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[X] Three Nacelles (Warp 3.8, 15 -> 27 Industry) [Experimental]

[X] Four Nacelles (Warp 4, 15 -> 31 Industry)

Either one tbh, Two nacelles isn't even worth considering.
 
[X] Three Nacelles (Warp 3.8, 15 -> 27 Industry) [Experimental]
[X] Four Nacelles (Warp 4, 15 -> 31 Industry)

Either or, I think going for 2 is just kneecapping our ship's potential.
 
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[X] Three Nacelles (Warp 3.8, 15 -> 27 Industry) [Experimental]

I'm a liar, I can't stomach spending 16 Industry on this.

RNGesus, take the wheel you have the conn
 
[X] Two Nacelles (Warp 3.6, 15 -> 23 Industry)

There is no reason to expend more resources to make it a bunch faster than its escorts since its only going to move as fast as its slowest escort barring crazy WEP sprints. Think of it like a Standard type Battleship, its not here to win races, its here to slug shit out and fuck shit up.
 
Captainwolf said:
2 Nacelles is only 10% slower than a refitted stingray.
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Karugus said:
There's no reason a DN needs to go faster than it's lightest escorts, and a 10% reduction in cruising speed is pretty negligible even in the event Sayle insists that Stingrays were always faster than actually listed.
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Warp speeds are exponential so it's more than a 10% difference that the whole fleet has to slow down to stay with the slowest ship.
 
[X] Two Nacelles (Warp 3.6, 15 -> 23 Industry)

Usually I'd be all for pushing the boundaries but we have absolutely no legacy ship's that fill this roll to fall back on if things get fucky. I'd rather have a functional if unexceptional design still able to fulfill the desired capabilities rather than something untested and sub par.
 
[X] Two Nacelles (Warp 3.6, 15 -> 23 Industry)
[X] Four Nacelles (Warp 4, 15 -> 31 Industry)
 
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[X] Three Nacelles (Warp 3.8, 15 -> 27 Industry) [Experimental]
[X] Four Nacelles (Warp 4, 15 -> 31 Industry)

Considering where things are in this quest at this point, I think it'd be a good idea for all votes to have mechanical summaries like this one.
 
[X] Three Nacelles (Warp 3.8, 15 -> 27 Industry) [Experimental]

If we're going to build a dreadnought, then we should build a proper dreadnought.
 
[ ] Seven Nacelles (Warp 4.2 Warp 0, 15 -> 43 Industry)

Excuse me, I'm being told by those cowards at Yoyodyne that this "will definitely explode" and is "too crazy even for us". We'll revisit this for the next Stingray refit.

[X] Four Nacelles (Warp 4, 15 -> 31 Industry)

The only mentioned downside is the cost to build. My expectation is that given ship numbers, we're looking at the difference between a Fast DN Fleet consisting of 3 DN, 6 HC and 15 LC, versus a Slow DN Fleet of… 3 DN, 6 HC and 16 LC. I'd rather make sure our strongest, most survivable ship is also the fastest.
 
Absolutely no need to outrace our escorts. It'll be a long while before we see a Warp 6 or 7 engine come down the line, and this is a wartime emergency build. We should absolutely not be blowing no-longer-post-scarcity industrial capacity on excess performance that will be constrained by her escorts and will delay delivery time and quantity.
[X] Two Nacelles (Warp 3.6, 15 -> 23 Industry)
 
[ ] 28 Nacelles

28 Nacelles. YOU DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE IT TO CHANCE, HUH? DID YOU FEEL ANGER? HATE? I KNOW YOU EXPLODED THE PROTOTYPE WHY WON'T YOU SAY IT?
 
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