Are you sure? The edge looks a bit too clearly defined for it to be just a shadow.Rochey wrote:Pic one: That's just a shadow caused by the saucer.
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It looks like a shadow to me, the picture is a bit hard to tell from.
It looks like a shadow to me, the picture is a bit hard to tell from.
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Well, in space there's no air to create the haze effect that creates less defined shadows like on earth. A shadow in space would be much more defined then in air.Captain Seafort wrote:Are you sure? The edge looks a bit too clearly defined for it to be just a shadow.Rochey wrote:Pic one: That's just a shadow caused by the saucer.
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Very true. However, the demarcation exists on the left of the picture (OUR left) where there is no shadow; in addition, the line follows exactly the seam where saucer separation would take place - a little too exactly for coincidence, I think.Well, in space there's no air to create the haze effect that creates less defined shadows like on earth. A shadow in space would be much more defined then in air.
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True, or there could be a shadow from the nacelles on the ship below, assuming there's another Galaxy off screen creating an identicle shadow...okay that may be pushing it. Even for Star Trek.Mikey wrote:Very true. However, the demarcation exists on the left of the picture (OUR left) where there is no shadow; in addition, the line follows exactly the seam where saucer separation would take place - a little too exactly for coincidence, I think.Well, in space there's no air to create the haze effect that creates less defined shadows like on earth. A shadow in space would be much more defined then in air.
Probably a way to reinforce the structure so that the hull is stronger, compensating for the weaknesses created by Saucer Seperation. That makes more sense. Wait, that might be pushing it for Trek as well.
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Well it looks like ablative armor to me. Which makes sense. Galaxys are as expencive as hell to build so you want to protect them. They lost the Odyessy so they want to protect what they have left.
The color is right as well.
The color is right as well.
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The critical things about the area in question are that 1) it's the neck - blast through that and half the ship loses the warp core's power, and 2) it's the saucer separation plane. Because of that there's an inherent weakness in the ship's design.
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Of course, if it was designed inteligently there would be no need for armouring such a hard to reach location.
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It's not that hard to reach. Certainly the dark areas shown in the first picture is pretty easy to hit from above and aft. On the two lower images it's a lot less clear whether that's a difference in hull colour, or simply shadow, but it's still hittable from below and in front.Rochey wrote:Of course, if it was designed inteligently there would be no need for armouring such a hard to reach location.
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Not enough resorses. They can only cover parts of a each ship so they do they bits they think need it the most.
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