E-D nacelles
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E-D nacelles
I was recently watching the episode "Eye of the Beholder", the one taking place mostly in one of the nacelles.
The impression I got was that both nacelles are permanently staffed with 4-5 persons but I was wondering.....how the hell do they get there? We do not see a turbolift (and I do not think you could squeeze one into the support struts) so is the only way to reach the working space inside the nacelles via jeffries tube/stairways?
A rough and dirty look at the E-D reveals that the nacelles support struts are approx. 15 decks high, give or take 1-2 decks. Now climbing that two times a day is probably good cardio but still...seems unpractical.
Thoughts?
The impression I got was that both nacelles are permanently staffed with 4-5 persons but I was wondering.....how the hell do they get there? We do not see a turbolift (and I do not think you could squeeze one into the support struts) so is the only way to reach the working space inside the nacelles via jeffries tube/stairways?
A rough and dirty look at the E-D reveals that the nacelles support struts are approx. 15 decks high, give or take 1-2 decks. Now climbing that two times a day is probably good cardio but still...seems unpractical.
Thoughts?
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Re: E-D nacelles
The struts are something like 6 metres thick, at least one or two decks. I have no problem believing that a turbolift could fit in there.
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Yeah, a turbolift probably doesn't need to have a floor plan any bigger than 2m x 2m or so.
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Re: E-D nacelles
The Ed Whitefire blueprints (which are obsolete and conflict with later canon) do show turbolifts going to the nacelles, but as best I can tell, the Sternbach blueprints do not show any.
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And it doesn't have to be a full size turbo lift. It could be a small man lift. Heck even a zero-G shaft in the struts. Walk in and glide up.
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If there are people inside GCS nacelles, can we assume that there are also people inside Constitution Class nacelles? could you fit a turbolift into the struts?
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IIRC, the deckplans that I've seen show Jefferies tubes going up to the nacelles (sadly the LCARS Bluepritns site is down); I don't think a turbolift would fit in the Constitution class struts.SomosFuga wrote:If there are people inside GCS nacelles, can we assume that there are also people inside Constitution Class nacelles? could you fit a turbolift into the struts?
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Just have a ladder or some stairs.
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Yeah, I'm liking this one. Less complicated. No machinery that might break down.Tyyr wrote:Or a zero-g tunnel.
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Aye, that's actually a much better idea.
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Yeah...that was my original point, I am sorry but I can't really see Troi climbing 15 decks on a ladder and not beeing a bit phased or out of breath..... .Sionnach Glic wrote:Just have a ladder or some stairs.
Turbolift might be possible but I like the zero-g tunnel better actually, no moving parts, no machinery involved...futurama-like.
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Would the inertial dampener system work when the nacelle access is in zero-g? If not, I foresee great problems for those who enter the nacelles while at warp or when the ship is accelerating or decelerating.
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Nothing in canon that I'm aware of equates the grav plating to an integral part of the inertial dampening system. We know they can vary the grav plating's effect, "In a Mirror Darkly," and no one mentioned any possibility of a problem with the IDS then.
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I'm no scientist, but the IDF keeps one from getting smeared into a bulkhead my massive and split second manuvers. If is was just a matter of artifical gravity you'd find someones feet still attached to the deck, with their body ripped away.
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