Empress_Boog
Grand Empress
[X] Plan Ranger
[X] Plan Everything But The Mule
[X] Plan Everything But The Mule
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One gets the impression that the problem is mostly related to the ship creating warp fields in close proximity to existing gravity wells, hence why ships break orbit before going to warp. The Defiant warping into close proximity of a star was considered notably dangerous even in the 24th century. To the ship, that is, not the planet. It's possible that beta-canon "warp ramming" was used by ships already accelerated to as close to the speed of light as they could get before engaging warp, so as to deny anybody at the destination the chance to slow them down before impact.
- Location
- madison
[X] Plan Ranger
I don't see the need of a cargo bay if you can beam the crew over. If you find something your impounding the ship 9 times out of 10. Which means the crew beamed over and a guard team watching the contraband.
I don't see the need of a cargo bay if you can beam the crew over. If you find something your impounding the ship 9 times out of 10. Which means the crew beamed over and a guard team watching the contraband.
83% (High), 75% (High), 62% (Medium).
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- Location
- Seattle, Washington
This still gives us high manuverability, then
[X] Plan Everything But The Mule
[X] Plan Everything But The Mule
[X] Plan Ranger
This ship will, because as stated in the design goals:
and further:
And even with impulse engines only ships still travel at significant fractions of C, so no matter what there will be other assets available within an hour or two.
This ship isn't supposed to be conducting surface assaults or long-range patrols or SAR or whatever else people are thinking of. It's supposed to fly around a system you control, inspect merchant ships, and occasionally interdict a merchant or smuggler who's made a silly mistake. The ships that it's meant to be engaging can't even do anything if it just tells them to turn around and head to a police station to be arrested.
Besides, making the ship more expensive means that there will be less of them, which is probably not ideal for what is supposed to be a very cheap police boat. As the latest update points out:
Winning the contest is all very well and good, but that doesn't guarantee that people will actually buy our ship. It's being pretty heavily implied that we really need to think about what's necessary to actually fulfill customer needs at a price they're happy to pay, and it doesn't sound like they want to pay much.
[X] Plan Ranger
I expect it to aid vessels in distress, board suspect vessels, need to respond to emergency situations while crew members are aboard suspect vessels, act essentially as roadside assistance, police response, and fire/medical response as well.
Must not have watched Star Trek IV recently.
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Plan Ranger
[X] Plan Feature Creep
[X]Plan All In 120,000
[X]Plan All In 120,000
Enthusiast#117
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- Location
- United States
[X] Plan Everything But The Mule
[X] Plan Revenue and Customs
[X]Plan All In 120,000
Need a shuttlebay. Will accept cargo bay to get it.
[X]Plan All In 120,000
Need a shuttlebay. Will accept cargo bay to get it.
- Location
- United States
[X] Plan Everything But The Mule
[X]Plan All In 120,000
A shuttle means that the patrol ship can be in two "places" at once to some extent, and if more shuttle types are developed instead of the basic admin type that's additional versatility.
I think the everything-but-the-cargo-hold setup seems sensible.
