USS Midway Question

posted on September 28th, 2011, 9:51 am

Actually all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. The name for a rectangle that is not a square is an oblong.

The simplest definition of a square is a quadrilateral with sides of equal length.

A rectangle is a quadrilateral with all 4 angles 90 degrees.

Ninjad by plat.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 9:55 am

Well, a square also has to have right angles. Otherwise it could be a rhombus, which most definitely is not a square (or a rectangle for that matter). (perhaps this derailment has gone far enough? )

posted on September 28th, 2011, 10:25 am

Well, a square also has to have right angles. Otherwise it could be a rhombus, which most definitely is not a square (or a rectangle for that matter). (perhaps this derailment has gone far enough? )

well the mods have offically state that derailment is ok thru inaction on multiple occasions.... so I guess it's ok.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 10:33 am

well the mods have offically state that derailment is ok thru inaction on multiple occasions.... so I guess it's ok.

So we can repeat that discussion for n-gons with n element of the natural numbers? Maj will be pleased.  >:D

posted on September 28th, 2011, 11:46 am

Well, a square also has to have right angles. Otherwise it could be a rhombus, which most definitely is not a square (or a rectangle for that matter). (perhaps this derailment has gone far enough? )

Yes my mistake, it most definitely has to inherit right angles from the definition of a rectangle.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 12:59 pm

But you forget the parallelogram.    What does this have to do with the silly NX debate, again arguing about inconsistencies in canon.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 1:03 pm

who forgot the parallelogram? a parallelogram doesnt have all angles 90 degress. a parallelogram with equal length sides is a rhombus.

the geometry debate is more entertaining than the nx debate.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 1:27 pm

A square and rectangle can both be a parallelogram, and a parallelogram can be either, however a parallelogram does not have to have 90[sup]o[/sup] angles.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 1:42 pm

Wow! All this over a simple question about my fan fiction.... I should feel so lucky.  :lol:

In my viewing and such, ships start with the NX designation and then go NCC after successful trials. The Galaxy did this, as did numerous others. In the case of the Midway she was pushed into service during a war and they didn't have the time to change the registry. Then she was lost and eventually classified destroyed until her Captain re-appears on DS9 with news of the ship and crew's survival and the predicament they are now in.

The Leyte Gulf was cancelled during the early stages of construction and wasn't completed till a couple of years after the war was concluded. They were too resource intensive and in fact the Midway herself was almost cancelled, it was only due to the fact she was only 6 months away from completion that it was decided to complete her rather than putting her into storage.  

The Legacy is the pathfinder of the Legacy class, official replacement of the Galaxy in exploration duties after the Galaxy deemed too offensive since the Dominion War and many being refitted to Galaxy III specifications in preparation for another conflict. The Legacy started off as NX and then her trials she was changed to NCC and launched on a one year shake down cruise. In fact she is the ship that is the responsible of discovering the build-up of Breen forces before the war and was also the ship responsible for the conclusion of the war, unfortunately she was too badly damaged to be repaired and was scrapped  after the war.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 1:44 pm

The only inconsitency with NX is the Defiant-A using it.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 6:30 pm

And the defiant A would be a polygon

posted on September 28th, 2011, 6:57 pm

The only inconsitency with NX is the Defiant-A using it.

Not really, it was a NX- experimental vessel as the prototype/pathfinder for it's class, but during the war noone took the time to switch it to a NCC registry, it served honorably in the war until it was destroyed, so it's namesake KEPT the NX- registry in it's honor.

And Majestic, what about experimental ships not meant to produce a new line, like, say, a ship that was just a warp core, warp engines, and basic impulse engine/rcs combo, for the purpose of testing a new warp tech ? Seems that that would rate the NX- designator too, and it wouldn't be the first of it's class, it'd just be a testbed experiment.

Oh also, massive props for your fanfic having a ship named Leyte Gulf, when doing single player I tend to pop into the editor and rename a galaxy that as my flagship. For those that dont know, Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle in history between the U.S. and Japan.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 7:01 pm

Not really, it was a NX- experimental vessel as the prototype/pathfinder for it's class, but during the war noone took the time to switch it to a NCC registry, it served honorably in the war until it was destroyed, so it's namesake KEPT the NX- registry in it's honor.

No, it was the São Paulo renamed. There is a reason I added the -A at the end.

posted on September 28th, 2011, 7:03 pm

Yes, I know, and when it was renamed, it became the namesake of the destroyed USS Defiant.

[Tyler]

posted on September 28th, 2011, 7:06 pm

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Thought you meant the original.

They should keep the number not the prototype marker, since is isn't a prototype. They would just add a letter at the end of the number (if they made new footage).