The solution is pretty simple, launch a tiny, unpowered projectile with no armaments, explosives, or energy readings into an available docking bay. Since the projectile is completely harmless, defensive systems will not respond to it. Inside the projectile, there will be nothing more than a tiny, adorable, completely harmless squirrel.
10-15 minutes later, your problem has been solved. Might not even take that long.
Yeah, but tiny, harmless life signs. Standard defensive systems are designed to disregard anything smaller than a killer bunny. Everyone knows how dangerous those can be.
Must detect all lifeforms. In a universe of mixed species from many varied ecosystems on a myriad of different planets there must be concern for pathogens and thus scanning for lifesigns of all sorts (no matter how small or innocuous looking) is an imperative.
OK, how about if you attach a cloaking device to the projectile? I hear that those things always work perfectly!
Aaron
November 3, 2014 1:59 pm
Yeah, but at best those things can only be miniaturized so far. You still need a decent sized spaceship to have one and even then it’s going to take up an area the size of Dax’s room.
Ed8
November 4, 2014 12:05 am
Well, darn, what’s the good of having the Universe’s Most Dangerous Squirreloid Life Form if you can’t even weaponize it? 🙂
Aaron
November 4, 2014 2:30 am
No one has yet said that he can’t be weaponized. Only not in this way. Stay tuned 😉
The solution is pretty simple, launch a tiny, unpowered projectile with no armaments, explosives, or energy readings into an available docking bay. Since the projectile is completely harmless, defensive systems will not respond to it. Inside the projectile, there will be nothing more than a tiny, adorable, completely harmless squirrel.
10-15 minutes later, your problem has been solved. Might not even take that long.
The life signs would should on their scanners.
Yeah, but tiny, harmless life signs. Standard defensive systems are designed to disregard anything smaller than a killer bunny. Everyone knows how dangerous those can be.
Must detect all lifeforms. In a universe of mixed species from many varied ecosystems on a myriad of different planets there must be concern for pathogens and thus scanning for lifesigns of all sorts (no matter how small or innocuous looking) is an imperative.
OK, how about if you attach a cloaking device to the projectile? I hear that those things always work perfectly!
Yeah, but at best those things can only be miniaturized so far. You still need a decent sized spaceship to have one and even then it’s going to take up an area the size of Dax’s room.
Well, darn, what’s the good of having the Universe’s Most Dangerous Squirreloid Life Form if you can’t even weaponize it? 🙂
No one has yet said that he can’t be weaponized. Only not in this way. Stay tuned 😉
Enough with the whiny moaning woe-is-me weeping. MAN UP, YOU PANSIES!!
It may take a while to get there, but when they finally man up, it’ll be glorious. I promise.
Does this place have a small exhaust port that’s only 2 meters wide?
That would probably only be useful if they wanted to blow it up, not stage a rescue mission.