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Actually, shields *are* an efficient method of stumping observations by 20th century Earth or comparable tech. VOY "Future's End" specifically mentions that the shields are the technology used by the ship to fool Earth's radars. And TOS "Assignment: Earth" might have made a similar statement.
Whether they also reduce visual albedo is unknown. Certainly the E-E glowed a lot in "FC" - but then again, her shields had been damaged, and perhaps were never really repaired. The Voyager was not on low orbit in "Future's End" and probably not optically visible.
We saw no reduction in the E-nil's visual signature in "Assignment: Earth", of course. Or actually we did - there's that glitch in TOS orbital stock footage where one nacelle goes missing! Perhaps it's because of the use of shields on camouflage mode?
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IIRC, in "Tomorrow is Yesterday", the Enterprise is detected by a radar base in Oklahoma. The officers aboard the starship were aware they could be spotted by the equipment of the time and attempted to increase attitude above the Earth. The implication I got from the episode was that the detection equipment of the planet was limited in range and effectivenss.
A very good question for this episode was-how did T'Mir and her team dispose of the crashed scout? We know the body of the captain was cremated. Was the ship also 'cremated' as well? Or would that have attracted attention?
Another question-does the Vulcan society keep records of all expeditions? If so, couldn't Captain Archer and his friend Tucker ask from the Vulcan commnad for verification of the events relayed in this story? Or does the Vulcan high command discourage humans from researching their records?
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Don't you know that the word for Velcro in Vulcan is Velcro? This has baffled linguists for years... Archer and Trip don't know that they know the secret to the entire event.
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I thought I'd bring this thread back up seeing as I finally got to watch Carbon Creek tonight. Anyway, the name dropping of "The Twilight Zone" was already brought up. I'm surprised no one noticed the slightly more obscure name dropping of "I Love Lucy" seeing as it was Desilu Studios (eventually bought by Paramount) that helped to get Star Trek produced and on the air.
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