Considering plants eat light, why aren't starships covered by them so they can protect from incoming photon torpedoes?

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Posted May 23, 2016, 3:34 AM UTC

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barath_s•

The problem is plants eat too light. Photon torpedoes are heavy, man.

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turtle_slowOP•

Hum you might have a point. How about not one, but TWO layers of plants?

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barath_s•

You need to read up on theory, man, specifically the dark sucker theory

A threat by theory must be negated by theory. As the theory says, a star is a dark sucker. A starship can logically be protected from photon torpedoes only by a star, be it ever so small. The attacker attempts to destabilize or otherwise cause the star (aka warp core) to be ejected/dumped from the ship or otherwise breached

You could also try getting your own shroud of darkness...

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