No? The Canon Connie had a Rapid Fire Launcher rather than 2 regular launchers.Per Sayle the base Connie had 3x phasers (2x ventral side, 1x dorsal front) and 2x forward standard launchers (ventral), with some having 1x rear standard launcher and 1x phaser.
The baseline Connie can be equaled with 2-3x phasers and 1x forward RFL (which will give it an alpha only 6 short of the prime time Connie, and also allow an at least 8 ship batch assuming we get 2nd tranche Excalibur funding dedicated towards it).
The canon Constitution mounted three ventral phaser banks, a rapid-fire launcher, and nothing else. Some models had an aft torpedo launcher and aft phaser, but it's not a lot. It was not an expansively armed ship at all until the 2270 refit.
Fair enough, I was going off what I remembered if the blueprints, which had 2x forward regular launchers (or something like that).No? The Canon Connie had a Rapid Fire Launcher rather than 2 regular launchers.
The regular launchers were the were only a thing on the aft for some variants.
you know there's a fan redesign Y-wing that almost could work as a long range shuttle in star trekIs this... a Y-wing with warp nacelles?
Also, 10/10 on the technobabble. You can't go wrong with both an interociter and an encabulator.
Space 747?No apologies, but this decided to take up residence in my head and now it's all your problem.
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1F-36 (V Refit)
The publication of the paper "Subspace chromodynamism for anisotropic modulation of entangled-transfinite Reynolds turbulent plasma flow" has demonstrated the possibility and indeed the practicality of compact warp turbocavitation bubbles for sub-kilotonne masses. This white paper shall show how the venerable 1F-36 spaceframe can be refit for continued service via application of these principles.
Current calculations show that for masses less than approximately 250 tonnes a warp turbocavitation bubble can be maintained with some effort, allowing for abnormally fast and efficient travel for a given energy input. The required nacelle configuration is that of four short nacelles mounted in a staggered linear configuration on two extended spars to a high aspect ration tubular hull, an extremely unusual and complex arrangement that can however be maintained via use of modern duotronic interociter controlled quantum encabulation systems. The deflector arrangement required is also peculiar, requiring not just a compact in-line forward deflector but also a trio of perpendicular rear-deflectors to manage aft warp wake. These rear deflectors mean that impulse engines cannot be mounted to the main hull, but the peculiar nacelle spars and deflector configuration means that the impulse engines can be mounted in particularly close proximity to the warp nacelles without interference.
While expensive in terms of engineering expertise required to build and maintain the systems, the result is a 120 tonne package capable of a carrying an additional 130 tonnes of cargo at a Warp 6 cruise from one side of the Federation to the other without a need for stopping to refuel, all while making use of existing spaceframes and attendant tooling and docking systems. While this is something of a niche capability at the moment, the utility of moving high value materials relatively quickly without having to task a cruiser is self-evident. Additionally, within the context of potential future conflicts, the necessity of the design to make use of antimatter reactors to achieve sufficient plasma temperature means that it will be capable of being fit with a single photon torpedo launcher and a few dozen torpedoes. While obviously woefully vulnerable in most space combat situations, the capability for a squadron of these ships to launch torpedoes at range from multiple vectors against static targets would provide considerable firepower for far less cost than the same number of full warships.
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If you are able to picture what I just described, you may now laugh and/or swear at me.
If we want to drive up costs and spare no expense, choosing the option that we can only make 60% use of because the hull itself can't handle the strain is the kind of contradictory choice to go for.I must argue for very high Maneuverability in order to give the science ship the best possible chance of escaping from spoopy space bullshit.
Also, advocating for two Phasers front, one back, and one RFL up front.
Damnit man, let the poor B-52 airframe die. Also, replacing the B-52 double engine pods with pods that have one nacelle and one impulse engine each is impressively scuffed.No apologies, but this decided to take up residence in my head and now it's all your problem.
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1F-36 (V Refit)
The publication of the paper "Subspace chromodynamism for anisotropic modulation of entangled-transfinite Reynolds turbulent plasma flow" has demonstrated the possibility and indeed the practicality of compact warp turbocavitation bubbles for sub-kilotonne masses. This white paper shall show how the venerable 1F-36 spaceframe can be refit for continued service via application of these principles.
Current calculations show that for masses less than approximately 250 tonnes a warp turbocavitation bubble can be maintained with some effort, allowing for abnormally fast and efficient travel for a given energy input. The required nacelle configuration is that of four short nacelles mounted in a staggered linear configuration on two extended spars to a high aspect ration tubular hull, an extremely unusual and complex arrangement that can however be maintained via use of modern duotronic interociter controlled quantum encabulation systems. The deflector arrangement required is also peculiar, requiring not just a compact in-line forward deflector but also a trio of perpendicular rear-deflectors to manage aft warp wake. These rear deflectors mean that impulse engines cannot be mounted to the main hull, but the peculiar nacelle spars and deflector configuration means that the impulse engines can be mounted in particularly close proximity to the warp nacelles without interference.
While expensive in terms of engineering expertise required to build and maintain the systems, the result is a 120 tonne package capable of a carrying an additional 130 tonnes of cargo at a Warp 6 cruise from one side of the Federation to the other without a need for stopping to refuel, all while making use of existing spaceframes and attendant tooling and docking systems. While this is something of a niche capability at the moment, the utility of moving high value materials relatively quickly without having to task a cruiser is self-evident. Additionally, within the context of potential future conflicts, the necessity of the design to make use of antimatter reactors to achieve sufficient plasma temperature means that it will be capable of being fit with a single photon torpedo launcher and a few dozen torpedoes. While obviously woefully vulnerable in most space combat situations, the capability for a squadron of these ships to launch torpedoes at range from multiple vectors against static targets would provide considerable firepower for far less cost than the same number of full warships.
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If you are able to picture what I just described, you may now laugh and/or swear at me.
Size wise, it would make an effective runabout, you could probably carry like 24x photon torpedoed externally too!
No apologies, but this decided to take up residence in my head and now it's all your problem.
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1F-36 (V Refit)
If you are able to picture what I just described, you may now laugh and/or swear at me.