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Like Federation technology, which relies heavily upon gravitics, the Fardons appear to have gravitic drives and a stealth technology which can be best classified as a forerunner to gravitic cloaks. However, unlike Romulan and Klingon style gravitic cloaks, the Fardon's technology does not leak tachyon emissions. Their ship's power sources are unknown, but Fardon vessels have been observed with raised shields and weapons firing while still in 'stealth' mode. | Like Federation technology, which relies heavily upon gravitics, the Fardons appear to have gravitic drives and a stealth technology which can be best classified as a forerunner to gravitic cloaks. However, unlike Romulan and Klingon style gravitic cloaks, the Fardon's technology does not leak tachyon emissions. Their ship's power sources are unknown, but Fardon vessels have been observed with raised shields and weapons firing while still in 'stealth' mode. | ||
Fardon shielding is not gravitic in nature, but instead appears to rely upon some rudimentary phasing technology. Why this was not developed into a phase-cloak is unknown, but it | Fardon shielding is not gravitic in nature, but instead appears to rely upon some rudimentary phasing technology. Why this was not developed into a phase-cloak is unknown, but it may in part explain why the hulls of Fardon vessels may not be scanned while the vessel's shields are raised. Apparently they have developed a means of permitting limited particle beam transport between differently phased vessels. The effects of this on humanoid specimens in not understood. | ||
Their stealth technology, morever, is not reliable while the vessel is travelling (owing to their apparent inability to cloak warp field emissions). Moreover, it seems clear that advanced materials science | Their stealth technology, morever, is not reliable while the vessel is travelling (owing to their apparent inability to cloak warp field emissions). Moreover, it seems clear that advanced materials science has led to the development of metal alloys which augment the masking properties of their stealth technology in at least some of their ships. | ||
The Federation calls that alloy 'kirellium.' Until USS Circe's recent recovery of a shuttle with a kirellium hull, only fragmentary samples of the metal had been analyzed. The metal is far more dense than any known to the Federation | The Federation calls that alloy 'kirellium.' Until USS Circe's recent recovery of a shuttle with a kirellium hull, only fragmentary samples of the metal had been analyzed. The metal is far more dense than any known to the Federation. Its manufacture would require prohibitive energy levels. It has been theorized that properly tuned disruptors might be effective against this metal, but until now there has never been enough of the material to know. | ||
The exteriors of some but not all of their ships appear to have spikes, the purpose of which is unknown. Two theories vie for dominance: the first is that this is | The exteriors of some but not all of their ships appear to have spikes, the purpose of which is unknown. Two theories vie for dominance: the first is that this is a beam weapon, the second is that the ships use them for ramming. Because Fardon ships from images several thousand years old also are depicted with these spikes, there is some suggestion that it may be a retention of form over function, or that the latter has changed over the millenia. | ||
As with Federation ships, agility, speed, and firepower seem to correlate with the size of the vessel. While shielded, as noted above, standard scans do not penetrate their hulls. | As with Federation ships, agility, speed, and firepower seem to correlate with the size of the vessel. While shielded, as noted above, standard scans do not penetrate their hulls. | ||
