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Also I have an idea we name this the Brasilia class and have the Naming Convention be Federation Cities of Historical and Cultural importance.
That way we can have a Class that Both Commemorates and Honors the name of Brasilia, but also represents the Other Federation Worlds
 
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I'm hoping we get to give this class's lead ship a non-Terran name. I realize we know virtually nothing of, say, Vulcan zoology, but the update only referencing Terran birds struck me as strange.
 
This thing's saucer is going to be bigger than the Enterprise. Not bigger than the Enterprise's saucer, bigger than the whole damn ship.

It's over 90% of the size of the Thunderchild too.
 
[X] 0: Large Saucer (380,000 Tons)
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)

I am for something experimental for our explorer! And it needs ALL the utility and storage to make it far. At least one slot must already be given over to extra anti-matter storage.
 
[X] 0: Large Saucer (380,000 Tons)
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)

Tech advancement lets go!
 
[X] 0: Large Saucer (380,000 Tons)
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)

If it's a boondoggle, it's a boondoggle--and can be borne for a design that's not going to be in mass production anyway. but maybe it won't be.

But saving 20% on Mass here would be worth something close to 100 kilotons on the finalized ship. Even if it raises the cost, it'd be worth it even if it just breaks even on Defense.
 
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[X] 0: Large Saucer (380,000 Tons)
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)
 
landcollector said:
To be fair, the Galaxy class was designed in a time of peace and the idea of "Hey, let's see about not separating families for over half a decade at a time?" And they were refitted to be decent enough warfighting platforms when needed.
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Then again, if you're going to be putting a kindergarten on any kind of warship, it might as well be the most powerful battleship class in the alpha and beta quandrants until the construction of the D'deridex warbird, and even then it mostly depended on the skill of the crews and warfighting instincts/prowess of the captains.
 
[X] 0: Large Saucer (380,000 Tons)
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)

It's an explorer. "Big" and "Experimental" are its core qualities, even if the latter is often entirely by accident.
 
[X] 0: Small Saucer (200,000 Tons)
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)

I really think a lot of people haven't read the fact that a smaller saucer means a larger secondary hull. Before someone who has read it and voted "large saucer" chimes in, I'm not talking about you! I'm talking about all the votes that are like "we need the space on an explorer".
 
[X] 0: Small Saucer (200,000 Tons)
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)

I figure it's worth going for larger secondary hulls, considering how ships like the Constitution-class look - if we can create an even-closer version of a "proto-Constitution", or even a class that winds up replacing the Connie by simply lasting long enough, I'd call that an absolute win.
 
[X] 0: Small Saucer (200,000 Tons)
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)

Let's see what happens!
 
[X] 0: Large Saucer (380,000 Tons
Let's really "push the ship out". I wanna see what we can do
[X] 1: Electro-Ceramic Hull Composite (-20% Mass) [Experimental] (Two Success Checks: Cost/Defense)
It's not wartime, so now is the time to try new stuff.
 
Tylonius said:
Never design an incredibly good ship, never design an ok ship, and never design an incredibly good ship.

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Really dude? You think it's a good idea to design ships that will see combat as floating cities with children and non-mission critical civilians on board? Constellation was subjective. And the Excelsior and Miranda's where incredible ships, for their time. But they were eviscerated by the Dominion.
 
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