Yamaguchi

Post by **Mikey** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:15 am

Good point, Sunny, but even on the Akira the "through-deck" set-up is non-canonical.

sunnyside · Post by **sunnyside** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:27 am

Well true cannon is fairly hard to come by on Trek. But we know the clear intent of the designer for the Akira.

Still the Yamaguchi was made well before the Akira, and I have a hunch it could have just been added because some art guy though it looked cool and the part from the excelsior class was sitting around. Kitbash!

But at least that's something cool that could be done with it.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue May 13, 2008 3:58 pm

For obvious reasons, I like my own idea - but of course, I'm basing that on Graham's speculation that the class was designed more for envoy missions than warfare. If the latter is more the case than the former, a "stow-andlaunch" arrangement makes at least as much sense.

Post by **Teaos** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:01 pm

The Ambassidor was designed in a time of peace so it makes sence that it geared for that role.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:02 pm

HMS Sovereign of the Seas technically was too, but it was the most bad-ass first-rate ship of the line ever.

Post by **Teaos** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:05 pm

England was never at peace. It just went through periods where everyone was to afraid to attack it. Not the same as peace.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:09 pm

As much as any ascendant or dominant power - liek the US of the 20th century, like the UFP of the 24th.

Post by **Teaos** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:22 pm

The Klingons hve been in a position to attack them and havent. On the whole the Feds dont havemany real enemys.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:25 pm

The point is the same. Charles at the time had nothing even near a real need for a 108-gun ship of the line, and certainly nothing pressing that required the whole damn thing to be gilt.

Post by **Teaos** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:27 pm

You know what they say about men with fancy cars/boats...

Post by **Mikey** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:31 pm

You're probably right. All that inbreeding had to affect something...

sunnyside · Post by **sunnyside** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:32 pm

Actually in the write up they attribute the extra shuttlebay to colonization efforts. That would work well with a convery belt type system as you rotate through shuttles to move the heavy stuff down.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:33 pm

Which could probably double as the "stow-and-launch" fighter set-up... except we never saw fighters until DS9...

stitch626 · Post by **stitch626** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:34 pm

Was the ship used by the Maquis ever a fed fighter?

Post by **Teaos** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:35 pm

I think that was a raider and larger than a fighter.