It's possible their manufacturing capacity is limited relative to the size of the fleet, and they decided it was better to cover critical areas of all ships than to provide comprehensive coverage of just a few. Why they failed to armour the engineer hull is anyones guess. This is, of course, assuming that the darker hull is in fact armour.ChakatBlackstar wrote:If it was ablative armor why wouldn't they cover the whole ship?
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Maybe that would ruin the warp field dynamics.
No one else does it so it would seem there is a reason not to.
No one else does it so it would seem there is a reason not to.
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No one else does it?
I don't see other races with such major weakpoints out in the open.
And I think I'd rather have a slower ship, than one which gets destroyed by a small knock.
I don't see other races with such major weakpoints out in the open.
And I think I'd rather have a slower ship, than one which gets destroyed by a small knock.
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But if your ship is fast then it won't get hit
But a lot of races do seem to cover their engines. A lot of Voyager's ship of the week encounters, Kazon ships, Hirogen hunters, Malon garbage scows, the Klingon BoP and D7, the Scimitar, and I think the Sona. That's just off the top of my head.
Although they really should armor the bridge. We may have only three times when it's suffered a direct hit but that's still the one of the most important parts of the ship.
But a lot of races do seem to cover their engines. A lot of Voyager's ship of the week encounters, Kazon ships, Hirogen hunters, Malon garbage scows, the Klingon BoP and D7, the Scimitar, and I think the Sona. That's just off the top of my head.
Although they really should armor the bridge. We may have only three times when it's suffered a direct hit but that's still the one of the most important parts of the ship.
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ChakatBlackstar wrote:But if your ship is fast then it won't get hit
That was the theory behind the battlecruiser - Indefatigable, Queen Mary, Invincible and Hood proved that it was a bad one.
But a lot of races do seem to cover their engines. A lot of Voyager's ship of the week encounters, Kazon ships, Hirogen hunters, Malon garbage scows, the Klingon BoP and D7, the Scimitar, and I think the Sona. That's just off the top of my head.
True, it does seem that most species are vaguely intelligent. It's just th Feds, Romulans and Jem'Hadar who aren't so good.
Although they really should armor the bridge. We may have only three times when it's suffered a direct hit but that's still the one of the most important parts of the ship.
They could do with taking a leaf out of nBSG's book at but the damn thing in the middle of the ship.
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When - she fought two battles. The first was bombarding an unprepared fleet at anchor, and the second she was blown up without doing any damage. Sure the eight-barrel 15-inch settup was the most sucessful in the RN's history, but that sucess was with the QEs, not Hood.
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I beg your pardon - it was late when I wrote that, and my fingertips were unfrotunately not connected to my brain. I was, of course, referring to elelments of the design - my refernece to the ship in particular was incorrect.
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