"But... But I want to be a big karate cyborg... ;_;" - Nik Hasta
"Get off my lawn! ...on this forum, that just makes people think of Cyclops." - Sharpandpointies
"...makes me think the Night King just says "Screw the rules, I have magic money" when it comes to physics." -Captain Morgan
Odo does have that feat in "Crossfire" where he stops the falling turbolift by shapeshifting his arms. So he's got some beyond-human damage potential there.
(Tried to find a photo of that feat on the net and couldn't, but I don't think I'm misremembering.)
Whether it's enough to harm Reed is dubious, as Reed has taken repeated blows by the Thing and come back swinging.
What Odo ought to do is turn into a cloud of corrosive gas. I don't think Reed has any particular resistance to flesh-eating acid. But I can't recall any incidence of Odo displaying the necessary chemistry knowledge to accomplish such a feat.
Last edited by Shai-Hulud; 11-21-2020 at 02:36 PM.
Any competent Changling ought to be able to shift into a cloud of flesh-eating acid. But most of them are centuries/millennia old in the use of their powers. Are we comping Odo the requisite chemistry knowledge here? Maybe he just took the time to learn how a com-badge works, as its a basic and necessary Starfleet tool?
Could Odo drown or asphyxiate Reed?
Not to mention DS9 not being a starship but a massive space station.
Thing is, he often does. He has tech wired into the unstable molecules of his uniform to let him assemble things on the fly. Even typing that causes my suspension of disbelief to suspend itself, but it's been a thing for decades. To be as fair as possible, he has varying amounts of such junk over time, so it would really depend on the writer as to how many McGuffins he might need as well.
"But... But I want to be a big karate cyborg... ;_;" - Nik Hasta
"Get off my lawn! ...on this forum, that just makes people think of Cyclops." - Sharpandpointies
"...makes me think the Night King just says "Screw the rules, I have magic money" when it comes to physics." -Captain Morgan