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From: chris@proper.UUCP (Chris Hayes )
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: cloaking
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Date: Sat, 2-Jun-84 13:03:36 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  2 13:03:36 1984
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They stole it because they needed to 'see how it was done.'
Once they had a device, they could modify the scanners to
detect cloaked ships. The romulan commander said
'We will soon develop new devices that you cannot detect..'
It would not be viable to redesign the starships because:

It would require entensive modification to the ships
(new  dilithium xtal's), and furthermore, the
romulans can, obviously, detect their own device being
used, so how would it help the federation?
 
(The romulans would surely tell the klingons...)
 
			Chris Hayes:
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