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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Toadkiller: [QB] No light warping required. Part of the current day stealth fighter's "stealthyness" is from radar absorbing materials on the plane's skin. The radar beams (or laser) hit the plane and are absorbed (transfering a small amount of heat) instead of being reflected back to the radar's receiver. Also angles of the hull reflect what isn't absorbed in other directions. Now, ST shields seem to have the implied capability of absorbing nearly all energy in a given EM wavelength spread - if they didn't then a "simple" laser would be able to carve up the ship. If they can absorb laser energy then they should be able to absorb the visible light shining on them from the sun, at least enough to not be visible to the naked eye/telescope/radar receiver. The flaw in this is heat - the starship would need some way to radiate the heat absorbed, but ST ships don't ever seem to worry about physics so that shouldn't be a problem. The Romulans wouldn't care, as the ship isn't "cloaked" it just isn't shiny. If you came along side you'd simply see a big black blob where the ship was... Of course something else they could steal from the stealth fighter is the idea of painting their ships black. Because, see, the thing about space is.... Of course this is all somewhat off the thread's topic. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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