Fav Ship Class.

posted on December 15th, 2009, 5:32 pm

In the script too  .
I know some people have wanted those vessels known as "D'tai class" (fanon) due to the sizing mess-up

posted on December 15th, 2009, 5:35 pm

In the script too  .
I know some people have wanted those vessels known as "D'tai class" (fanon) due to the sizing mess-up

  Oh you've read the script?  Touche, sir.  Script > All.

D'tai Class huh?  ....  I think when I was little I wanted anything even remotely different to be known as something I made up.  I expect this case is similar.
D'tai sounds Romulan ....

posted on December 15th, 2009, 5:38 pm

All behold my A'ss-ki'ck;>er Class! Nearly THREE times the size of a standard BoP (as seen in [insert episode]) it clearly represents a new design armed with nearly 364 Disruptor banks and a full complement of Targ warriors (  ). Batteries not included.

posted on December 15th, 2009, 5:39 pm

D'tai sounds Romulan ....

Considering the names Klingons give to their blade weapons, D'tai seems rather Klingon. It isn't 'Roman' enough to sound Romulan.

All behold my A'ss-ki'ck;>er Class! Nearly THREE times the size of a standard BoP (as seen in [insert episode]) it clearly represents a new design armed with nearly 364 Disruptor banks and a full complement of Targ warriors (  ). Batteries not included.

Gamer's making Klingon ships now?

posted on December 15th, 2009, 5:42 pm

Gamer's making Klingon ships now?

               

posted on December 15th, 2009, 7:08 pm

Gamer's making Klingon ships now?

I'm not... at least to my knowledge. I unfortunately don't have much interest in making Klingon ships. Though if there is a ship that is easier to make than a Federation ship, it is a Breen ship. Because basically you just combine randomly formed parts and it doesn't even have to be symetrical.

posted on December 30th, 2009, 2:51 am

my favorite ship is disputed between the D'deridex-class and the Valdore-class.  love the romulans 

posted on December 30th, 2009, 10:46 am

My favoured type of ship: the Nebula Class.

Adaptable and highly flexible due to its mission modules. (from science to battle everything is possible)
And one gigantic plus towards the Galaxy Class : no families and kindergarten, so you can be the captain of your ship and do not have to be a mayor.

posted on December 30th, 2009, 12:11 pm

My favourite shifts from time to time. Most often it does tend to be the Nebula as well. It just makes more sense to me than the Galaxy (and it looks more capable too! Essentially the same ship but the nacelles aren't quite as exposed to BoP disruptors which would make it a more Riker Resistant than a Galaxy AND you get a whole new modular mission pod to play with).

I also like the Romulan D'deridex-class just because it's the first ship I ever heard of which used a black hole as a source of power (Both quite ingenious and incredibly stupid really but still cool).

The Andorian cruiser is quite cool, from the series that shall not be named.

Finally, I find myself quite fond of the mundane Runabout. Not the most capable ship in the galaxy but still about to pack harass a lone Jem'Hadar bug

[Tyler]

posted on December 30th, 2009, 12:40 pm

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My favourite shifts from time to time. Most often it does tend to be the Nebula as well. It just makes more sense to me than the Galaxy (and it looks more capable too! Essentially the same ship but the nacelles aren't quite as exposed to BoP disruptors which would make it a more Riker Resistant than a Galaxy AND you get a whole new modular mission pod to play with).

Nebula nacelles are drawn closer to the hull, but they are just as easy to hit from the bottoa or side as a Galaxy's are from the top and side. Nothing can make a ship more Riker-resistant, the Son'a never even attacked the nacelles and the E still got bloodied up pretty bad under Rikers command (partly by his own tactic...).

The Nebula doesn't have a modular pod, Starfleet isn't likely to build pods the size of an entire destroyer then store them up incase 1 ship class should need them. That's too much of an RPG-feature.

Saying the Nebula makes more sense than the Galaxy because the nacelles are drawn in is like saying it makes more sense than almost the entire canon fleet, which mostly share a similar shape to the Galaxy.

posted on December 30th, 2009, 10:23 pm

Well maybe the whole fleet doesn't make sense . I wouldn't have the fleet any other way because ships like the Sovereign and Galaxy do look pretty but from a design point of view it is kind of silly mounting the Nacelles in such an exposed manner. Thinking about it, the same is true for most of the other races shown in Star Trek; almost all of them insist on mounting such a vulnerable and important part of the ship in such an exposed way.

Ideally, I supposed they should be mounted in an armoured case within the hulk of the ship itself to reduce their exposure but then you'd just have a Steamrunner or something thereabouts. However, I do not like the Steamrunner.

As for the Nebula, I've always imagined that the space within the pod is highly modular (not the actual shell itself; that's just silly) but that was influenced mostly by gaming . However, I'd imagine that the ship itself would be cheaper to build since everything is brought in tighter to the saucer (less actual material required) without much significant loss over a Galaxy, if any. In fact, if it was lighter (which is likely) then it'd probably handle better than a Galaxy.

and with Riker.... well... I totally concede that point. I should have realised that no ship can be made "Riker Resistant" or even "proof"! 

posted on December 30th, 2009, 10:29 pm

I thought nacelles were mounted away because they emit lots of radiation

posted on December 30th, 2009, 10:32 pm

Well maybe the whole fleet doesn't make sense . I wouldn't have the fleet any other way because ships like the Sovereign and Galaxy do look pretty but from a design point of view it is kind of silly mounting the Nacelles in such an exposed manner. Thinking about it, the same is true for most of the other races shown in Star Trek; almost all of them insist on mounting such a vulnerable and important part of the ship in such an exposed way.

Ideally, I supposed they should be mounted in an armoured case within the hulk of the ship itself to reduce their exposure but then you'd just have a Steamrunner or something thereabouts. However, I do not like the Steamrunner.

Memory Alpha has an explanation for their location, though it doesn't have a citation.

Nacelles are usually separated from the main structure of the ship because of radiation generated by the nacelles; when at optimal levels, the radiation could be deleterious to the safety of ship and crew

As for the Nebula, I've always imagined that the space within the pod is highly modular (not the actual shell itself; that's just silly) but that was influenced mostly by gaming . However, I'd imagine that the ship itself would be cheaper to build since everything is brought in tighter to the saucer (less actual material required) without much significant loss over a Galaxy, if any. In fact, if it was lighter (which is likely) then it'd probably handle better than a Galaxy.

That would make sense, though its functions would be slightly more limited since it's smaller and needs to be refitted whuile the Galaxy can do pretty much everything from the start.

and with Riker.... well... I totally concede that point. I should have realised that no ship can be made "Riker Resistant" or even "proof"!  :lol:

It's when you realize that, that you start to feel sorry for the Titan and her crew...

posted on December 30th, 2009, 10:42 pm

If the radiation thing is true, then I feel sorry for the crews of the Defiant, saber, and steamrunner class ships!

posted on December 30th, 2009, 10:47 pm

But these are newer ships and I would assume that their nacelles are simply built of newer compounds which lower the emissions of radiation.

The Bird of Prey is much more endangered of getting the crew dead of radiation.