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I have the feeling this kid is from Starfleetjedi or the likes.
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alexmann wrote:Backround Info. I have sources. They say that it was constructed in chunks with a replicator then put together.

Umm... okay, what are the sources? Who's "they" in "They say?"
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alexmann wrote:Backround Info. I have sources. They say that it was constructed in chunks with a replicator then put together.
Since 90% of what you have said is totally bullshit and the rest is the letters "I" and "A". Why don't you prove your source rather then just declaring you have them.
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I email Rick Sternbach, Drexler and some other guy that worked on TOS.
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For some reason it amuses me greatly to think of them reading those emails.

I'm sure ships are indeed replicated in chunks and assembled from that. Question is, how big a chunk are we talking about?

From what we've seen, it's not a case of replicating a big section like a nacelle. Rather, the sorts of things that are replicated are a hull plate, or an airlock door, a section of conduit, or a window.
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alexmann wrote:I email Rick Sternbach, Drexler and some other guy that worked on TOS.
Post the emails and responses then.
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GrahamKennedy wrote:For some reason it amuses me greatly to think of them reading those emails.

I'm sure ships are indeed replicated in chunks and assembled from that. Question is, how big a chunk are we talking about?

From what we've seen, it's not a case of replicating a big section like a nacelle. Rather, the sorts of things that are replicated are a hull plate, or an airlock door, a section of conduit, or a window.
Yeah, but he's not even talking about that - he's talking about knowing the methodology used in constructing the Dyson Sphere... that is, the methodology used by the unknown builders. In essence, he's saying that we don't know anything about it, the species that built it, or its origins, but we know how it was constructed. :roll:
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Guys, its backround ideas. Anyway who do you guys think are the unknown builders
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I think they are unknown...
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alexmann wrote:Guys, its backround ideas. Anyway who do you guys think are the unknown builders
In other words you're again, full of shit, and now you need to change the subject.
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In reality improvement in ships in trek won't come from making them bigger, it will come from making better tech for them. Better shields. Better armor. Higher power generation. Higher energy efficiency in the weapons.

I also agree with the post regarding the mile long ships. They just don't make a whole lot of sense. They should be carrying huge volumes of everything. I think trek has the ship sizes about right frankly.


If one is going to make a better ship the areas of tech to focus on are improved protective alloys, better shields and improved power generation. Not mounting 75,000 pulse cannons on the thing.
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alexmann wrote:Guys, its backround ideas. Anyway who do you guys think are the unknown builders

Again - we don't have an idea who the builders are, but we know how they built things? Really?
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BigJKU316 wrote:In reality improvement in ships in trek won't come from making them bigger, it will come from making better tech for them. Better shields. Better armor. Higher power generation. Higher energy efficiency in the weapons.

I also agree with the post regarding the mile long ships. They just don't make a whole lot of sense. They should be carrying huge volumes of everything. I think trek has the ship sizes about right frankly.


If one is going to make a better ship the areas of tech to focus on are improved protective alloys, better shields and improved power generation. Not mounting 75,000 pulse cannons on the thing.
There is a trend of growth over time in Federation ships, but it seems to have peaked with the Galaxy class. Subsequent to that Starfleet has gone for smaller ships like the Intrepid, Sovereign, Defiant, Akira, etc.

I don't mind large designs as such - hell, my own Kororra class is over 5km long. But if you go there, then follow through on the capabilities that would bring. The Kororras, for instance, have a fighter complement of over 7,000 and a crew of 200,000, can land a Marine and Paratroop division, etc. What bugs me is ships that are a mile long, but the writers treat it about like a Frigate.
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GrahamKennedy wrote:I don't mind large designs as such - hell, my own Kororra class is over 5km long. But if you go there, then follow through on the capabilities that would bring. The Kororras, for instance, have a fighter complement of over 7,000 and a crew of 200,000, can land a Marine and Paratroop division, etc. What bugs me is ships that are a mile long, but the writers treat it about like a Frigate.
Well, when Battleships are 12+ miles long...
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...and their stations are 100+ miles in diameter.
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