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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] That's just putting the cart before the horse; coming up with a configuration you think looks cool and trying to justify it without really thinking through the design implications. Leaving aside for a second the impracticalities behind cramming all your engineering and major industrial facilities into the primary hull--warp core, antimatter injectors, primary deuterium tanks & all of your power distribution systems--with everything else while leaving the secondary hull mostly empty for cargo space; If one were to design a Miranda style Ambassador variant with a large modular cargo capacity, you simply wouldn't want to do it like that. For one thing you ship's only shuttle bay, impulse engine and the main deflector are all integrated into the secondary hull. Hardly something you can just swap out and not very economical when it comes to manufacturing spare modules. The way I would approach such a design brief is to take a cue from the Miranda and expand the aft section of the saucer to house include all the aforementioned extra equipment, the shuttle facilities and mount a permanent deflector (either integrated into the primary hull somewhere or on a smaller outboard secondary hull.) Then I'd figure out where the best location for a modular cargo unit would be and designing it specifically for that purpose. What I'd probably end up with is something more like a cross between the Akira and the old Ptolemy class. Indeed the Bristol class; our old [URL=http://www.trekships.org/deneva.htm]rejected Deneva design[/URL] would suit that brief rather nicely. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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