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[X] Quad Nacelles Sprint (+0.4 Sprint) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Quad Nacelles Sprint (+0.4 Sprint) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
 
[X] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Quad Nacelles Cruise (+0.4 Cruise) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)

I recognize that we're already almost over budget.
I just don't care.

Edit: added second approval vote
 
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[X] Quad Nacelles Cruise (+0.4 Cruise) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)

This seems the correct choice. Redundancy a la early 3- and 4-engine jetliners and a significantly enhanced cruise speed for long-duration missions.

Doesn't matter if it hits maximum just below warp 7, that's purely a matter of ego rather than a discontinuous performance threshold.
 
[X] Quad Nacelles Cruise (+0.4 Cruise) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance]
 
[X] Dual Nacelles Cruise (+0.2 Cruise)
[X] Quad Nacelles Cruise (+0.4 Cruise) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
 
[X] Dual Nacelles Cruise (+0.2 Cruise)
[X] Quad Nacelles Cruise (+0.4 Cruise) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
 
[X] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Dual Nacelles Cruise (+0.2 Cruise)
 
[X] Dual Nacelles Cruise (+0.2 Cruise)
[X] Dual Nacelles Sprint (+0.2 Sprint)

We do in fact have to keep a budget in mind, with both tactical systems and mission attachments (eg specialized labs, machine shops, expanded medbays, second computer cores, etc) likely to have costly options as well. The quad nacelles only offer a modest improvement for doubling the costly Warp components at the possible expense of core parts of the ship's mission.
 
[X] Quad Nacelles Sprint (+0.4 Sprint) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Dual Nacelles Sprint (+0.2 Sprint)

one way or another we will hit or exceed Warp 7.
 
[X] Dual Nacelles Cruise (+0.2 Cruise)

Quad nacelles would be really fuckin cool, and I want them, but they're just not worth it; ballpark 25% more per-ship cost (maybe as low as 20% if we go really hard on antimatter pods and so on) for...let's see.

With other-wise identical internals, a five-ship class of dual-nacelle explorers will go 12.5% further and do 25% more science and diplomacy per year once they get there, than a four-ship class of cruise-quads; 25% and 25% vs parallel-quads.

They will also have about 4.2% faster average emergency response times versus parallel-quads, because the shorter average distance to the incident with more ships outweighs 12 hours of sprint speed.
 
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[X] Dual Nacelles Cruise (+0.2 Cruise)
[X] Quad Nacelles Cruise (+0.4 Cruise) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)

Cruise above all
 
[X] Quad Nacelles Sprint (+0.4 Sprint) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
 
[X] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)

As we are now approaching a post scarcity society, the bottleneck isn't money but available resources and whilst having four engines will slow it down somewhat - to hell with it!
Let's go for it, plus hopefully with the improvements in materials, reduced mass and stronger warp field we will not have the problem is that our previous attempt at parallel nacelles had.

Really, any of the quad options are good. But I really want this one.
 
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Wise choice:
[X] Dual Nacelles Cruise (+0.2 Cruise)

Ambitious choice:
[X] Quad Nacelles Cruise (+0.4 Cruise) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)

Stylish choice:
[ ] Quad Nacelles Parallel (+0.2 All) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)

I'll give the wise choice some time to gain traction, but I really really like the quads on the Prometheus class so if people continue to want to throw money at it I'll join them.
 
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[X] Quad Nacelles Sprint (+0.4 Sprint) [Prototype] [One Success Roll: Performance] (+Cost)
[X] Dual Nacelles Sprint (+0.2 Sprint)

It's an Exploration ship, at least 50% of its emergencies can be solved by sprinting away at 400+ times the speed of light.
 
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