Talk:Peak Performance (episode)

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[edit] Hathaway hacking

I dont think that the Information of the Hathaway "hacking" the ferengis computers systems is accurate. I think they just warped out of the orbit of the planet far enough away that when they dropped out of warp the ferengis sensors could not detect what class or type of ship it was , only that it was a Federation starship. Or they could have altered their warp signature to make them appear as a different and larger federation starship. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.60.170.166 (talk).

It has been a while since I saw the episode, but the summary (which agrees with my memory) explicitly says that they projected a false, dangerous-looking image onto their sensors. This also contradicts the reason given in the page history for removing this point, which seems to have been added by an editor who wasn't paying too close attention. - Caswin 23:38, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

The point has since been removed (again) for being a "nitpicking" detail. However -- to answer the stated MA:NIT guidelines -- there was no way for any member of the Enterprise to know the Ferengi's security codes, it is certainly important to the episode's plot, there was no judgment of the series or its crew, and the note was not in an improper place on the article. It is, as the article says, a contradiction of facts, to such a degree that it gets in the way of the story. If "it is quite appropriate to note those discrepancies," then how does this scene not qualify? - Caswin 20:41, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

How do we know there was "no way" we knew the Ferengi codes? Starfleet Intelligence could have had that information, for all we know. Since we do not live in and are not experts in the 24th Century, we cannot categorically state there is "no way" for the Enterprise to have that information. That's why its a nit and cannot be in the article.--31dot 22:04, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

It may be helpful to note that the fact files state that the hataway "projected" a starship image to ferengi's sensors (or, at least, the italian version of the fact files…). Watching the episode, however, i don't see any evidence of it and i too suspect that they simply saw the hataway coming back.-Jackoverfull 13:16, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

If that's the case, shouldn't the summary be edited? - Caswin 19:37, November 22, 2009 (UTC)