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BigJKU316 wrote:Since you likely have upgraded your torpedo tubes to a blistering 4 rounds per second (really there is no reason to go higher than that I promise)

Explano por favor.

Tyyr wrote:

BigJKU316 wrote:Since you likely have upgraded your torpedo tubes to a blistering 4 rounds per second (really there is no reason to go higher than that I promise)

Explano por favor.

I was being sarcastic. The more torpedoes you can fire the faster the better. At the GM's discretion there are upper limits to what can be handled without doing R&D on advanced handling systems such as onboard torp replication and manufacturing and so on.

The key is to remember that its giving a ROF for an emplacement rather than a traditional tube necessarily. The R&D calculator will let you make something that shoots 50 rounds a second (or more, its effectively unlimited). It would likely not be a tube but possible a metal storm or gatling type launcher. It will be incredibly expensive though.

I had a feeling it was sarcasm but I wanted to check before I went off into torpedo machine gun land.

I had this vision of a rapid burst fire gatling torp launcher 8)

Tyyr wrote:I had a feeling it was sarcasm but I wanted to check before I went off into torpedo machine gun land.

I always found it odd they did not use more of a VLS type system. It would make the most sense to me on a Ship like the Akira to have a couple of multi-cell launchers to allow you to really ripple fire the weapons. Reload would be slower but I would rather have a dozen Akiras unload say 300 torps a piece in about 10 seconds than have them fire at a slower rate.

Fed Starships aren't nessessarily designed to work in groups, like Cardassian ships. I can understand a slightly slower rate of fire in exchange for a quicker reload time for a ship on its own.

Now, for ships designed to work in task forces yes.........it makes sense.

Given the size of torpedoes and their respective launcher they really represent the fastest and most clandestine way Starfleet could add some serious firepower to the fleet. Why they insisted on only a single launcher until the Sovereigns I have no clue.

The same reason they only carry one communicator and one phaser, no matter how easily and often they get taken away.

But, point of fact, they usually have two. the forward one, and the aft one..........ala submarines.

Mark wrote:The same reason they only carry one communicator and one phaser, no matter how easily and often they get taken away.

Yeah, lets just say that this won't be your daddy's starfleet.

Mark wrote:But, point of fact, they usually have two. the forward one, and the aft one..........ala submarines.

Yes, but usually only one in the firing arc.

Actually strike that. The Ent-A had two side by side. Have we seen an Excelsior firing torps?

alright, I have 3 sheets left to do, and two of them still need to be turned in......I'm expecting both of them around 4-5 my time after school lets out.

I'm curious. Do you and Big need to have all the sheets turned in before you can do them? Or do you do them piecemeal?

Tyyr wrote:

Mark wrote:But, point of fact, they usually have two. the forward one, and the aft one..........ala submarines.

Yes, but usually only one in the firing arc.

Actually strike that. The Ent-A had two side by side. Have we seen an Excelsior firing torps?

Yes, in TUC......Excelsior had two forward firing tubes, same as E-Nil and E-A

Mark wrote:I'm curious. Do you and Big need to have all the sheets turned in before you can do them? Or do you do them piecemeal?

Yes... because I want my nerd toy back ASAP.

Mark wrote:I'm curious. Do you and Big need to have all the sheets turned in before you can do them? Or do you do them piecemeal?

I think BIG waits till he has all of them, I'll do them piecemeal, for the most part. There are some that it doesn't matter when i get it, it's the last one I do because of certain issues.

Tyyr wrote:

Mark wrote:I'm curious. Do you and Big need to have all the sheets turned in before you can do them? Or do you do them piecemeal?

Yes... because I want my nerd toy back ASAP.

However I will wait until I have all sheets in and turned over to send them back out.