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Incidentally... Do full on industrial replicators exist yet? As a small capacity for no replicable stuff is probably advisable...

[X] Engineering With Small Cargo Pod (+43,000 Tons Total) [-0.2 All Warp Factors]
 
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Tank man said:
Whilst not stated outright given the period of time we're getting into I imagine the cargo pod is some predecessor to the standard container pods (and derivatives) the Ptolemy-class uses.

If that is the case then even the ability to carry a small one could offer up a wide range of capabilities that just wouldn't otherwise be possible with the starship outside of considerable internal space concessions. A medical pod, a starliner pod (effectively colonial transport, but for people rather than materials), a personnel transport pod, a shuttle pod and any number of different types of cargo pods (ranging from livestock, to bulk storage, to cryogenics and much more) as well as the bog standard cargo types.
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A really cool idea is a cargo pod docked extra large shuttle. Something powerful enough to do major construction work.

You can also carry extremely large components that are frankly too large to fit into a ship and need to, for all intents and purposes, be bolted to the side.
 
Deltamaster said:
Incidentally... Do full on industrial replicators exist yet? As a small capacity for no replicable stuff is probably advisable...

[X] Engineering With Small Cargo Pod (+43,000 Tons Total) [-0.2 All Warp Factors]
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Replicators as such don't, iirc (at least outside of massive industrial complexes), but molecular synthesisers which are basically highly derived 3D printers do. They require much more specific feedstock when compared to a replicator.
 
[X] Engineering Without Cargo Pod (+13,000 Tons) [100 Meters, 4 Decks]

Keep the nacelles and warp drive from taking space in the ORB
 
Engineering ship work includes construction work - putting up outposts, subspace relays, etc. Cargo space is going to be important for that. It could go inside the orb, but it sounds like having the equivalent of a standard shipping container would be useful.

[X] Engineering With Small Cargo Pod (+43,000 Tons Total) [-0.2 All Warp Factors]
 
Hell, depending on the mass/size of the small cargo pod you could potentially just outright carry some of the smaller stations (I'm thinking listening posts and the like, or subspace relays) if the shape is forgiving enough, and if the warp speed tractor capacity is decent you could do two at a time.
 
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Hell, depending on the mass/size of the small cargo pod you could potentially just outright carry some of the smaller stations (I'm thinking listening posts and the like, or subspace relays) if the shape is forgiving enough, and if the warp speed tractor capacity is decent you could do two at a time.
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For an unmanned listening post you build one with cargo pod connectors. It needs a fusion reactor, some computers, subspace coms, and sensors. Maybe add maneuvering thrusters, but those are fusion powered in this setting so easy enough to do. Stock with enough fuel to run for 20 years and drop it somewhere you want to keep an eye on.
 
I could also imagine, with a small cargo pod and depending on how the engineering hull is built, the pod being integrated so that the 'bottom' face of the pod is flush with the rest of the hull. I would think that would decrease the hazards the pod could be exposed to, while keeping a largely clean profile.
 
I know it probably won't be done, but it'd be cool to see the Halley in its post-Starfleet service life (if any survive that long/if it's economical for civilian shipping firms to use them) decked out in all sorts of livery from their new operators, kinda like the civilian operated transports from the Starfleet museum/Earth Romulan War project.
 
[X] Engineering With Small Cargo Pod (+43,000 Tons Total) [-0.2 All Warp Factors]

A big question, this vote. It's almost more build defining than the orb vote.

If we had gone no deflector then I could see the arguments for a large cargo pod, but I think it's silly to spend all those resources on keeping Max speed high then immediately not going max speed.
 
[X] Engineering With Large Cargo Pod (+130,000 Tons Total) [-1 All Warp Factors]
[X] Engineering Without Cargo Pod (+13,000 Tons) [100 Meters, 4 Decks]
 
@Sayle could you please clarify- are the cargo pod speed reductions an all the time effect, or do they only happen when we have pods mounted and therefore can go faster without them?
Also, can we mount many small pods on the large pod hard points?
If so, I'm definitely going to vote for Large pods.
 
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