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| rdfs:label | - Docking clamp
- Docking Clamp
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| rdfs:comment | - A docking clamp is very similar to the airlock in the previous version of spacebuildAirlock
- A docking clamp or docking claw was a device that starships used to attach themselves to other ships as a means for ships to latch onto one another, many times for boarding or for goods transfer purposes. In a famous example during the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Captain Han Solo used the Millennium Falcon's docking clamp to hide the ship on an Imperial-class Star Destroyer. The Viscount-class Star Defender was equipped with multiple docking clamps, allowing it to dock with multiple capital ships simultaneously, making it one of the largest known ships to have docking clamps.
- When the civilian contingent on Destiny attempted a coup, Colonel Everett Young and Lt. Matthew Scott piloted a shuttle to the underside of Destiny to destroy an alien fighter attached to the hull. When they returned, the docking clamps were unable to lock and the shuttle would be destroyed if it was not attached to the ship. (SGU: "Divided")
- In January of 2155 of the mirror universe, Commander Jonathan Archer ordered Lieutenant commander T'Pol to release the docking clamps of the USS Defiant. T'Pol, however, was unable to because of damage to the ship. After the ship's deflector shields were raised, Major Malcolm Reed reported that they were weakening the clamps, but they were still holding. Archer then alternated the ship's port and starboard thrusters and this was sufficient to shake the docking clamps loose. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
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| Text | - Classic Adventures: Volume Four - The Best of the Journal
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| Function | - Anchoring Ancient vehicles, like the Ancient shuttle and the Seed ships, to the Destiny
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| Book | - Classic Adventures: Volume Four - The Best of the Journal
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| abstract | - A docking clamp is very similar to the airlock in the previous version of spacebuildAirlock
- When the civilian contingent on Destiny attempted a coup, Colonel Everett Young and Lt. Matthew Scott piloted a shuttle to the underside of Destiny to destroy an alien fighter attached to the hull. When they returned, the docking clamps were unable to lock and the shuttle would be destroyed if it was not attached to the ship. (SGU: "Divided") The Destiny also has docking clamps on the underside of the hull that allow Destiny to dock with Seed ships. The same clamps also allow the Seed ships to transfer power to and from Destiny, to the extent that the seed ships can override commands from Destiny itself. (SGU: "Awakening", "Resurgence", "Deliverance")
- A docking clamp or docking claw was a device that starships used to attach themselves to other ships as a means for ships to latch onto one another, many times for boarding or for goods transfer purposes. Docking clamps were capable of attaching themselves to another starship through mechanical and magnetic means, securely enough that the tremendous forces of sublight was not enough to dislodge the other ship. These features were often taken advantage of by customs patrol ships, such as the Rendili StarDrives Imperial customs corvette, for boarding action purposes, as well as by The Sabertooth-class assault/rescue vessels, which used docking clamps and tractor beam grappling systems to forcibly move starships off the battlefield. In a famous example during the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Captain Han Solo used the Millennium Falcon's docking clamp to hide the ship on an Imperial-class Star Destroyer. The Viscount-class Star Defender was equipped with multiple docking clamps, allowing it to dock with multiple capital ships simultaneously, making it one of the largest known ships to have docking clamps. The Twilight was among the vessels to be equipped with docking clamps.
- In January of 2155 of the mirror universe, Commander Jonathan Archer ordered Lieutenant commander T'Pol to release the docking clamps of the USS Defiant. T'Pol, however, was unable to because of damage to the ship. After the ship's deflector shields were raised, Major Malcolm Reed reported that they were weakening the clamps, but they were still holding. Archer then alternated the ship's port and starboard thrusters and this was sufficient to shake the docking clamps loose. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II") In February of 2258 of the alternate reality, Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu told Captain Christopher Pike that all mooring clamps of Starbase 1 were retracted and that trusters were firing. (Star Trek) In February of 2259 of the alternate reality, Captain James T. Kirk told Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu to retract all mooring clamps before the USS Enterprise departed from Starbase 1. (Star Trek Into Darkness) In March of 2285, Captain Spock told Lieutenant Saavik to clear all mooring clamps before the USS Enterprise departed from the drydock orbiting Earth. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) In 2285, Commander Hikaru Sulu reported to Admiral James T. Kirk that the mooring clamps were activated when the USS Enterprise docked at the Earth Spacedock. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) The USS Enterprise-D was held by docking clamps while inside Starbase 74. (TNG: "11001001" ) In 2369, Odo suggested that Deep Space 9 explode its mooring clamps so that Captain Jaheel could not blow his ship apart when he was forced to stay due to the aphasia virus moving through the station. (DS9: "Babel") While under the influence of the Saltah'na energy spheres, Major Kira Nerys sealed the docking clamps of the Valerian transport, believing it was shipping dolamide explosives. (DS9: "Dramatis Personae") In 2370, Kira Nerys ordered that the docking clamps not be released on Vedek Winn's ship, as Winn was carrying a known collaborator. (DS9: "The Collaborator") Docking latches, structural devices aboard Galaxy-class starships used to connect the saucer section to the stardrive section after a saucer separation, could be called docking clamps since they "clamped" shut the saucer section to the stardrive section. (TNG: "Hollow Pursuits" ) The Type 11 shuttlecraft were equipped with dorsal docking clamps and an airlock. In 2375, a shuttle from the USS Enterprise-E used these to attach to a Federation mission scoutship piloted by lieutenant commander Data. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
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