Efter att ha tittat på (och rewatched) den här scenen, är jag verkligen ingen klokare när varför började fartygen explodera, förutom att radiosignalen på något sätt orsakar det. Förklaringen som ges på skärmen är ingen riktig hjälp.
Spock: From what I can ascertain, the ships share a cyberpathic link that coordinates their actions. Patching it through now.
Uhura: That's what that signal was. They weren't jamming us, they were talking to each other
Kirk: Well, how do we get them to stop talking?
Scott: What about ah, electromagnetic focusing? We could use the transporters to disrupt their network
Spock: The focus might be too specific. If we can find some sort of disruptive communication signal inside the swarm, it might inversely affect their capacity to coordinate.
Chekov: It would have to be at a frequency that they will not anticipate.
Sulu: It could cause a chain reaction that would wipe out the whole swarm.
Scott: Sir, a closed network like that might be susceptible to Very High Frequency.
Kirk: VHF. [beat] Radio! We can broadcast something from the ship to drown out the links. Loud and distracting.
Scott: Loud and distracting? I've got just the thing.