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Since the Nebula class is modular, and itself is only a spinoff to the Galaxy class, doesn't that mean that the Galaxy class can be fitted to house a weapons/science pod as well?
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No. Needs a hard point and structure which it doesn't have.

Might as well say the Galaxy could employ a second saucer on top of the existing one.
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I suppose they might be able to employ mission-specific saucer sections, but their usefulness would be severely limited by their dependence on the existing umbilical connections to the engineering hull, which are severely limited by the pretty narrow gap between the main impulse engine, the forward torpedo launcher, and the top of the main deuterium tank.
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Captain Seafort wrote:I suppose they might be able to employ mission-specific saucer sections, but their usefulness would be severely limited by their dependence on the existing umbilical connections to the engineering hull, which are severely limited by the pretty narrow gap between the main impulse engine, the forward torpedo launcher, and the top of the main deuterium tank.
In addition, the logistics of getting alternate saucer sections around to various starbases for deployment would be far more of a nightmare than that of the Nebula pods.
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And also a huge waste of resources for the ones not in use.
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Teaos wrote:And also a huge waste of resources for the ones not in use.
Although you could hold one hell of a kegger in them. :D Or the ultimate Ultimate Frisbee tournament?
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I always liked the idea of a battle saucer. Having warp nacelles tucked in the sides and has alot of weapons.
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McAvoy wrote:Might as well say the Galaxy could employ a second saucer on top of the existing one.
Get to welding!
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Meste17 wrote:Since the Nebula class is modular, and itself is only a spinoff to the Galaxy class, doesn't that mean that the Galaxy class can be fitted to house a weapons/science pod as well?
Is there any weird distortion of a ship design that you don't like?

Up next :

Can the Defiant be turned into a mobile amusement park?

Can a Type 9 shuttle tow a passenger pod with 5,000 people in it as an alternative to a cruise liner?

Could Ben Sisko's wooden solar sail ship have 400 Type X phaser arrays mounted on it to turn it into a super-battleship?

Could the Nebula class be refitted to have 20 times as many toilets?

Would it be possible to weld and Excelsior class to an Ambassador class, and would that make it better in some undefined way?

What it confer some sort of advantage if an Akira class was crewed entirely by monkeys?

Hospital ships : Could they make good battleships if you put lots of weapons on them? And high power shields? And a boosted structural integrity system? And better inertial dampeners? And damage resistance control systems? And bigger nacelles? And a bigger warp core? And better firecontrol systems? In other words completely rebuild the ship, but still start with a hospital ship for some reason?

If we put nacelles on the TARDIS, would it make a good starship? Would it still be able to move through time?

And could somebody please create detailed specifications for all those ships for me? And maybe draw pictures of them? And if you have time, carve little wooden models that are all to scale with one another, and paint them, and mail them to me?
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Graham Kennedy wrote:
Meste17 wrote:Since the Nebula class is modular, and itself is only a spinoff to the Galaxy class, doesn't that mean that the Galaxy class can be fitted to house a weapons/science pod as well?
Is there any weird distortion of a ship design that you don't like?

Up next :

Can the Defiant be turned into a mobile amusement park?

Can a Type 9 shuttle tow a passenger pod with 5,000 people in it as an alternative to a cruise liner?

Could Ben Sisko's wooden solar sail ship have 400 Type X phaser arrays mounted on it to turn it into a super-battleship?

Could the Nebula class be refitted to have 20 times as many toilets?

Would it be possible to weld and Excelsior class to an Ambassador class, and would that make it better in some undefined way?

What it confer some sort of advantage if an Akira class was crewed entirely by monkeys?

Hospital ships : Could they make good battleships if you put lots of weapons on them? And high power shields? And a boosted structural integrity system? And better inertial dampeners? And damage resistance control systems? And bigger nacelles? And a bigger warp core? And better firecontrol systems? In other words completely rebuild the ship, but still start with a hospital ship for some reason?

If we put nacelles on the TARDIS, would it make a good starship? Would it still be able to move through time?

And could somebody please create detailed specifications for all those ships for me? And maybe draw pictures of them? And if you have time, carve little wooden models that are all to scale with one another, and paint them, and mail them to me?
How about raising an old blown up WW2 Battleship to be used as a space Battleship that somehow is comparable or better than purpose built space battleships? Is that doable?
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Maybe the Japanese could pull it off, I guess. Those folks are pretty clever.
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Or what if we put gatling gun type pulse phasers on the Defiant to be extra bad ass?
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That WOULD be badass!!!!!!!!!
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