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Old 02-27-2023, 03:57 PM   #1838
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Originally Posted by Monahammer View Post
Not only did that whole chain of command part not make sense (you're absolutely right!) but the entire plan they had also made no sense. Vadic had just told them that if they moved at all, she would shoot them with unknown weapon. This threat formed the basis for 50% of the episode's tension. Yet, their plan was fire torpedoes at the greatly more powerful ship and run? Why didn't Vadic just blow them up like she said she would? If she's unwilling to do that, then why didn't they run towards the federation at least, instead of deeper into the nebula?

It's all non sense.
Eh, in that scenario their only play was to call her bluff. They know she was there to capture Crusher alive, if she wanted to kill him she would've just done it. Fleeing towards Federation space would just make them an easy target to be disabled by a superior ship and then have Crusher taken by force.

If they aren't handing Crusher over outright, the only logical choice was to bet she wouldn't destroy the ship and flee into the nebula to try and gain some type of tactical advantage and/or buy themselves more time.
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