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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sirmaniac: [QB] Having spent the last hour or so trying to disprove my own arguments and side, I've come up with some information for your point of view. I let one important piece of information slip my mind. The DS9TM specifically says EXCELSIOR/CONSTITUTION-CLASS STARSHIP VARIANT, so I can't have my different classes without saying almost what you're saying above: discount the manual. So, as far as that information goes, we will, as you said, have to rearrange the internal contents of these vessels. Since the Excelsior/Constitution are specifically mentioned, we must also look at the fact that the parts are out of scale to each other, so they do not fit the comparible sizes for these two ships. This ship can't have a Constitution nacelle because the nacelle is too big compared to the Exclesior body; the ship on page 157 can't be a Constitution variant because it is too large; a Constitution without a body (in that arrangement) cannot be larger than a Constitution with a body (in it's usual arrangement), etc. . . . Hmm, answers. First, I'm assuming the Curry is made up thusly: Excelsior saucer, custom assembly of some sort connecting the saucer and secondary hull, Excelsior secondary hull, custom assembly holding the Constitution nacelles. The internal configuration problem isn't as bad as anyone might think. Transporters can beam out the habitat modules until the saucer is just a shell, but it doesn't have to do so. Transport of enough modules to allow a new warp core to be put in and allow power transfer conduits to be run through the saucer are all that is needed. If we didn't have transporters and habitat modules loosely secured to vessels, this type of modification would be a problem. As far as size comparisons go, yes we may have to say someone made a mistake. But as far as the simplest answer being the most likely, which is more likely, that a couple of numbers and size comparisons are going to change to fit the idea behind the construction of these vessels (our steady volume of complaints hold that these things change more often than we'd like), or that the idea is going to change to fit a number of internally inconsistent numbers and ships. It's much more plausible that F/X people, and Doug Drexler modified parts to look better when rearranged than it is to say Sternbach's idea of the construction of the ships is flawed. Drexler and the F/X people were taking the artistic approach, not the technical approach. People largely agree that there is only one NX-74205, yet it changes size on a regular basis. The modifications seem possible to me; the only problems (those being size) can be explained away without being too extreme, so I see no problem with these ships being yard bashes, and if the origin of these ships are ever mentioned in the show, they will be described as yard bashes of different ships, because people think the idea is "neat"--that is people unlike us who see every technical flaw. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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