You're a Captain,you get to pick your starship. Which class?

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You dirty dirty boy.... :poke: :mrgreen:
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Deepcrush wrote:You dirty dirty boy.... :poke: :mrgreen:
You say that like it's a bad thing... :happydevil:
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No I didn't....
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I imagine they'd have torn out all the science equipment and other non-essentials, reduced the size of crew quarters by quite a bit, and used the space they had after that to shove more power generators, shield systems and torpedoes in.
I doubt it.

It would be a lot more powerful is they did that.

Honestly I think they probably filled up some of the empty space, took out some of the science stuff and put in a new core, and by the looks of it they got a bit of armour as well.
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That does fit.
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Wonder if they ever got around to making it independantly warp capable.
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I doubt it. No sign of nacelles, no mention of an auxiliary core (which would defeat the purpose of making room, anyway.) And they probably wouldn't want to separate the war-upgraded models - there's be no civvies to evac, and as has been discussed elsewhere, you stand to lose weaponry and possibly power generation when you release the saucer.
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Still, they COULD have installed those Prommie style retractable nacelles in the undercarrage. But your right. From a strictly offensive standpoint, not much would be gained by seperating the ship. You want to concentrate fire, not divide it.
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I have to say though, the Uprated GCS from the DW did show a hell of a lot of improvement.
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Big time 8)
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Indeed. It shows it can be a capable vessel when Starfleet decides what to finaly use it as.
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Too true.
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Teaos wrote:When your at the bottom there is only one way to go.
Unless you grab a shovel.
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I think they'd already hit bedrock at this point.
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