Why does the federation not use cloaking devices?
The Federation must have known that not developing its own cloak would have given them a tremendous disadvantage in comparison to Klingon and Romulan technology of the time.
Do the Borg have cloaking technology?
They have the technology, so why don’t they ever use it? Stealth isn’t exactly the Borg’s style. They hadn’t encountered an enemy where the element of surprise would have been beneficial to them. The cloaking technology they had assimilated had been discarded as a non-optimal frivolity.
How many cubes did the Borg have?
With a volume of 27 cubic kilometers and spanning more than 3,000 meters on every side, Cubes are the perfect embodiment of Borg mentality and efficiency….Borg Cube.
| Ship Information | |
|---|---|
| Class Name: | Cube |
| Vessel Dimensions: | 3 kilometer sides. 27 cubic kilometer volume |
| Crew Compliment: | 5,000 – 179,000 drones |
Why do Klingons use cloaking devices?
In battle Klingons value victory over losing; that is why their idea of heaven is for the Honored Dead that died in Battle: Sto’vo’kor. To achieve victory is why the Klingons have a Cloaking Device. They are able to use it to devise the strength of an enemy before attacking them.
What happened to Starfleet cloaking device?
The cloak blew out the plasma relays aboard the ship, and it drifted into an asteroid field in the Devolin system while still in a phased state. Only the terms “phasing cloak” and “prototype Federation cloaking device” have been used of this device in canon and background sources such as the Star Trek Encyclopedia.
Can Romulan ships cloak?
The only Romulan faction ships without any sort of cloaking device are the following: Talvath Temporal Destroyer. R’Mor Temporal Science Vessel. Dewan Ikkabar Pilot Escort.
Why can’t ships fire while cloaked?
Originally Answered: In Star Trek, why can’t a Klingon ship fire while cloaked? it is not that you cannot fire when cloaked but it is that when you fire you destroy the cloaking. When you fire you give away your position by the emission of what ever it is that you are firing.
Are cloaking devices possible?
The concepts of cloaking are not limited to optics but can also be transferred to other fields of physics. For example, it was possible to cloak acoustics for certain frequencies as well as touching in mechanics. This renders an object “invisible” to sound or even hides it from touching.
How much does a Borg cube weigh?
Borg Cube
| Universe : | Prime Timeline |
|---|---|
| Commissioned : | Unknown; in service since at least 2365 [2] |
| Dimensions : | Length : 3,036 m [3] Beam : 3,036 m [4] Height : 3,036 m [4] |
| Mass : | 90,000,000 metric tons |
| Crew : | 5,000 [4], basic crew but some examples have carried 179,000 drones [4] |
Who designed the Borg cube?
Model makers John Goodson (supervising), Barbara Affonso, Giovanni Donovan, and Jon Foreman constructed the thirty-inch model out of layers of photo-etched brass etch, suggested by Bill George with modeled styrene pieces placed sporadically throughout.
How did Romulans get cloaking technology?
According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal, the Romulan cloaking device was acquired by the Klingons as an exchange for several D7-class battle cruisers given to the Romulans during the Romulan-Klingon Alliance.
Why can’t a bird of prey fire while cloaked?
We all know that, sans the two exceptions of the Scimitar and Chang’s Bird of Prey, ships cannot fire while cloaked, nor raise shields. The usual explanation for this, first hypothesized during “Balance of Terror” by Kirk IIRC, is that the cloaking devices require so much power that weapons can’t be charged.