22am

Darth Wong wrote:Fleet battles in Voyager would have only presented yet another opportunity for B&B to horribly fuck something up.

DS9 battles were nice. I do not know who did them. Maybe if they got the job Voyger would have been a better show.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-09-29 11:23am

evilcat4000 wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Fleet battles in Voyager would have only presented yet another opportunity for B&B to horribly fuck something up.
DS9 battles were nice. I do not know who did them. Maybe if they got the job Voyger would have been a better show.

Actually the DS9 fleet battles showed just how lazy they could get.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-09-30 08:36am

A related question why was not there any fleet battles in TNG ?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-30 09:26am

Because there weren't any war story arcs and it probably would have been somewhat cost prohibitive back then.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-09-30 01:20pm

evilcat4000 wrote:A related question why was not there any fleet battles in TNG ?

Cost is the main one. Look at the few scenes when they did fight. Ships tended to be static, with only a few phaser shots being shown.

Even in DS9, the battle of Wolf 359 (one of the largest battles seen at the time), was very basic.