Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:34 pm
ok, so that thread is all about the Paladin?
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Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:19 pm
Yup.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:37 pm
What if they built an entirely NEW frame with mothballed connie parts? They could incorporate new tech then, could they not? I know it's not practical and alot of unnessessary work, but it should be at least possible.shran wrote:Thout would be similar to refitting the Cutty Sark with nimitz class technology. Both aren't compatible, not only by a gap of technology, but also via the gap of time. The very space frame is already worn out prety badly and bou time to be scrapped, if that wasn't any earlier.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:09 pm
Possible, but not rational. Maybe not even possible - the neck, for example, was built around the contemporary torpedo launchers. Presumably, the power feeds in any given section are designed specifically for contemporary tolerances and equipment. We can hazard the guess that TOS/movie-era warp coils - and therefore nacelles - are built to handle less power than TNG-era warp cores put out.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:32 pm
exactly!
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:39 am
Hmm....good point.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:19 am
See I always support the best ideas.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:29 am
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:53 pm
Well, why not just keep the DESIGN, but the spaceframe be purpose built, entirely new materials.
I always liked the Connie design.
I always liked the Connie design.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 2:29 pm
because the design of the ship wasn't made taking into account the stresses that would be placed on it in TNG times.
Kind of like using one of the origional model T car designes, then putting in a modern racing engine, gear shift, and steering column...
the results might look cool, but you'll never get the performance your looking for.
Kind of like using one of the origional model T car designes, then putting in a modern racing engine, gear shift, and steering column...
the results might look cool, but you'll never get the performance your looking for.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:38 pm
Subular Class:(new)
looks somewhat like the nebula class but is equipped with temporal warp drive, phasers, torpedoes, and shields.
looks somewhat like the nebula class but is equipped with temporal warp drive, phasers, torpedoes, and shields.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:34 am
Try tossing in an enhanced weapons pod with tricobalt explosives.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:53 am
...no offence but that is the most half arsed fan ship ever. 1 sentence that amounts to "A nebula but with a bunch of new non canon tech"bob wrote:Subular Class:(new)
looks somewhat like the nebula class but is equipped with temporal warp drive, phasers, torpedoes, and shields.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:31 pm
Yeah, seconded.
Re: Ideas for new classes of starships
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:58 am
Make that thirded... if there IS such as word.