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[X] Forward-Swept Nacelles (Prototype) (Experimental)

Voyager's nacelles always left me wondering why they didn't just build them set to the "up" position to begin with, given that they basically had an "up" position when in use and a "down" position when not and ... That was it. I don't recall the ability to adjust them beyond that ever coming up. Bunch of space and energy wasted on pointless machinery, effectively. (I seem to recall that adjusting the field geometry to some extent was something various enterprises could already do, too.)
 
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Just a thought for later, but how big is an industrial sized replicator?

If it's not too big, we could argue to have one installed on the ship so that they can make probes and sensor nets so that the scientists can have different positions to look at the interesting space horrors that they run into.
 
[X] Forward-Swept Nacelles (Prototype) (Experimental)

Risky, but potentially quite valuable in providing extra warp speed for a ship that could really use it.
 
chaotic-logic said:
i was thinking about how we should have each ship of the intrepid class have the blue prints for everything in the ship, including the replicators and even things that might not be on the ship incase they need to make emergency modifications to the ship.
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Don't most starfleet ships already carry a frankly absurd amount of data on... Practically everything? Or did they stop doing that at some point?
 
strictpig said:
Just a thought for later, but how big is an industrial sized replicator?

If it's not too big, we could argue to have one installed on the ship so that they can make probes and sensor nets so that the scientists can have different positions to look at the interesting space horrors that they run into.
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i was thinking about how we should have each ship of the intrepid class have the blue prints for everything in the ship, including the replicators and even things that might not be on the ship incase they need to make emergency modifications to the ship.
 
chaotic-logic said:
i mean i want them to be able to significantly modify and upgrade the ship if the need comes down to it and not need to be in a dry dock to do so.
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That sounds ambitious, presumably there are size restrictions on the replicator (ie it can only make something a fraction the size of the ship in one go) and doing significant modifications isn't just a matter of making parts, the drydock probably helps with installation of the part.
 
SoHowAreYou said:
That sounds ambitious, presumably there are size restrictions on the replicator (ie it can only make something a fraction the size of the ship in one go) and doing significant modifications isn't just a matter of making parts, the drydock probably helps with installation of the part.
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i don't mean all at one time, i mean slowly over time when they can stay in one location for a week or 2 and dedicate a good portion of the energy their warp core produces to the replicators
 
chaotic-logic said:
i don't mean all at one time, i mean slowly over time when they can stay in one location for a week or 2 and dedicate a good portion of the energy their warp core produces to the replicators
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I think putting an industrial replicator is a good idea but like keep in mind 2 things:

1. We are building a class of ships, not every ship will be 30 years away from home, and to make the ship field modifiable would probably incur costs that would hamper those other ship capabilities

2. I know starfleet engineers are super competent but I'm a bit leery of making it possible for crews to do huge modifications on their own to a ship without us checking their work.
 
SoHowAreYou said:
I think putting an industrial replicator is a good idea but like keep in mind 2 things:

1. We are building a class of ships, not every ship will be 30 years away from home, and to make the ship field modifiable would probably incur costs that would hamper those other ship capabilities

2. I know starfleet engineers are super competent but I'm a bit leery of making it possible for crews to do huge modifications on their own to a ship without us checking their work.
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I was thinking more along the lines of using the industrial replicator as a way to make custom probes that can be used to get a closer look at the potentially dangerous ship-eating space horrors. Or worst case scenario of flash forging torpedo casings if you run out.
 
SoHowAreYou said:
I think putting an industrial replicator is a good idea but like keep in mind 2 things:

1. We are building a class of ships, not every ship will be 30 years away from home, and to make the ship field modifiable would probably incur costs that would hamper those other ship capabilities

2. I know starfleet engineers are super competent but I'm a bit leery of making it possible for crews to do huge modifications on their own to a ship without us checking their work.
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i agree with what you are saying but i want that capability incase it is needed, i don't think that one of the ships would need the capability if they were on a normal mission.
but if something happens and they need to do so in order to survive then that was well worth the cost
 
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