Post A Reply
my profile
|
directory
login
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
Flare Sci-Fi Forums
»
Star Trek
»
Starships & Technology
»
Defiant's aft torp launchers
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message:
HTML is enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by David Templar: [QB] [i]1) Why do torpedoes glow?[/i] Suppositely, I think it's from the exhaust of the torpedoes' engines. Too tired to read the TNGTM to tell you the details. [i]2) Why do TOS torpedoes glow white, TNG torpedoes orange?[/i] Um, different exhaust temperatures? [i]3) Why do quantum torpedoes glow blue? [/i] 'Cause they're really, really hot? [i]4) What's up with the shifting streaks of light coming out of the orange core in the movies?[/i] Because it looks cool! [i]5) How's a big launcher different from a small launcher?[/i] Bore size which influences volley capacity, the number of torpedoes it can throw out per shot. The GCS's got huge launchers with a large bore, which means they can pack ten torpedoes in there at once. AFAIK, torpedo launchers all work on compressed gas concept, kinda like today's submarine's torpedo tubes. [i]6) Are there different sizes of torpedo casings? The Defiant's MSD would indicate so, although "Valiant" seemed to show the usual full-size prop.[/i] Depends what you want to believe, the MSD or lack of a new prop. [i]7) Why do recent ships have more launchers? Is it to cover for the lack of a guidance system?[/i] I think it's to keep up the rate of fire. Recent torpedo launchers are all single shots, so having two is better than one. Usually they're located too close to eachother to justify one being there for redundency. Also, let's ignore the idea of a ship having fifteen tubes. [i]8) What's the difference between the different "Marks" of torpedoes? Is "Mark" a company, as indicated in the DS9 ep where Sisko meets Kasidy and they refer to Mark as a company?[/i]Someone already covered this. [i]9) Are quantum torpedoes ever housed in different casings? We've seen one in the usual coffin (sorry) in "Valiant", though Drexler's DS9TM pictures and Eaves' FC sketches show a pointy casing.[/i] Frankly, I wouldn't trust the DS9TM if it told me the Earth was round. [i]10) Why are they always painted black?[/i] Looks cool. [i]11) Are they deliberately the size of a coffin?[/i]Probably not, but they do make great coffins. [i]12) Have we ever seen other shapes for torpedoes?[/i] We saw a Jam'Hadar torpedo in "Starship Down". It was more cylindrical, milky-white and opac, with a light pulsing inside it. Can't remember any other torpedoes being shown, unless you want to include the one from "Enterprise". [i]13) Are any more powerful than others?[/i] The impression given to us was that Romulan plasma torpedoes were among some of the most devastating weapons avaliable. I'm assuming that this would be a guided weapon with a large plasma warhead, rather than large balls of plasma with unknown but accurate means of guidance as from Starfleet Battles and SFCI and II (how the heck do big balls of gas follow targets?!). Federation's Quantum torpedo seems to also be much feared, though maybe not to the same extent. Klingon torpedoes seemed very similar to regular Photon torpedoes. Breen torpedoes seem to have a delay-action fuse, and a smaller warhead than those of other races. You always see them (when the target vessel's shields are down) exploding inside a ship. Dominion torpedoes also seem to employ smaller warheads than most Alpha Quadrant races. The Ent-D took extensive hull damage (chunks of the secondary hull was blown off) from the Duras sister's BoP's torpedoes, while the Odyessy only had scorch marks. Cardassian torpedoes [i]sucks[/i], period. [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
© 1999-2024 Charles Capps
Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3