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* At first, it seems odd, if not an AssPull, that the ''Bounty'' Cloaking Device (which is now over a century out of date) could be used to fool contemporary Starfleet sensors. But as longtime ''Trek'' novelist Christopher L. Bennett [[https://www.tor.com/2023/03/23/its-always-life-or-death-star-trek-picards-the-bounty/ argues]] on the Tor.com Review/Talkback, there are real world precedents for old school technology being an Achilles Heel for modern, more sophisticated systems and their operators -- operators who wouldn't be versed in older systems and countermeasures and thus ironically might have no idea how to deal with them.
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* At first, it seems odd, if not an AssPull, that the ''Bounty'' Cloaking Device (which is now over a century out of date) could be used to fool contemporary Starfleet sensors. But as longtime ''Trek'' novelist Christopher L. Bennett [[https://www.tor.com/2023/03/23/its-always-life-or-death-star-trek-picards-the-bounty/ argues]] on the Tor.com Review/Talkback, there are real world precedents for old school technology being an Achilles Heel Achilles' heel for modern, more sophisticated systems and their operators -- operators who wouldn't be versed in older systems and countermeasures countermeasures, and thus ironically might have no idea how to deal with them.
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* Similarly, it seems odd that Jack and Sidney would not steal the InvisibilityCloak off the ''Defiant'', which was the first Federation starship to have one. That said, the ''Defiant'' was destroyed late in the ''[=DS9=]'' run; what we're looking at is actually the ''Sao Paulo'', NCC-75633, a LegacyCharacter which Starfleet gave Sisko special dispensation to rename. ''This'' (version of the) ship appears in only the last two episodes of the series, and was never canonically equipped with a cloaking device.
** And even if the ''Sao Paulo'' had been canonically equipped with a Cloak, the Dominion War ended mere days after it was assigned to [=DS9=]. With the War over and the Dominion threat resolved for now, the Romulmans would be very unlikely to continue leasing a Cloaking Device to Starfleet (especially since, as ''Nemesis'' showed, pre-War tensions between the UFP and Romulus quickly resumed in the conflict's aftermath).
** And even if the ''Sao Paulo'' had been canonically equipped with a Cloak, the Dominion War ended mere days after it was assigned to [=DS9=]. With the War over and the Dominion threat resolved for now, the Romulmans would be very unlikely to continue leasing a Cloaking Device to Starfleet (especially since, as ''Nemesis'' showed, pre-War tensions between the UFP and Romulus quickly resumed in the conflict's aftermath).
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* Similarly, it seems odd that Jack and Sidney would not steal the InvisibilityCloak off of the ''Defiant'', which was the first Federation starship to have one. That said, the original ''Defiant'' was destroyed late in the ''[=DS9=]'' run; seventh season of ''[=DS9=]''; what we're looking at is actually was originally the U.S.S. ''Sao Paulo'', NCC-75633, a LegacyCharacter of a ship which Starfleet gave Sisko special dispensation to rename. ''This'' (version of the) ship successor appears in only the last two episodes of the series, and was never canonically said to be equipped (or not) with a cloaking device.
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* While not a professional musician, Riker ''is'' still a long-established jazz aficionado and trombone player. So, Riker knows basic music theory and would thus be able to recognize the specific music notes Moriarty's playing over the Daystrom speakers (and from there the melody and deduction of who and what the Daystorm AI is).
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* Taking one of the ships at the museum wouldn't have been viable or safe as it would've taken far too much time and resources to get one of them mission-worthy. However, taking a preserved sub-system and retrofitting it to the ''Titan'' would have taken far less time, though still not without an element of risk.
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** And even if the ''Sao Paulo'' had been canonically equipped with a Cloak, the Dominion War ended mere days after it was assigned to [=DS9=]. With the War over and the Dominion threat resolved for now, the Romulmans would be very unlikely to continue leasing a Cloaking Device to Starfleet (especially since, as ''Nemesis'' showed, pre-War tensions between the UFP and Romulus quickly resumed in the conflict's aftermath).
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FridgeBrilliance kicks in with the security system being the four "sons" of Noonian Soong, specifically Data. Data did die on that planet but a part of him was still downloaded into B-4, WHICH MEANS a piece of him still exist inside B-4's head, allowing the institute to include him as part of the amalgamation.
