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minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI mean, that argument can be applied against Star Trek too, they always send an armed warship to make first contact.
minus-squarepitiable_sandwich540@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThey don’t go in with guns/phasers ready, heck most of the times they don’t even raise shields beforehand. And they have a whole protocol and rules for this: Before engaging alien species in battle, any and all attempts to make first contact and achieve non-military resolution must be made
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWhich is the same thing SG-1 did, make peaceful contact with weapons for defense. Even with shields down a federation starship is still a very capable warship.
I mean, that argument can be applied against Star Trek too, they always send an armed warship to make first contact.
They don’t go in with guns/phasers ready, heck most of the times they don’t even raise shields beforehand.
And they have a whole protocol and rules for this:
Which is the same thing SG-1 did, make peaceful contact with weapons for defense.
Even with shields down a federation starship is still a very capable warship.