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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bones McCoy: [QB] I'm a little soft on the science, but what I was trying to get at was that surely it would be easier to simply decrease one's visual signature by turning the hull black and confusing one's sensors, instead of developing a device capable of manipulating light as well as sensors. I just think it would have been a cool way of demonstrating the development process of cloaking as we know it. I don't think any culture would skip over other methods of camouflage and jump staright to turning invisible... But I guess that's just my opinion. I can't speculate on the technological development of alien cultures, I can only give my opinion. And in my opinion, what works is what works. Eg. the Roman short sword was called the Gladius, after the Latin word for leaf. Zulu warriors used Assegais, shaped as leaves. Same with boats: cultures from all over the world designed sailing vessels along similar lines, even though they were totally different. These cultures developed along similar lines, even though they were isolated from one another. At the very least it's plausable to assume that the aliens in Star Trek would at some point have less developed technology, and this would look different from what we know. So that's my rant for the day. By the way, I don't think Klingons use cloaking at this point. My bad. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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