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Project Discussion / Re: Failure of STO=Great oppertunity to tell the world about ST:E?

« Last post by zzz on Today at 06:26:07 PM »

no but seriously... where is Ten Forward on that model?  How could the person modelling that ship, not even think about putting windows there?  I haven't playing STO, but can you walk around on that ship and go to Ten Forward?   Are there windows in the room, inside the ship?  Because that would be a bit amusing if there are windows inside, but not on the outside.

They only have 1 person working on the ships and a long list of faults (10 forward is noted on it). He's given around 3 days per ship.

And their interiors don't have any relation to the ship you have. For some reason they are gigantic. Bridges have 20 between Captain's chair and the conn. Same problem with corridors.

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Project Discussion / Re: This game, and non hardcore-trekkies

« Last post by MajorD on Today at 01:20:05 PM »

It's perfectly alright for children to be ridiculous. 

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Project Discussion / Re: Failure of STO=Great oppertunity to tell the world about ST:E?

« Last post by MajorD on Today at 01:19:08 PM »

The windows in STO are about twenty feet tall, which means a ship like the Galaxy class in STO is really ~3000 m long.

Before the game came out there were all these staff interviews and they were all about how they are all giant fans of Trek. But, it was obvious it was only lip service. From the very beginning every forum member was asking about diplomacy and exploration, but every interview had the staff say the fights are their favorite part of Star Trek. 

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Trek Discussion / Re: Question about Warp Nacelles

« Last post by MajorD on Today at 01:10:33 PM »

Uhm...no. Isn't that easy.
No, it wouldn't, just keeping the top or bottom pair off would save on fuel.[/color]
Why not? Running two nacelles while the other two remain off also puts more strain on the running pair than running all four at lower individual levels for equal effect.

You know what a center of gravity is, do you? It's the point where all of an objects mass is equally distributed. The positioning relative to the rest of the ships hull is irrevelant with a 2 nacelle setup, only the placements of the nacelles amongst each other is. The Galaxy has the nacelles on the same places from it's CoG as any other ship has, having 3 or more makes stuff a bit complicated.

You wrote, "but their nacelles need to be on the same distance from the ships center of gravity to be able to run simultaneously", but you don't explain why. I took it as an over all issue of balance, but you apparently have no issue with nacelle pairs generally being completely off the center of gravity. What I don't see is why another pair or third nacelles needs to strike a balance by being equally distant from the CG when the first two nacelles don't need to achieve that balance.

3 nacelled ships that don't have them spread in a Y shape viewed front/aft make a problem, also, with this and anything else, disregard the "Best of Both Worlds" Galaxy, that one's an art team joke.

Also, the 50% rule goes for plasma grilles (or, if we really want to be precise about it: the warp coil rows), and not the nacelles themselves, since they produce the warpfield and not the entire nacelle itself.

Most of those example ships still break that rule with with that change. Except the Oberth, that one doesn't fit either way.

The future Galaxy actually fits the original technical manual's dreadnought, Federation class, which had the same configuration and appeared in Star Trek II on a screen, and was mentioned in chatter in Star Trek I.

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Trek Discussion / Re: Favorite Captain of the modern era?

« Last post by rs1sensen on Today at 10:25:53 AM »

I voted for Picard. To me he just reminds me of an old sea Captain. When he gets really intense, he can be scary, and then other times he can be very friendly and gentle. I really liked his intenseness in "The First Duty" (where he scares Wesley into manning up), and then the totally different attitude in "The Inner Light."


Oh, and just for sh*ts and giggles:


When it comes down to it, though, I think Patrick Stewart is probably a higher caliber actor than most of those who graced the primary roles. TNG is my favorite show, and I have to admit that most of the time everyone's acting is very good, but once and a while a scene or two would come up that would just make me cringe from the acting of the other characters. When it comes down to it, I don't think I've ever seen a movie or show that I haven't liked Patrick Stewart in.

I have to admit, though, I wish Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, and even Whoopie Goldberg were in more things lately!

I finished watching every episode of TOS a couple months ago, and am now in Season 6 of every episode of TNG, just finished "Relics" (the one with Scotty). I'll hit DS9 next, because I never watched it much (and it came during TNG), Voyager, and then finish with all of Enterprise. Going through each episode really surprised me, as I realized that while I was always a pretty devout watcher of the show, I missed more episodes than I had previously thought. 

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Project Discussion / Re: This game, and non hardcore-trekkies

« Last post by rs1sensen on Today at 10:13:43 AM »

So ordering a Spock costume for my 10 month old son for Halloween was probably over the top then, eh?

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Trek Discussion / Re: Question about Warp Nacelles

« Last post by furswift on Today at 09:19:22 AM »

The only problem with that explanation is that it makes no sense. If the nacelles increased in angle at higher warp, much like the swept wings of the F-14, then that would be fine, but they don't, they always go back to the same position, so why not leave them up all the time then.

I never understood why Voyager's nacelles didn't just stay up either; it's just one more thing that can break and there's no advantage to having them down. The only explanation is that the producers wanted a "cool thing".

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Trek Discussion / Re: DREX-TV-01

« Last post by furswift on Today at 09:12:33 AM »

The SoTL animations were great, especially the shuttlecraft fleeing the D-7. And anything made by Tobias Richter is a joy to watch.

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Suggestions / Re: Full Phaser Spread, Zero Elevation, All Banks

« Last post by Black Patriot on Today at 08:16:45 AM »

I'm going to agree with MajorD here, it seems perfectly possible that some rouge members of the Romulan military would be willing to give Shinzon an advance warship if it helped them get power. Of course I don't think they were too happy with how delusional he was, but they probably didn't know that beforehand.

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Trek Discussion / Re: Question about Warp Nacelles

« Last post by Black Patriot on Today at 08:14:04 AM »

As far as I was concerned the only reason Voyager had moving nacelles was because the Paramount execs wanted something on the ship that moved?

In universe, it was explained as a way to decrease the damaging effects that the Federation warp drives were having on space, which results in them being able to warp at higher speeds.

The only problem with that explanation is that it makes no sense. If the nacelles increased in angle at higher warp, much like the swept wings of the F-14, then that would be fine, but they don't, they always go back to the same position, so why not leave them up all the time then.