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Re: Starfleet's starship look
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:17 am
by Captain Seafort
Moreover, removing the saucer would remove the blind spots that necessitate the saucer arrays in the first place, and reduce the number of emplacements that the available power has to be divided between.
Re: Starfleet's starship look
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:28 pm
by Jim
Why have a 1 square block 4 story building when you can have a 4 square block 1 story building? Go flat...
Re: Starfleet's starship look
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:27 pm
by Captain Seafort
Jim wrote:Why have a 1 square block 4 story building when you can have a 4 square block 1 story building? Go flat...
Because the latter has a much greater surface area which makes it much more energy-intensive to shield.
Re: Starfleet's starship look
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:24 pm
by Jim
Screw logic!