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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:14 pm
by Blackstar the Chakat
Reliant121 wrote:I would think that if a vessel was civilian then the captain, who owns it (If not owned by a company), has the right to equip it with whatever he sees fit to equip it with. Unless there is a law against it, i would see no problem with a freighter with a cloaking device even if you could get one. I admit i would want to investigate how the commander...aquired the device but if he has it and it was legally aquired i see no issue with it.
Federation vessels are not permitted to have, use, or develop cloaking devices.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:17 pm
by Captain Seafort
Reliant121 wrote:I would think that if a vessel was civilian then the captain, who owns it (If not owned by a company), has the right to equip it with whatever he sees fit to equip it with. Unless there is a law against it, i would see no problem with a freighter with a cloaking device even if you could get one. I admit i would want to investigate how the commander...aquired the device but if he has it and it was legally aquired i see no issue with it.
There are limitations on what sort of equipment civilians are allowed to own in most countries, mainly to ensure that the state always outguns criminals. Given the military advantage a cloaking device would give a pirate or smuggler, I would expect similar restrictions to aplly to them.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:19 pm
by Reliant121
fair enough to both of you
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:20 pm
by Reliant121
please excuse me i havn't worked out how to quote as of yet
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:54 am
by kostmayer
Reliant121 wrote:please excuse me i havn't worked out how to quote as of yet
psst - you use the quote button at the top right of the post you're quoting
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:59 am
by Reliant121
God i feel really incredibly stupid now
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:28 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Alternatively, you can type
Code: Select all
[quote="Whoever you want to quote"] Whatever they wrote. [/quote]
That would then come out as:
Whoever you want to quote wrote: Whatever they wrote.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:38 pm
by Reliant121
thanks
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:39 pm
by Sionnach Glic
No problem.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:55 pm
by kostmayer
Rocheys way is much better, because you can misquote people to see if they notice. Not that I ever do such a thing - although I do sometimes edit the original message when I'm replying to an email.
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:58 am
by Mikey
Sorry about getting back on track, but I'm a bit late getting to this...
Reliant121 wrote:Unless there is a law against it, i would see no problem with a freighter with a cloaking device even if you could get one. I admit i would want to investigate how the commander...aquired the device but if he has it and it was legally aquired i see no issue with it.
There IS a law against it. The Treaty of Algeron, no moatter how idiotic it was for the UFP to agree, forbids Federation vessels from having cloaking devices - not just Starfleet vessels.
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:32 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Someone already brought that up, Mikey.
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:31 pm
by Mikey
Sorry.