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* FridgeBrilliance kicks in with the security system being the four "sons" of Noonian Soong, specifically Data. Data did die on that planet but a part of him was still downloaded into B-4, WHICH MEANS a piece of him still exist inside B-4's head, allowing the institute to include him as part of the amalgamation.amalgamation.
* At first, it seems odd, if not an AssPull, that the ''Bounty'' Cloaking Device (which is now over a century out of date) could be used to fool contemporary Starfleet sensors. But as longtime ''Trek'' novelist Christopher L. Bennett [[https://www.tor.com/2023/03/23/its-always-life-or-death-star-trek-picards-the-bounty/ argues]] on the Tor.com Review/Talkback, there are real world precedents for old school technology being an Achilles Heel for modern, more sophisticated systems and their operators -- operators who wouldn't be versed in older systems and countermeasures and thus ironically might have no idea how to deal with them.
-->'''[=Bennett=]:''' My belief is that cloaking tech must be a constant battle between stealth and detection, with each old cloaking system being rendered obsolete as soon as it’s penetrated and then replaced by a different tech — which is why ''Trek'' has so many inconsistent portrayals of how cloaking works and whether it’s penetrable. Given that, it stands to reason that nobody would use a cloaking system that was rendered obsolete multiple generations ago, and so the countermeasures for that old system might have fallen out of use and been forgotten. It’s like how some stories show people using antiquated computer systems as a foolproof security measure, because nobody’s trained to use their software anymore and so they’re hack-proof.
* Similarly, it seems odd that Jack and Sidney would not steal the InvisibilityCloak off the ''Defiant'', which was the first Federation starship to have one. That said, the ''Defiant'' was destroyed late in the ''[=DS9=]'' run; what we're looking at is actually the ''Sao Paulo'', NCC-75633, a LegacyCharacter which Starfleet gave Sisko special dispensation to rename. ''This'' (version of the) ship appears in only the last two episodes of the series, and was never canonically equipped with a cloaking device.
** And even if the ''Sao Paulo'' had been canonically equipped with a Cloak, the Dominion War ended mere days after it was assigned to [=DS9=]. With the War over and the Dominion threat resolved for now, the Romulmans would be very unlikely to continue leasing a Cloaking Device to Starfleet (especially since, as ''Nemesis'' showed, pre-War tensions between the UFP and Romulus quickly resumed in the conflict's aftermath).
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* At first, it seems odd, if not an AssPull, that the ''Bounty'' Cloaking Device (which is now over a century out of date) could be used to fool contemporary Starfleet sensors. But as longtime ''Trek'' novelist Christopher L. Bennett [[https://www.tor.com/2023/03/23/its-always-life-or-death-star-trek-picards-the-bounty/ argues]] on the Tor.com Review/Talkback, there are real world precedents for old school technology being an Achilles Heel for modern, more sophisticated systems and their operators -- operators who wouldn't be versed in older systems and countermeasures and thus ironically might have no idea how to deal with them.
-->'''[=Bennett=]:''' My belief is that cloaking tech must be a constant battle between stealth and detection, with each old cloaking system being rendered obsolete as soon as it’s penetrated and then replaced by a different tech — which is why ''Trek'' has so many inconsistent portrayals of how cloaking works and whether it’s penetrable. Given that, it stands to reason that nobody would use a cloaking system that was rendered obsolete multiple generations ago, and so the countermeasures for that old system might have fallen out of use and been forgotten. It’s like how some stories show people using antiquated computer systems as a foolproof security measure, because nobody’s trained to use their software anymore and so they’re hack-proof.
* Similarly, it seems odd that Jack and Sidney would not steal the InvisibilityCloak off the ''Defiant'', which was the first Federation starship to have one. That said, the ''Defiant'' was destroyed late in the ''[=DS9=]'' run; what we're looking at is actually the ''Sao Paulo'', NCC-75633, a LegacyCharacter which Starfleet gave Sisko special dispensation to rename. ''This'' (version of the) ship appears in only the last two episodes of the series, and was never canonically equipped with a cloaking device.
** And even if the ''Sao Paulo'' had been canonically equipped with a Cloak, the Dominion War ended mere days after it was assigned to [=DS9=]. With the War over and the Dominion threat resolved for now, the Romulmans would be very unlikely to continue leasing a Cloaking Device to Starfleet (especially since, as ''Nemesis'' showed, pre-War tensions between the UFP and Romulus quickly resumed in the conflict's aftermath).
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