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[X] Variable Coil Nacelles (Prototype) (Experimental)
Official SDB policy indicates that every single design vote for this ship should be as close and contentious as possible, and as such I have no choice but to vote for this option to make it a draw (I think? unless I managed to get this incredibly basic math wrong)
Official SDB policy indicates that every single design vote for this ship should be as close and contentious as possible, and as such I have no choice but to vote for this option to make it a draw (I think? unless I managed to get this incredibly basic math wrong)
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[X] Variable Coil Nacelles (Prototype) (Experimental)
[X] Endeavour-type Nacelles. (Prototype)
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[X] Variable Coil Nacelles (Prototype) (Experimental)
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[X] Endeavour-type Nacelles. (Prototype)
I do trust Yoyodyne. Specifically, I trust them to consistently produce experimental nacelles that fail spectacularly if (when!) even the slightest thing goes wrong.
I do trust Yoyodyne. Specifically, I trust them to consistently produce experimental nacelles that fail spectacularly if (when!) even the slightest thing goes wrong.
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The tie is eternal lmao. In any case, the last few prototypes, even when they failed, still had significant benefits. So I don't think it's quite as high risk as some think, and hey, as was mentioned earlier, Yoyodyne has slowly been getting better, failure case wise.
More heavy cruises are good, and if Starfleet wants more of them then it should build more Akiras. A flagship is never going to trade as efficiently as an escort vessel.
The Excelsior is not the best example here, because whilst it was built in large numbers over decades, it was emphatically not a conservative design. It featured advancements in every single area, including a revolutionary new warp drive which did not even work.
If anything, it's a demonstration that Starfleet can make a bleeding-edge design with significant teething issues and it can still be wildly successful - if its advancements make it worthwhile.
2371: Project Sovereign (Propulsion: Part Three)
[X] Variable Coil Nacelles (Prototype) (Experimental)
While the experimental nacelles certainly sound attractive enough on their own, you can't ignore the potential of more impulse power on an already large ship. While the small thrusters only take up a small amount of space the power being pushed through the warp transfer conduit means that even a small reactor can massively outperform the expected standard. The nacelles themselves are odd things, an unusually broad and squatting dome atop a sharply flat foundation. If they can pull off what they promise though, you'll learn to like the aesthetic.
Finally, you are left with the impulse engine. Given that this will be moving the entire ship, you have two options: the first is the Galaxy-class Type-9, a hefty piece of equipment that can comfortably shift five million metric tons. But technology has marched on, and it may be possible to enhance the existing design to generate more thrust with linear accelerator coils and a Type-10 impulse reactor. It's not proven technology by any means, more of a intercompatibility effort to meld together two engines, but at least both sources are known to perform adequately.
[ ] Type-9 Engine
[ ] Type-9B Engine (Prototype)
While the experimental nacelles certainly sound attractive enough on their own, you can't ignore the potential of more impulse power on an already large ship. While the small thrusters only take up a small amount of space the power being pushed through the warp transfer conduit means that even a small reactor can massively outperform the expected standard. The nacelles themselves are odd things, an unusually broad and squatting dome atop a sharply flat foundation. If they can pull off what they promise though, you'll learn to like the aesthetic.
Finally, you are left with the impulse engine. Given that this will be moving the entire ship, you have two options: the first is the Galaxy-class Type-9, a hefty piece of equipment that can comfortably shift five million metric tons. But technology has marched on, and it may be possible to enhance the existing design to generate more thrust with linear accelerator coils and a Type-10 impulse reactor. It's not proven technology by any means, more of a intercompatibility effort to meld together two engines, but at least both sources are known to perform adequately.
[ ] Type-9 Engine
[ ] Type-9B Engine (Prototype)
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[X] Type-9 Engine
The t9s are already in production so I say use them.
The t9s are already in production so I say use them.
[x] Type-9 Engine
It doesn't sound like the Type-9(b) will be revolutionary in terms of improvement, and also it's seems even more tentative than usual.
It doesn't sound like the Type-9(b) will be revolutionary in terms of improvement, and also it's seems even more tentative than usual.
CrabMonarchy
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Sorry, but uh, didn't the variable coils win 47 to 46? Unless there was an undeclared early end to voting, or I mucked up the vote counter somehow.
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[X] Type-9B Engine (Prototype)
choosing the prototype because we know Yolodyne isn't behind this set of engine.
choosing the prototype because we know Yolodyne isn't behind this set of engine.