Jim Phelps
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That's what Rick called it in the magazine, "waverider shuttle". I assume it's because of the shape (is waverider the board with a single sail and one person standing on it?) There's no pic other than the CGI bottom view, and I'm not sure how to magnify it other than resizing the scanned picture.
Boris
[This message has been edited by Boris (edited May 06, 2000).]
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Boris: Yep, that was what I was asking for. A new scan of the underside of the Equinox, just focusing on the waverider. I�d like to see a big pic of just the shuttle�s outline on the hull.
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maybe the secondary deflector apparatus on the Nobel class can send out a soliton wave? and new tech on the actual wave rider shuttle allows it to slow by itsself?
Or maybe Soliton wave investigation was part of the Equinox's mission before it ended up in the DQ... thus the wave rider was a one off for that ship - too big for the shuttle bay it was stored... somehow - in the captain's yacht bay?
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Here's the VentureStar, probably the inspiration..
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Alright, I just received my copy of Star Trek: The Magazine, and the picture is a heck of a lot clearer then this scan. Some details:
The Landing Pads: Definatly look like these are landing pads, but there is a problem. There are objects identical to these "doors" on the top of the saucer as well, right next to the aft phaser strip. This may lean to the idea that these are cargo bay doors instead.
The "Waverider": The ship appears to have a registry number attached to her backside. But the number doesn't appear to read NCC-72381. It seems as if it's only 4 digits...
Also, the wing is NOT broken on one side, they are both intact.
Also, there are 6 interesting red triangles surrounding the "secondary deflector". They all point toward the deflector. Maybe telling enemy ships "Hit me here"?
The article also says there is a "clean" (undamaged) version of the CGI Model, for when TPTB want to bring the Nova Class back
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the359: How about a scan of the waverider? Also a scan of the registry number, even if it is unreadable.
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Comparing the aft ends of the waverider and the VentureStar: those "gratings" in the stern of the waverider could be external-combustion engines similar to the VentureStar aft ramp (the pronounced bronze-colored thing), optimized for atmospheric high-speed flight at widely varying external pressures.
They could of course also be the sort of impulse engines the Voyager and her type 9 shuttles seem to have, with similar "slatted" exhausts.
Between these engines could be an aft boarding ramp, or then a proper impulse engine for spaceflight.
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