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Doesn't the Federation have self-destruct protocols?

posted 7 years ago by Rorikon (16419)
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You know how in the US and maybe other countries destroy their equipment/vehicles/tech so the enemy can't get their hands on it? Wonder why this isn't the case here after a major battle from Starfleet. This was 6 months after yet they let the ships dangle in space and didn't bother sending another force for clean up/recovery duty. Now the enemy can basically reverse engineer Starfleet tech (even though it seems Klingons have the advantage atm).

[–] FFNogoodnik (770) 7 years ago

They do have self destruct protocols, the Europa used it and the Klingon ship that was ramming it also got destroyed.

What I do not understand is up until they showed the USS Shenzhou I had thought the ship and its crew were able to be saved but now i have no idea how the crew got to safety?

[–] Rorikon (16419) 7 years ago

They only did that to try to damage the de-cloaked ship which I am not sure if they did or not. They didn't do it for keeping secrets as they were already being rammed and on the path to destruction.

The Europa as with Shenzhou evacuated via escape pods. Not all of them made it out of the Europa so I would assume the Admiral stayed with the ship as it went nuclear.

[–] FFNogoodnik (770) 7 years ago

I thought you were asking *IF* the Federation has self-destruct protocols.

The title indicates that you did not know if they did or did not.

[–] Rorikon (16419) 7 years ago

That question still stands. I was merely addressing the Europa incident which you claimed they used such protocols in the scenario that took place which was not the case. I was talking about Federation ships that are left adrift/abandoned due to heavy damage (or other) where the enemy could still salvage and reverse engineer the tech of said ship.

[–] FFNogoodnik (770) 7 years ago

I was merely addressing the Europa incident which you claimed they used such protocols in the scenario that took place which was not the case.

When the Europa was being destroyed Saru detected a "voluntary antimatter containment breach" and the Captain concluded "They are going to self-destruct".

Your question in the title is "Doesn't the Federation have Self destruct protocols?" and the answer to that is yes. so that question no longer stands.

Why did they not self destruct the Shenzhou? I have no idea. Saru's job was to get they ship away and he failed AND because a first officer.

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 7 years ago

I assume the self-destruct is like any other system on the ship, it can be damaged in battle and rendered inoperative. Or (as in the case of Discovery's sister ship) everyone dies before the autodestruct can be used.

[–] FFNogoodnik (770) 7 years ago

Which ship are you counting as Discovery's sister ship?

The autodestruct WAS used by the Europa. Saru detected the "voluntary antimatter containment breach" and the Captain concluded "They are going to self-destruct".

You may be correct as far as it possibly being damaged as the reason it was not the Shinzou did not use it. We have no idea what happened withe the ship after the Captain died.

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 7 years ago

I was talking about the Glenn, where they found the tardigrade. Everyone was killed instantly by whatever drive malfunction occurred - so no chance to use the autodestruct. If the Shinzou's was damaged they may have left the unsalvageable wreck behind simply because there was no tech on board that the Klingons didn't already have. Unlike the Glenn, with its nifty new spore drive.

[–] plainstyle (172) 7 years ago

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