Akira, where are the tubes

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:36 am

sounds good but make a thread for it or mini the pics.

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:41 am

i can thumbnail them pretty easily

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:41 am

I say go for that then.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:44 pm

Sounds good to me!

Revan · Post by **Revan** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:11 am

So does the Akira class not have any rear-facing torpedo launchers?

The ship seemed to be designed with violent confrontation in mind, why wouldn't it have aft launchers.

I understand Klingon ships not necessarily having aft weapons, due to their opinions on honor... but a Federation starship should be more versatile than that.

I would at least expect the dorsal weapon pod to have aft tubes...

Post by **Teaos** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:32 am

Maybe they didnt put aft ones in to stop the ship running away

All the weapons face foward so the ship always has to be heading into danger. Sounds like something the Klingons would do.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:59 pm

It could be designed simply to concentrate all available firepower into one area, doing maximum damage to the target.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:15 pm

It does seem odd. The Akira seems to be designed in order to penetrate formations, judging by the port- and starboard-facing tubes. If it was meant to just sit back and lob torps, all its tubes would face forward. Given that design philosophy, it only makes sense that you give it at least one or two aft-facing tubes, for the eventuality that someone who was flanking you is no tailing you.

Wait... did I just expect a Starfleet design to make sense?

Captain Picard's Hair · Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:09 pm

If the Akira has aft facing tubes, the only thing it'd be missing is tubes that fire up or down. 8)

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:11 pm

well, the one on the bottom can shoot damn close to straight down, so really only missing one that shoots up

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:45 pm

I think we covered that the rollbar has 4 forward, the 3 forward under the saucer, 2 port, 2 strb, and she is listed as having 15. So the other 4 are most likely aft. Though that would still be useful in battle as you could shoot at ships that you have passed.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:55 pm

There's seven in the rollbar, 4 on the upper row, 3 on the lower, with 2 each to port and starboard and another one just above the deflector dish. The last three probably face aft.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:03 pm

So then their are either 3 or 4 aft PTLs, sounds good to me either way! Though I would love to see them upgraded to QTLs!