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Why didn't the Cardassians take Terok Nor (Deep Space 9) with them when withdrawing from Bajor?
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I understand the Deep Space Nine station was able to move, although with many difficulties and limitations.
So my question is, why haven't the Cardassians just taken the station to Cardassian space while they were withdrawing from Bajor?
It seems to me that Cardassian space wasn't that far from there, it might have been worth it to try and take the station with them. It wouldn't even matter if they weren't successful since the station would end up in Bajoran hands anyway.
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I understand the Deep Space Nine station was able to move, although with many difficulties and limitations.
So my question is, why haven't the Cardassians just taken the station to Cardassian space while they were withdrawing from Bajor?
It seems to me that Cardassian space wasn't that far from there, it might have been worth it to try and take the station with them. It wouldn't even matter if they weren't successful since the station would end up in Bajoran hands anyway.
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I understand the Deep Space Nine station was able to move, although with many difficulties and limitations.
So my question is, why haven't the Cardassians just taken the station to Cardassian space while they were withdrawing from Bajor?
It seems to me that Cardassian space wasn't that far from there, it might have been worth it to try and take the station with them. It wouldn't even matter if they weren't successful since the station would end up in Bajoran hands anyway.
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I understand the Deep Space Nine station was able to move, although with many difficulties and limitations.
So my question is, why haven't the Cardassians just taken the station to Cardassian space while they were withdrawing from Bajor?
It seems to me that Cardassian space wasn't that far from there, it might have been worth it to try and take the station with them. It wouldn't even matter if they weren't successful since the station would end up in Bajoran hands anyway.
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Because it's huge and relatively fragile. Moving it under its own steam a few million clicks within a solar system was next-to-impossible and only done in extremis. Towing it at warp to get it to another solar system would result in it disamantling itself violently.
KIRA: Mister O'Brien, what would it take to move this station to the mouth of the wormhole?
O'BRIEN: This isn't a starship, Major. We've got six working thrusters to power us and that's it. A hundred sixty million kilometre
trip would take two months.
DS9: Emissary
later
O'BRIEN: We've got to close that gap in the field or we'll tear ourselves into a million pieces.
DS9: Emissary
Additionally, the station is essentially worthless and far more trouble than it's worth to be moved, just another piece of junk left in orbit of a backwater planet whose resources are pretty much depleted.
You might want to note that they also abandoned another similar mining station (Empok Nor) a few light years away when the asteroids that it was mining were tapped out, so these are definitely disposable assets.
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They have hundreds of the stations elsewhere so why try to salvage one that’s relatively minor in comparison to the rest of Cardassia’s conquered assets
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Because it's huge and relatively fragile. Moving it under its own steam a few million clicks within a solar system was next-to-impossible and only done in extremis. Towing it at warp to get it to another solar system would result in it disamantling itself violently.
KIRA: Mister O'Brien, what would it take to move this station to the mouth of the wormhole?
O'BRIEN: This isn't a starship, Major. We've got six working thrusters to power us and that's it. A hundred sixty million kilometre
trip would take two months.
DS9: Emissary
later
O'BRIEN: We've got to close that gap in the field or we'll tear ourselves into a million pieces.
DS9: Emissary
Additionally, the station is essentially worthless and far more trouble than it's worth to be moved, just another piece of junk left in orbit of a backwater planet whose resources are pretty much depleted.
You might want to note that they also abandoned another similar mining station (Empok Nor) a few light years away when the asteroids that it was mining were tapped out, so these are definitely disposable assets.
answered 8 hours ago
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They have hundreds of the stations elsewhere so why try to salvage one that’s relatively minor in comparison to the rest of Cardassia’s conquered assets
– MissouriSpartan
5 hours ago
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Because it's huge and relatively fragile. Moving it under its own steam a few million clicks within a solar system was next-to-impossible and only done in extremis. Towing it at warp to get it to another solar system would result in it disamantling itself violently.
KIRA: Mister O'Brien, what would it take to move this station to the mouth of the wormhole?
O'BRIEN: This isn't a starship, Major. We've got six working thrusters to power us and that's it. A hundred sixty million kilometre
trip would take two months.
DS9: Emissary
later
O'BRIEN: We've got to close that gap in the field or we'll tear ourselves into a million pieces.
DS9: Emissary
Additionally, the station is essentially worthless and far more trouble than it's worth to be moved, just another piece of junk left in orbit of a backwater planet whose resources are pretty much depleted.
You might want to note that they also abandoned another similar mining station (Empok Nor) a few light years away when the asteroids that it was mining were tapped out, so these are definitely disposable assets.
answered 8 hours ago
ValorumValorum
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They have hundreds of the stations elsewhere so why try to salvage one that’s relatively minor in comparison to the rest of Cardassia’s conquered assets
– MissouriSpartan
5 hours ago
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Because it's huge and relatively fragile. Moving it under its own steam a few million clicks within a solar system was next-to-impossible and only done in extremis. Towing it at warp to get it to another solar system would result in it disamantling itself violently.
KIRA: Mister O'Brien, what would it take to move this station to the mouth of the wormhole?
O'BRIEN: This isn't a starship, Major. We've got six working thrusters to power us and that's it. A hundred sixty million kilometre
trip would take two months.
DS9: Emissary
later
O'BRIEN: We've got to close that gap in the field or we'll tear ourselves into a million pieces.
DS9: Emissary
Additionally, the station is essentially worthless and far more trouble than it's worth to be moved, just another piece of junk left in orbit of a backwater planet whose resources are pretty much depleted.
You might want to note that they also abandoned another similar mining station (Empok Nor) a few light years away when the asteroids that it was mining were tapped out, so these are definitely disposable assets.
answered 8 hours ago
ValorumValorum
428k12031543328
Because it's huge and relatively fragile. Moving it under its own steam a few million clicks within a solar system was next-to-impossible and only done in extremis. Towing it at warp to get it to another solar system would result in it disamantling itself violently.
KIRA: Mister O'Brien, what would it take to move this station to the mouth of the wormhole?
O'BRIEN: This isn't a starship, Major. We've got six working thrusters to power us and that's it. A hundred sixty million kilometre
trip would take two months.
DS9: Emissary
later
O'BRIEN: We've got to close that gap in the field or we'll tear ourselves into a million pieces.
DS9: Emissary
Additionally, the station is essentially worthless and far more trouble than it's worth to be moved, just another piece of junk left in orbit of a backwater planet whose resources are pretty much depleted.
You might want to note that they also abandoned another similar mining station (Empok Nor) a few light years away when the asteroids that it was mining were tapped out, so these are definitely disposable assets.
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They have hundreds of the stations elsewhere so why try to salvage one that’s relatively minor in comparison to the rest of Cardassia’s conquered assets
– MissouriSpartan
5 hours ago
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They have hundreds of the stations elsewhere so why try to salvage one that’s relatively minor in comparison to the rest of Cardassia’s conquered assets
– MissouriSpartan
5 hours ago
They have hundreds of the stations elsewhere so why try to salvage one that’s relatively minor in comparison to the rest of Cardassia’s conquered assets
– MissouriSpartan
5 hours ago
They have hundreds of the stations elsewhere so why try to salvage one that’s relatively minor in comparison to the rest of Cardassia’s conquered assets
– MissouriSpartan
5 hours ago
add a comment |
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