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I was really hoping for an inline nacelle option with no struts but not a thing yet I see.

No opinions then so not voting.
 
[X] Full Saucer with Inline Deflector [Total Mass: 100,000 Tons]

pheonix89 said:
Nah, think the defiant only with the nacelle in the middle and the ship wrapped around it.
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  • Cause they create a massive energy field that could fuck up people as well as the other parts of the ship. Nobody wants that.
  • Nobody also doesn't want to do the math required to route a warp field though a ship if they can avoid it.
  • They stick them outside the ship to make them more modular and easier to maintain/replace. If it was in the core you'd have to pull the whole ship apart to maintain it.
Edit: Forgot the main one. If you stick the Bussard Ramjet in the center of the ship aligning the deflectors gets stupidly more complicated. Nacelles out on the edges let you redirect everything and sip at the useful stuff as it goes past. If they are in the center you need jigger the deflectors so most stuff gets pushed around the ship while you to try and suck the useful stuff into the middle of your ship. Do you make a doughnut shaped deflector?
 
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[x] Full Saucer with Inline Deflector [Total Mass: 100,000 Tons]
Full saucer with no secondary is a very pretty ship.
 
I did love explanation from "To Boldly Go"? I think?
Where treaty of "We, the Federation, won't develop cloaks" was made because Federation decided to show off "cloaks are dead technology and modern sensor always beats it"
 
[X] Full Saucer with Inline Deflector [Total Mass: 100,000 Tons]

I just want a dish with a nacelle sticking out of the middle.
 
[X] Half-Saucer [Primary Hull Mass: 50,000 Tons] (Secondary Hull - 50,000)

For the meme
 
My preferred headcanon for cloaking tech is that it's a massive power hog to charge and use. If your ship is going to frequently use cloaking, then you can justify keeping it charged and ready to go at all times. But if you'd only rarely go into cloak, then keeping it primed to activate is a massive waste of energy. So it's not just a question of technology or cost, but also what kind of missions you expect your ship to do.
 
Which is how I came to the point of using it in a defensive capacity for non-combat ships; it's a system that would allow for a ship to have somewhat lesser of a defensive armament. Granted, it'd be something of a power hog, but it's a possibility.
 
[X] Half-Saucer [Primary Hull Mass: 50,000 Tons] (Secondary Hull - 50,000)

I just think its fitting, given that the first ship we made was the Stingray, a basic in-system ship designed for patrol and policing duties.
 
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