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Yes, I think we should all applaud Bernd for taking time out from his no-doubt hectic training schedule as part of the Germany squad. 8)
I don't buy this argument that if the E-D+ has three nacelles, then so should a (older) ship like the Pasteur. They're very different kinds of ship, built at different times and to different design philosophies. Humanity are adaptable, so where once warp fields harmed subspace, so they came up with nacelles, and new field geometries. If the E-D remained at the forefront of technological discovery, then it might well be enhanced - only to suffer as methods of faster propulsion emerged that didn't require the 3rd nacelle. Humanity are also all too human - so they might choose to enhance their battleships before they got around to their hospital ships. . .
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The spherical hull it may have a difference in geometry, with the smaller coils maybe it was easier to swap them out. The ease of making the smaller coils as oposed to making the big ones, plus material uses would have been lower. If the third nacelle on E-D+ came from a wreck.
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[quote]1) achieve a higher speed (by pushing more power into subspace). Right, the Pasteur could accomplish the same with two smallish nacelles. Also, the additional power must come from somewhere. The ship would probably need a second warp core for that, making it a very cluttered design (which is what it looks like though).[/i] Yeah, but for all we know, the Pasteur could be an even bigger refit than the Enterprise at this point. Mabye in the AGT future, all starship's nacelles look like those on the Pasteur.
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quote:1) achieve a higher speed (by pushing more power into subspace). Right, the Pasteur could accomplish the same with two smallish nacelles. Also, the additional power must come from somewhere. The ship would probably need a second warp core for that, making it a very cluttered design (which is what it looks like though).
Yeah, but for all we know, the Pasteur could be an even bigger refit than the Enterprise at this point. Mabye in the AGT future, all starship's nacelles look like those on the Pasteur.
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