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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Capped In Mic: [QB] one thing i would recommend to aspiring starship designers is to study real naval ships.. see how, in our seagoing vessels, certain features always land in the same place, if there are extreme differences in design (one detail on a frigate that varies vastly from a cruiser, for example), then try to understand what causes it. reverse engineer the ship and then engineer it back up and it will reveal why things are there. our study of the damaged N.O. model has revealed that the shuttlebay must be either in the missing aft section, or in the damaged back of the saucer. we can extrapolate this because we know many ships before it had bays in the aft 2ndary hull and many ships after it have bays on the rear upper saucer. i doubt the frigate mission profile would require three skinny shuttlebays, so i eliminate this as a possibility, even though its as good a theory as any. To iterate: a frigate is a vessel which is smaller than a cruiser and larger than a patrol/escort vessel. a frigate may not be faster than a cruiser, but is faster (add: more maneuverable) than other ships of its size, and, while not as well armed as a cruiser, still heavily armed compared to other ships of its size. in space, i can imagine these frigates using their greater speed to be fleet escorts within friendly territory and policing outer territories. a trade off for the increased speed and weapons would be mission duration, basically these ships dont stray far from home bases as federation cruisers and explorers. So, with this said, i could theorize the extensions as torpedo bays, or even swapped out modules that could be launchers, or if the vessel were specialized, made into tractor beams (for coast guard duties); sensor platforms/communications arrays (for listening/patrol duties); or possibly some combinatin of the possibilities, frigates are often required to be versatile, moreso than other specialized ships like escorts, corvettes or scouts. basically take all of a cruisers capabilities (speed, arms, scouting) and pack them, tightly wound, into a ship that is smaller, easier to outfit, but lacks the range and duration but gains versatility. i think the N.O. extensions are along the lines of the Miranda rollbar or the swappable Nebula platforms: mission versatility. and probably easily swapped out. [upon this edit, i can see that Minutiae Man and Harry beat me to this post due to my own longwindedness] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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