re: #200 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

It's the same as other series cloaking enemy soldiers in bulletproof armor, a means of neutralizing the weapons that the good guys rely upon the most. Starfleet doesn't have guns or swords because, according to Gene, they'd long since "evolved" past them due to their inability to do more than kill.

My D20 Sith Lord carries a Warblade as a backup. Take that, silly Jedi!