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KNakamura said:
I would but having it split apart into triangles would too much be a swarm. See, that's the true terror. A 56 part Starship combiner.
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There is a icosidodecahedron image somewhere made of diamonds.
edit: Sorry the diamond thing is instead a rhombic triacontahedron it's just mentioned with the icosidodecahedron for being something called a dual polyhedron.
 
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[X] Horizontal Axis Nacelles (+0.4 Maximum Warp Factor)

Since we already go for rapid respond ship rather than convoy escort, might as well go all the way.

Also, my head hurt after reading all these shape talk.
 
Re: The Great Shape Debate

Gentleman,

While the simple geometric shapes are of course more pleasing to the palates of UP, there are other families of shapes which we may consider. Certain self-similar shapes offer enticing benefits for the bold and unconventional spatial architect.

May I suggest...


M A N D E L B U L B​

This hull shape approximates that of a sphere in internal volume while having a self-similar surface, vastly increasing surface area while also ensuring the most efficient use of internal volume. This combines high heat rejection with a large and cohesive internal volume, allowing us to pack the ship with the highest machinery-to-volume ratio of any hull proposed to date. Ships so designed, in short, will be smaller than their more simply designed competitors while being vastly more performative in all areas.

The complexity of the surface will present a thorny manufacturing problem, however, this may be resolved by mass use of the new1​ tele-head molecular tridimensional assemblers, which through massive parallelization will print the hull from nothing up in record time2​. The warp dynamics are of course somewhat unfortunate, as it is for all the sphere-type hulls, but this may be rectified by elongating the hull to reduce the reference area and therefor the drag. I should note the cavity at the front, which is ideally placed for a deflector dish of gargantuan size with attendant benefits in Warp speed.

Regardless, the benefits are vast and manifold, and well worth the price. With the proper and sustained industrial investment, this hull silhouette will strike terror into every pirate from here to the Core.

I await your approval for funding with baited breath.
--C.G. Donalds​

1​Entirely theoretical
2​A mere 20% englobement of Sol will suffice to meet the power needs.
 
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KlavoHunter said:
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Well if we're sharing designs I've been doing some thinking about what the idea of a "Bullpup" version of the classic Federation style ship would be.

Some people called the Miranda a Bullpup, but it doesn't go far enough for me.

So I came up with Two Nacelle pods out in front, which also contain the thrusters and pull the whole ship, attached to each other and the saucer via cables.

This is an entirely original idea not inspired by any other science fiction based works.

 
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DecaffeinatedOwl said:
Re: The Great Shape Debate

Gentleman,

While the simple geometric shapes are of course more pleasing to the palates of UP, there are other families of shapes which we may consider. Certain self-similar shapes offer enticing benefits for the bold and unconventional spatial architect.

May I suggest...


M A N D E L B U L B​

This hull shape approximates that of a sphere in internal volume while having a self-similar surface, vastly increasing surface area while also ensuring the most efficient use of internal volume. This combines high heat rejection with a large and cohesive internal volume, allowing us to pack the ship with the highest machinery-to-volume ratio of any hull proposed to date. Ships so designed, in short, will be smaller than their more simply designed competitors while being vastly more performative in all areas.

The complexity of the surface will present a thorny manufacturing problem, however, this may be resolved by mass use of the new1​ tele-head molecular tridimensional assemblers, which through massive parallelization will print the hull from nothing up in record time2​. The warp dynamics are of course somewhat unfortunate, as it is for all the sphere-type hulls, but this may be rectified by elongating the hull to reduce the reference area and therefor the drag. I should note the cavity at the front, which is ideally placed for a deflector dish of gargantuan size with attendant benefits in Warp speed.

Regardless, the benefits are vast and manifold, and well worth the price. With the proper and sustained industrial investment, this hull silhouette will strike terror into every pirate from here to the Core.

I await your approval for funding with baited breath.
--C.G. Donalds​

1​Entirely theoretical
2​A mere 20% englobement of Sol will suffice to meet the power needs.
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Sphere builder agent detected. Moving to countermeasures per Section 31 guideline [REDACTED].
 
NavySeel said:
This is an entirely original idea not inspired by any other science fiction based works.
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Entirely seriously: you're not that far off from some IRL designs for spaceships. If you put in a third nacelle such that the nacelles formed a triangle, put in another set of inter-nacelle cables, and made the ship roll continuously, the centripetal force will hold the nacelles rigidly in tension.

If you put the saucer/sphere in the middle of this triangle and connected them with more cables, you'd have a viable tensegrity structure. And free spin gravity, too.
 
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