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[X] Half-Saucer Hull
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[X] Half-Saucer Hull
Just sounds better for future backwards compatibility, as we develop more tech for refits.
Just sounds better for future backwards compatibility, as we develop more tech for refits.
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[X] Half-Saucer Hull
If the design of the ship is to last for decades and be easily upgraded to Warp 5, we will need a deflector system.
If the design of the ship is to last for decades and be easily upgraded to Warp 5, we will need a deflector system.
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[X] Half-Saucer Hull
We'll have to find cost offsets somewhere, but I think going extra for a deflector dish on a ship that's gonna be in service for a few decades is worth it. That's not the sort of thing you can really retrofit it, and will absolutely be needed when we upgrade the engines to 5.
We'll have to find cost offsets somewhere, but I think going extra for a deflector dish on a ship that's gonna be in service for a few decades is worth it. That's not the sort of thing you can really retrofit it, and will absolutely be needed when we upgrade the engines to 5.
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LunaMoth
Wings of Kynareth is my comfort song...
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Looks like we're following canon more or less, right now it seems we're on the path to the standard Starfleet saucer + 2 cigars look, let's hope we can at least keep the sphere and not flatten it into a saucer as we make more ships. :/
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[X] Arrowhead Hull
[X] Arrowhead Hull
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- Australia
Neither of these designs are different. Canon UE used both in their pre-NX class vessels.
Empress_Boog
Grand Empress
I would have voted for the Arrow instead of the Saucer if it came with a deflector.
I just can't vote for something that won't be a test bed for one of the most important technologies at Starfleet's disposal.
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Other than just wanting a different aesthetic, there is no reason to vote for Arrowhead.
In fact, it is actively harmful to our design. We have chosen to build an interception/patrol ship that currently is too slow to be anything other than local. But, in the future, maybe it could have some interception ability with a Warp 5 Engine.
But, without a deflector, it will never be able to be fast enough to be anything other than a local patrol ship. So, if we were serious in our desire to build a military patrol ship, half--saucer is the only choice. First, because it is not yet fast enough. And, in the future, it will also have to keep up with other ships of similar technologies.
It'd be ridiculous to build a ship that can only go up to Warp 3- and no further.
In fact, it is actively harmful to our design. We have chosen to build an interception/patrol ship that currently is too slow to be anything other than local. But, in the future, maybe it could have some interception ability with a Warp 5 Engine.
But, without a deflector, it will never be able to be fast enough to be anything other than a local patrol ship. So, if we were serious in our desire to build a military patrol ship, half--saucer is the only choice. First, because it is not yet fast enough. And, in the future, it will also have to keep up with other ships of similar technologies.
It'd be ridiculous to build a ship that can only go up to Warp 3- and no further.
LunaMoth
Wings of Kynareth is my comfort song...
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Well yeah, but voting for aesthetics is entirely valid, there are probably some other people here who share my opinion and want to diverge from canon designs as far as we can.
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[X] Arrowhead Hull