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[X] Ovoid Hull.

I think that we need a secondary deflector, so it's sort of a toss-up between the triangular hull or the ovoid hull. The ovoid hull has room for more sensors in the saucer rim, whilst the triangular hull does not, but I think it's also implied that the ovoid hull slightly reduces internal space. However, one of the main things we'd be spending our internal space on anyway is to boost our Science score, and this is essentially just giving us an extra option, so it seems fine? We want the Science to be as high as possible on this vessel.

The triangular hull does intrigue me for how different it would make the vessel look, more like an enlarged Nova-class I suspect, but... that sweet Science rating beckons to me.
 
[X] Ovoid Hull.

For a science ship, better sensors seems like a clear win, especially since the triangular hull's benefits are unclear to me.
 
Skippy said:
The triangular hull does intrigue me for how different it would make the vessel look, more like an enlarged Nova-class I suspect, but... that sweet Science rating beckons to me.
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I'm fine with either option winning, I just figured the triangular would give us more room for potential weird configurations to the secondary hull/engineering section, along with maybe the nacelles.
 
Yeah I want to make a bit of a different ship, and more speed/internal space seems useful but the canon intrepid hull works too so...
 
Eh, picking Ovoid doesn't necessarily lock us into just remaking the canon Intrepid-class. We'll have options for going off the beaten path later on.
 
Jensaarai said:
There absolutely could've been a TOS/TNG episode about a planet where everyone is consigned at birth to either the Triangular or Ovoid Hell, and it all ties back to some at-the-time present day social commentary.
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All I'm hearing is

"Triangular Hell!"

"Ovoid Hell!"

"Triangular Hell!"

"Ovoid Hell!"

"Ushaan Hell?"

The two elders look at the slightly younger fellow who shakily offers the suggestion, then laugh at them. Then the first goes "Triangular Hell!" and the whole thing starts up again.

Kirk, Spock and McCoy are in the back of the room looking back and forth at these two like they're watching ping-pong, before ducking out to confer. McCoy exclaims that they're nuts about hulls, Spock fields a hypothesis about plurality voting, and Kirk goes that, well, they've got to sort this mess out somehow before the BueShip personnel they came to rescue get executed for heresy or some such. And the episode proceeds from there.
 
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