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2182: Type-3 Nacelle (Results)
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While the nacelle is now technically finished, it will be some time before it gets any real-world testing. That said, you can still conduct some basic tests with static warp shells to evaluate their performance and get a good sense for any notable improvements in the many, many metrics which judge the effectiveness of a warp field. Some number crunching later versus the results expected from the Type-2, and you have a decent estimate. By your guess, the nacelle should be able to support a minimum cruise of Warp 5.2 and a maximum velocity of Warp 7.2. Compared to its predecessor that comes out to nearly twenty percent more speed in both standard and sprint regimes, which is nothing to sneer at. It's also surprisingly simple to manufacture compared to its performance improvements, and will pose no problems in mass production. It was considered entirely possible at Yoyodyne that the Type-3 might have to be preserved for the largest vessels while a derivative went into general service, an expense in both time and resources they did not look forward to potentially having to undertake.
Now the question is what ship will be the first to mount the new nacelles. As it happens, you have a few options to choose from. First is a design competition tendered by Tellar, Benzar, and Denobula. They are interested in standardising their designs for an in-system enforcer, one capable of basic police and inspection actions. The increasing traffic and intra-Federation commerce means that their current designs are beginning to reach parity with well-equipped merchant and smuggler ships, and planetside incidents can rapidly escalate into spaceborne escapes that their current roster aren't capable of interdicting. The main requirement is that the design should be cheap with a basic tactical armament, designed for use by non-military personnel with standard training.
The second is a request from Starfleet for a militarised light cruiser. Increasing incursions into Federation space by militaristic species are becoming an issue, with the Kzinti and Klingons becoming particularly regular offenders. While the Cygnus is hardly defenceless, a dedicated cruiser which can be more cheaply produced with a narrow tactical focus would be useful for rounding out Starfleet's capabilities. Whether that means building small and agile or durable and fierce is a question for the bureau.
[ ] Project Protector (Police Cutter)
[ ] Project Ares (Light Cruiser)
Yoyodyne Type-3 Nacelle Assembly
Bussard Collectors -> Injector Assembly -> Warp Coils -> Intercoolers -> Nacelle Length -> Field Stabilizer
Cost: 6
Complexity: B+
Improved Base Cruise: Warp 5.2 (+0.4)
Improved Base Maximum: Warp 7.2 (+0.4)
Two Hour Moratorium, Please
While the nacelle is now technically finished, it will be some time before it gets any real-world testing. That said, you can still conduct some basic tests with static warp shells to evaluate their performance and get a good sense for any notable improvements in the many, many metrics which judge the effectiveness of a warp field. Some number crunching later versus the results expected from the Type-2, and you have a decent estimate. By your guess, the nacelle should be able to support a minimum cruise of Warp 5.2 and a maximum velocity of Warp 7.2. Compared to its predecessor that comes out to nearly twenty percent more speed in both standard and sprint regimes, which is nothing to sneer at. It's also surprisingly simple to manufacture compared to its performance improvements, and will pose no problems in mass production. It was considered entirely possible at Yoyodyne that the Type-3 might have to be preserved for the largest vessels while a derivative went into general service, an expense in both time and resources they did not look forward to potentially having to undertake.
Now the question is what ship will be the first to mount the new nacelles. As it happens, you have a few options to choose from. First is a design competition tendered by Tellar, Benzar, and Denobula. They are interested in standardising their designs for an in-system enforcer, one capable of basic police and inspection actions. The increasing traffic and intra-Federation commerce means that their current designs are beginning to reach parity with well-equipped merchant and smuggler ships, and planetside incidents can rapidly escalate into spaceborne escapes that their current roster aren't capable of interdicting. The main requirement is that the design should be cheap with a basic tactical armament, designed for use by non-military personnel with standard training.
The second is a request from Starfleet for a militarised light cruiser. Increasing incursions into Federation space by militaristic species are becoming an issue, with the Kzinti and Klingons becoming particularly regular offenders. While the Cygnus is hardly defenceless, a dedicated cruiser which can be more cheaply produced with a narrow tactical focus would be useful for rounding out Starfleet's capabilities. Whether that means building small and agile or durable and fierce is a question for the bureau.
[ ] Project Protector (Police Cutter)
[ ] Project Ares (Light Cruiser)
Yoyodyne Type-3 Nacelle Assembly
Bussard Collectors -> Injector Assembly -> Warp Coils -> Intercoolers -> Nacelle Length -> Field Stabilizer
Cost: 6
Complexity: B+
Improved Base Cruise: Warp 5.2 (+0.4)
Improved Base Maximum: Warp 7.2 (+0.4)
Two Hour Moratorium, Please
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Is it bad that I kinda want to do a single nacelle customs boat and try to make a phasor only budget ship? The single nacelle type 3 should have the same sort of performance as a double nacelle type 2 at half the cost.
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It was fraught with much debating, but overall I'm content with the final product's performance increases. The vote we have now is quite a tough one imo, as both projects are worthwhile for one reason or another. Do we give first priority to interior concerns or towards better defending the borders against incursions. Hm.
A half saucer with a single nacelle over a small inline secondary hull that is literally just a shuttledock.
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Woohoo! Not a bad showing for our little nacelle that can. Now, as for what comes next...
A new light cruiser sounds like an interesting project (Skate 2.0, from what I can tell), but Project Protector sounds like a nice little buffer project for us to ease back into ship design (and helps Sayle get a warm-up before we get to Skate-class 2: Electric Boogaloo and beyond).
A new light cruiser sounds like an interesting project (Skate 2.0, from what I can tell), but Project Protector sounds like a nice little buffer project for us to ease back into ship design (and helps Sayle get a warm-up before we get to Skate-class 2: Electric Boogaloo and beyond).
The other interesting option would be a single nacelle SPHERE ship. I think we could make it look rather interesting and this IS what is essentially a civilian ship. We have yet to do a sphere ship and I want to do at least one.
Didn't the Zheng He waaaaaaaaay back when involve a Sphere?
I think we need to consider Ares. A light cruiser construction program will take quite a bit of time to be ready in numbers, and we'll need them in great numbers in less than two decades per canon, maybe sooner as we're stronger/more threatening here.
Police cutters are quick to build, we can come back to that after
Police cutters are quick to build, we can come back to that after
