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KlavoHunter
THOU SHALT WORSHIP NO GODS ABOVE ENTERPRISE!
Honestly, I can't make a decision on anything other than vibes without knowing how many aux slots the Saucer already has???
Not that my vote matters at this point in the bandwagon...
[X] Inline Secondary Hull (Long)
Not that my vote matters at this point in the bandwagon...
[X] Inline Secondary Hull (Long)
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- Location
- United States
[X] Ventral Secondary Hull (Engineering Section)
KleverKil'Vanya
Ortillery Operator
[X] Ventral Secondary Hull (Engineering Section)
- Location
- Somewhere in the Ashes
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Probably two or three is my gut feeling on the topic. Which in this case translates to "Not Enough".
- Location
- Lake Wobegon
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] Ventral Secondary Hull (Engineering Section)
*Chef's kiss*
*Chef's kiss*
[X] Ventral Secondary Hull (Engineering Section)
[X] Ventral Secondary Hull (Engineering Section)
Auxiliary slots let us improve the ratings of the ship, and are hence really important. Higher science or engineering scores can make or break the design as a viable explorer, and offer abilities that let the ship do new things. In my view, we should either go for the option which gives us an extra Aux slot, or otherwise go minimalist. And in this case I think minimalism is probably a false economy.
Auxiliary slots let us improve the ratings of the ship, and are hence really important. Higher science or engineering scores can make or break the design as a viable explorer, and offer abilities that let the ship do new things. In my view, we should either go for the option which gives us an extra Aux slot, or otherwise go minimalist. And in this case I think minimalism is probably a false economy.
- Location
- alphen aan den rijn
[X] Ventral Secondary Hull (Engineering Section)
Strunkriidiisk
THE LEGEND
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The Curiosity had four slots in a saucer hull (after losing some internal space to the warp engine because we didn't have a secondary hull) and Copernicus' saucer is nearly twice the mass so I would expect a minimum of four slots (assuming they're larger modules) or likely more.
- Location
- Southern Virginia
[X] Ventral Secondary Hull (Engineering Section)
We just built a utility cruiser that's meant to be the bulk of our fleet that has the exact same design.
Strunkriidiisk
THE LEGEND
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Well, not strictly/necessarily. I for one want to put weird nacelles on this one.
- Location
- west
I want to put impulse engines and phasers on our struts again so they aren't just there to hold the nacelles in place.
- Location
- Somewhere in the Ashes
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Visually, yes. Practically, no. The Cygnus is an armed engineering cruiser. It's multirole, yes, but not the all-purpose monster we're building here.
LunaMoth
Wings of Kynareth is my comfort song...
- Pronouns
- He/They
Point defense isn't really a thing in Star Trek, the ships all have shields, and phasers are shown as pretty much capable of fulfilling any role. Phasers are multi-tools all that maters is that we have as close as our design can get to 360 degree coverage. That and you cant really knock beam weapons or tractor beams away which are a large part of Star Trek armaments.
This is an good example of a big battle in star trek, lots of shields flaring, among other things, the borg like using tractor beams and they are seen a lot in this scene.
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