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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] From Picard's statements in "The Battle", the crew drifted in their escape pods (actually, Picard speaks of "shuttles" and not of lifeboats) for several weeks. It is rather unlikely that the small pods we have seen so far would have independent warp drive. But the ones on the Saratoga are among the very largest. Perhaps they did have warp engines (shuttlecraft-sized but warp-capable nevertheless)? Perhaps lots of people ejected at Wolf 359, but all who had ejected in a non-warp-capable pod were soon killed or assimilated, and only those with shuttlecraft or warp-capable pods survived? That way, one wouldn't need to postulate a starship that would have rescued Sisko before the E-D arrived. (Also, towing of pods by warp-capable shuttles is possible, although I think we have never seen a shuttle equipped with a tractor beam.) Then again, I see no reason [i]not[/i] to postulate such a ship. When the ship sees that all is lost, it scoops up as many pods as it can and withdraws at warp speed, away from the doomed Sol system and under comm silence so as not to tip off the Borg about new assimilation targets. The Endeavour can be one such ship, just as the new Encyclopedia claims - although I'd rather it would have been a less powerful ship, lest it be suspected of deserting the battle. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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