Akira, where are the tubes

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:58 pm

Where did you get those pics?

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:06 pm

i have a whole bunch of various ship pics i have collected in my photobucket... if you want a pic of a certain ship, just ask, i'm sure i have it. 8)

sunnyside · Post by **sunnyside** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:15 pm

Guys the contrast on my monitor is crap at the moment.

Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGNGZqCm3Ng

And then look at around 1:23 a ship swoops into fire at the borg cube. Looks to me like it could be an Akira fireing forward torps from the saucer. But as I said contrast is trash so it looks shadowy enough it could be a different ship.

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:32 pm

in the video, the first volley is from the weapon pod, then from the underside of the saucer. thats whats in the screen cap below.

these were the only other pics i could find that may show the launchers... nothing very good...

EDIT: Got it!

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:36 pm

That's an Akira alright, it seems to be firing torps from the rollbar pod.

sunnyside · Post by **sunnyside** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:41 pm

Good work Omen! The screencap he added in his edit was what I was talking about (looks like 1:26 is what I should have told you guys). Looks pretty conclusive.

So I think the only question remaining is about the below-the-deflector tube.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:45 pm

Nice one Omen.

Damn internet connection is going screwy tonight.

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:47 pm

as far as the one below the deflector this is all i can figure from the schematic...

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:50 pm

Looks to me that graph shows only one item in the center hull and that's the nav. I didn't see anything to say that the hull has bow PTLs, sorry.

sunnyside · Post by **sunnyside** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:17 pm

You can see the tubes between the nav and the shuttlebay firing in the youtube video.

I think the bump omen circled is the lower launcher in question. But the question is which way does it face? I'm partial to aft but I admit it could be fore

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:19 pm

Looks like a foreward launcher to me, its more cylindrical towards the fore, and it spreads out a bit too much at the rear.

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:28 pm

well, since the rest of the ships tubes are very forward biased, i would assume this one is also. plus the pattern of the hull plating around it indicates it would shoot forward... i dont think we can really prove it though, as far as i know, we have never seen it fire from there on screen.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:47 pm

Its a PTL alright, in the front of the saucer, above the nav!

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:18 pm

DarkOmen wrote:i have a whole bunch of various ship pics i have collected in my photobucket... if you want a pic of a certain ship, just ask, i'm sure i have it. 8)

Got any Nebula class ships?

DarkOmen · Post by **DarkOmen** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:29 pm

DO I?!?!?!

i collect these for reference when i make my wallpapers and schematics.

if noone has any objections, i will just start posting all the pics i have in the ship of the week threads