Yep. Because we got distracted by the shiny thing.
[ ] UFS Magpie
Because we're inevitably going to be distracted by the shiny thing again, and we might as well admit it.
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Yep. Because we got distracted by the shiny thing.
[ ] UFS Magpie
Because we're inevitably going to be distracted by the shiny thing again, and we might as well admit it.
You know what would be cool as a prototype project - A new warp core. It makes sense that warp cores will eventually undergo a generational change and it would be cool to pick cost VS capability options for the beating heart of a generation or two of ships.
Are we willing to fork over extra cost per ship to mount a third phaser?
Are we willing to pay extra for structural supports to make the ship less likely to explode?
EDIT - And there is not only cost to consider, but how big of a footprint the whole thing has. The ratio of power to size to structural integrity seems like a tradeoff that happens.
EDIT EDIT - And think of it @Sayle... A set of updates without art you need to painstakingly draw pixel by pixel because it's an internal component.
Are we willing to fork over extra cost per ship to mount a third phaser?
Are we willing to pay extra for structural supports to make the ship less likely to explode?
EDIT - And there is not only cost to consider, but how big of a footprint the whole thing has. The ratio of power to size to structural integrity seems like a tradeoff that happens.
EDIT EDIT - And think of it @Sayle... A set of updates without art you need to painstakingly draw pixel by pixel because it's an internal component.
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I like Galileo.
If we wanted to go with an avian name again, Kea are a species of very social and intelligent bird that aren't as cliche pick as something like Raven. It also sounds cute. 👀
If we wanted to go with an avian name again, Kea are a species of very social and intelligent bird that aren't as cliche pick as something like Raven. It also sounds cute. 👀
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For context, Agricola is the guy who founded the modern field of Geology.
That does sound nice. The MSD for this one has been at least 3-4x harder for trying to cram some form of detail in basically every empty space.
I've gotta say, the attention to detail in this is amazing, and could genuinely be a MSD from one of the shows.
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As far as the name goes, I'd like to keep up the non-western name ship theme of the Sagarmatha on what's basically a daughter ship.
Why not
[ ] UFS Taqi Ad-Din
I'll let his wiki article speak for itself.
Article: Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf ash-Shami al-Asadi (Arabic: تقي الدين محمد بن معروف الشامي; Ottoman Turkish: تقي الدين محمد بن معروف الشامي السعدي; Turkish: Takiyüddin 1526–1585) was an Ottoman polymath active in Cairo and Istanbul. He was the author of more than ninety books on a wide variety of subjects, including astronomy, clocks, engineering, mathematics, mechanics, optics and natural philosophy.[1]
In 1574 the Ottoman Sultan Murad III invited Taqi ad-Din to build an observatory in the Ottoman capital, Istanbul. Taqi ad-Din constructed instruments such as an armillary sphere and mechanical clocks that he used to observe the Great Comet of 1577. He also used European celestial and terrestrial globes that were delivered to Istanbul in gift exchanges.
His major work from the use of his observatory is titled "The tree of ultimate knowledge [in the end of time or the world] in the Kingdom of the Revolving Spheres: The astronomical tables of the King of Kings [Murad III]" (Sidrat al-muntah al-afkar fi malkūt al-falak al-dawār– al-zij al-Shāhinshāhi). The work was prepared according to the results of the observations carried out in Egypt and Istanbul in order to correct and complete Ulugh Beg's 15th century work, the Zij-i Sultani. The first 40 pages of the work dealt with calculations, followed by discussions of astronomical clocks, heavenly circles, and information on three eclipses which he observed in Cairo and Istanbul.
As a polymath, Taqi al-Din wrote numerous books on astronomy, mathematics, mechanics, and theology. His method of finding coordinates of stars were reportedly so precise that he got better measurements than his contemporaries, Tycho Brahe and Nicolas Copernicus. Brahe is also thought to have been aware of Taqi al-Din's work.[2]
Taqi ad-Din also described a steam turbine with the practical application of rotating a spit in 1551.[3] He worked on and created astronomical clocks for his observatory.[4] Taqi ad-Din also wrote a book on optics, in which he determined the light emitted from objects, proved the Law of Reflection observationally, and worked on refraction.
Whilst there are many other fitting names that would fulfil my intention, and I'd gladly welcome people putting them forward, this is the one that comes from the top of my head.
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Not to be confused with Ibn-al-Haytham, also known as Alhazen, who made breakthroughs in optics by proving that light is recieved through the eye rather than sight being emitted from them.
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I quite like Agricola, Kea, and Taqi Al-Din (though I must wonder if it's supposed to be Taqi Ad-Din, as per the Wiki page).
Those are a lot of lines to point to the different sections. The picture even looks more full than previous designs...
The poor engineers on the ship will have to deal with all kinds of strange researcher requests and have no area to prototype in.
We're kinda spoiled for choices here.
Starfleet could commission a thousand of these vessels and not even come close to exhausting the human list of suitable names!
Ah, it's a variant spelling/got multiple. At least if Wikipedia is to be trusted.
Article: Taqi al-Din (Arabic: تقی الدين Taqī al-Dīn; also spelled Taqi ad-Din, Taqieddin, Takieddine or Takiyüddin)
I'll probably correct my one to his introduction/article spelling, however (though it does seem to switch around even in the introduction).
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I'm leaning towards Europa or Agricola.
I like Europa. I don't like Agricola because that sounds like a discount soda brand. It is also the name of a board game and a roman general who took over Britain.
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Astrometrics, Mineralogy, Astrobiology... What about [] UFS Expedition? It's not an explorer, but it will be going places with purpose.
[ ] UFS Agricola
I like 'Agricola" just because it's a cool-sounding name. "Agricola". Rolls off the tongue.
I like 'Agricola" just because it's a cool-sounding name. "Agricola". Rolls off the tongue.
It sounds like an off brand version of Slug-o-Cola, that's only 20% live algae. Or made with moss.
UFS Slurm. We can name the next combat ship the UFS Brannigan, after the finest tactician of our age.
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If she is a proto-Constitution class than may I suggest Magna Carta as a name?
Now that would be an amazing name for the diplomatic ship. Not necessarily the class name but a good name none the less.
Name them after the foundational documents of the founders/members modern legal and/or political systems. Federation for the name ship, perhaps.
That way we can save the world names for the next generation dreadnought (rather than Federation itself), and once we run out of world we can do stuff like reuse the old dreadnought names.
Nay, the UFS Bender. "You can bite my shiny metal af-!"
