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posted on October 20th, 2005, 9:35 pm

Did you vote for the Prometheus in the poll???

posted on October 21st, 2005, 7:00 am

I'd quote the person who asked but I am to lazy, sometimes firefox web browser cuts out and in text boxes when you try to push this ' it goes to find link instead.

And on the matter of the prometheus, it wouldn't be the small 16 deck version that was a prototype it would be something marginably bigger, mabey not a prototype

[Cpt Ryan]

posted on October 21st, 2005, 9:43 am

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do you honestly believe that a prototype vessel is gonna be that much smaller than the production run vessels? with the increase in size your gonna get an increase in hull stresses (look at the many different versions of the BOP, K'Vort,D'Tai..etc) also look at the other prototype vessels that have graced Starfleet.
USS Soveriegn, same size as the standard Soveriegn class
USS Akira, same size as the standard akira class
USS Galaxy, same size as the standard galaxy class
need i mention the Defiant

i mean really its thinking like this that is probably responsible for the Prometheus often being portrayed as the size of the Soverign, when in canon terms its only marginally bigger than the Intrepid.

posted on October 21st, 2005, 1:48 pm

Exactly. The lenghth of all the Prometheus class ships is 414 meters. Starfleet has never done anything like that in the past, and I don't see why they would now.

posted on October 21st, 2005, 9:36 pm

I'm Not saying a prometheus class ship but a non cannon (oh god no) ship based strictly off the same textures and design theories that created the Prometheus, not the ship line itself, but a secondary line based off of it, almost like The Galaxy and the Ambassodor

[Anonymous]

posted on October 21st, 2005, 10:51 pm

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You mean like the Excelsior and the Defender? (OK, so the defender is non-cannon, but it's the same idea)

Link to the Defender-class Dreadnaught

(The Defender was originally a Dreadnaught, but was reduced to a heavy cruiser after it fell behind the technology curb)

posted on October 21st, 2005, 11:22 pm

Not quite becuase the defender is a different design (4 nacelles as opposed to 2) but other than that same principal ^_^

posted on October 22nd, 2005, 12:06 am

Not quite becuase the defender is a different design (4 nacelles as opposed to 2) but other than that same principal ^_^

I'ts only a minor variation, and not the first of it's knind, either. Just look at the Constitution refit and the Constellation. Although many don't think of the Consellation as a varient of the Constitution refit, when you examine the designs, it obvoisly is.

posted on October 22nd, 2005, 12:55 am

But the BoP, B'rel, and D'tai have basically no design changes except them getting larger as you go up, the Defender has a fairly obvious design differance.

posted on October 22nd, 2005, 12:58 am

But the BoP, B'rel, and D'tai have basically no design changes except them getting larger as you go up, the Defender has a fairly obvious design differance.

It's the B'rel, the K'vort, and the D'tai (which is non-cannon). And where did you get that from, anyway? We were dicussing the Promethues.

posted on October 22nd, 2005, 1:00 am

Umm staying with the conversation, and no the BoP and the B'rel are 2 differant designs, and the K'vorts design is differant enough to where I didn't mention it.

posted on October 22nd, 2005, 1:17 am

Umm staying with the conversation, and no the BoP and the B'rel are 2 differant designs, and the K'vorts design is differant enough to where I didn't mention it.

*sighs* The B'Rel and the K'Vort are both Bird of Preys (BoPs). There is no BoP class vessal, unless you count the ships in "Borderlands"(ENT) as "Bird of Prey"-class, as they were never given a specific class name. Also, the K'vort is nothing but a scaled-up version of the B'Rel.

And how is this "staying with the conversation"? BoP's never came up (that I remember) until you brought them up just now.

posted on October 22nd, 2005, 10:22 am

Well I think this ship could be good.

The Dawnstar Class
It is a sort of ambassador that was made after the dominion war.
(ie: like putting sov textures on an ambassador)

If it is made to be a bit bigger than the sov it would suite the role well I think.

http://armada2.filefront.com/file/Dawnstar_Class;6063

posted on October 22nd, 2005, 11:13 am

interesting design, don't like the nacelles. but don't we have enough ships?

posted on October 22nd, 2005, 11:43 am

it is a suggested replacement for the desent.