All's fair in love and warstitch626 wrote:Hey, thats cheating.me,myself and I wrote:We should use the ablative armor generators brought back by Voyager/Admiral Janeway.
The amount: as much as we need at any given time. Thickness: as much as we need at any given time.
There, problem solved.
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...and imaginary starships. 
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I'd go for a mixture - 40cm ablative external armour, with high density internal armour around critcal systems (W/C, AM storage, bridge, etc).
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Yeah I think mixture is the better option. I'm suprised such a thin covering of armour is winning at the moment.
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I wonder if adaptive armour or shielding (whatever the borg use) is out of the question. Starfleet has Seven of nine... they could assign her in charge of a new armour-shield project which could come into fruition around 2390.
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Does the thickness of the hull equals the thickness of the armour. If it so than considering the Q who episode when tje E-D was cut open like an apple, the thickness is to small.
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I agree. For their size, I've always thought most SF ships are armored like tissue paper.
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I don't think so, Snoopy. I'd guess that the armor being accounted for is "on top" of the actual hull structure.
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In my opinion there is the hull which is the bare minimum covering for the ship. Anything added to that is armour.
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Well I just think that the thicness that you propose are just to small. I would say that normal armour on a ship is something like 0,5m-1m thick and your numbers would basicly describe the thickness of ablative armour.
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Remember these are advanced strong metals with high grade SIFs in them.
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Its a battleship then I say 60cm Ablative! Thats some mean staying power! 
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But then you trade off speed and agility. But thats what a battleship is. Honestly I'm suprised higher armour rating isnt more popular. This is supposed to be a battleship.
I voted for a small craft originally but now we have got this I figure we make it properly.
I voted for a small craft originally but now we have got this I figure we make it properly.
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When did we agree on a battleship?Teaos wrote:But then you trade off speed and agility. But thats what a battleship is. Honestly I'm suprised higher armour rating isnt more popular. This is supposed to be a battleship.
I voted for a small craft originally but now we have got this I figure we make it properly.
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HereChakatBlackstar wrote:When did we agree on a battleship?
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