Th E Descent Class

[Cpt Ryan]

posted on October 17th, 2005, 4:15 pm

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here we go, in response to Crazy Moose's request for a poll about it, here we are.
if you choose "some other ship" Plz post you proposed other ship here (preferably a link to it rather than images cos otherwise it slows the board down).

I'm going for the USS Titan... er i mean the Galaxy 3 lol. cos i like it, and feel it would fill the dreadnaught label that the Descent holds quite well

[Anonymous]

posted on October 17th, 2005, 5:20 pm

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Last night I had an ingenios idea for the Galaxy-3 class. It can be a refit of the Galaxy class, using the same mechenism as the Romulan Rheinn-class varients. Also, mabye it could be Avatar-specific, so the feds don't just get a new battlecruiser handed to them on a silver platter. We'll call the new avatar "Adml. X" for now. Fow adml. X's avatar benefits, how about this:

- +2 credits
- Galaxy class costs 0 credits
- Galaxy-3 refit (**** dilithium, **** tritanium, *** crew, ** supplies, 2 credits) is available

Of course, if the developers don't feel like adding another avatar for every race, I guess Dreadnought label will work, too

posted on October 17th, 2005, 6:14 pm

For the record, the Galaxy-3 is equiped with a phaser cannon.

[ewm90]

posted on October 17th, 2005, 6:47 pm

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the Galaxy is an old modal naw. it is one genaration out of date i think we need some thing new.

[Anonymous]

posted on October 17th, 2005, 7:45 pm

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This is a NEW Galaxy. It will work fine. In fact, I think the Descent looks OLDER that the Galaxy-3.

Also, I don't think the Prometheus will work as a Dreadnaught. It is much, MUCH too small.

[ewm90]

posted on October 17th, 2005, 8:15 pm

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i like the worp engons and the ad ons. but its still a Galaxy with a cool pant job.

if you tool those add ons and put tham a origonal modal that mite be neet.

the ship in quetion.

posted on October 17th, 2005, 9:50 pm

The new Galaxy just looks so cool lol
But I think they should keep the descent as it is, not replace it

posted on October 17th, 2005, 10:35 pm

To me, the Descent looks like a Galaxy/Exelcior/Sovreign kitbash...

posted on October 18th, 2005, 1:08 pm

but its still a Galaxy with a cool pant job

that would be the point in refits, ie. your not designing an entirely new ship but refitting & refurbishing an older one
@ Baron, why do you want to keep the descent (not questioning your decision, just curious)

@redshirt, try not to double post use the edit function. & yes we know the Galaxy refit 3 has the Phaser cannon.

posted on October 18th, 2005, 1:20 pm

Figured you would draw the line at 3 posts, not 2.

Anyways, it would be the same ship in textures only, and only some of those. It would be faster, tougher, have better sensors, better warp capability, and be much more powerful. Remember, in "All Good Things..." (TNG) the Galaxy-2 destroyed a Negh'Var in one hit and this is the Galaxy-3.

posted on October 18th, 2005, 2:22 pm

it's called double posting for a reason you should just use the edit function anyway.

Anyways, it would be the same ship in textures only, and only some of those. It would be faster, tougher, have better sensors, better warp capability, and be much more powerful. Remember, in "All Good Things..." (TNG) the Galaxy-2 destroyed a Negh'Var in one hit and this is the Galaxy-3.

faster - perhaps, slightly
tougher - again slightly, remember it is only a refit. the only thing significantly improved would be the shield points. Hull only slightly to represent additional armour plating. (but not a lot).
better sensors - carefull now, approaching god ship specs here, we have the scouts so the sensor coverage is covered.
better warp - er... *coughs & mutters* there is no warp in Fleet Ops so...

Those things were not Negh'vars. they were some sort of Alternate timeline Klingon Cruiser. they were far too small to be Negh'Vars.

posted on October 18th, 2005, 3:49 pm

it's called double posting for a reason you should just use the edit function anyway.


faster - perhaps, slightly
tougher - again slightly, remember it is only a refit. the only thing significantly improved would be the shield points. Hull only slightly to represent additional armour plating. (but not a lot).
better sensors - carefull now, approaching god ship specs here, we have the scouts so the sensor coverage is covered.
better warp - er... *coughs & mutters* there is no warp in Fleet Ops so...

Those things were not Negh'vars. they were some sort of Alternate timeline Klingon Cruiser. they were far too small to be Negh'Vars.

Faster- definatly, and wuite a bit, too. After all, the impulse engines got a major overhaul.
Tougher- With the addition of ablaitive armor, yes, the hull is much tougher. It's like the cube vs. tactical cube, exept the Galaxy-3 doesn't have THAT much additional armor. Shields, however, would be the same as the original Galaxy.
better sensors- I'm not talking about scout-like sensors, more like deep-space explonation style sensors... mabye exposing a grid or two more space.
better warp- Well, I always play with warp off, anyways
Psudo-Negh'Vars- Mabye they wern't Negh'Vars, but they sure didn't look like pushovers, either...

posted on October 18th, 2005, 5:41 pm

@ Baron, why do you want to keep the descent (not questioning your decision, just curious)

Because I think it looks good, kind of menacing

posted on October 18th, 2005, 9:57 pm

To me it looks... fragile, considering all the thin and narrow hull sections that connect the three hulls. It also looks kinda outdated, with the Galaxy saucer and Exelsior-1 stardrives... and the sovy nacelles look... out of place.

posted on October 18th, 2005, 10:00 pm

Everyone has its own opinion I guess