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You know what be kind of cool..? A horizontal core in the aft pod with the transfer conduits running directly to the struts. Is the pod anywhere close to being big enough for that while still leaving room for the 50 pho-torp launchers it's supposed to have?
The core could eject aftwards if needed without anything being in the way.
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I'm not real sure where a good place for the core would be. The weapons pod would definitely be too crammed full of weapons IMO. Resistance's location is good, other than the distance to the engines being excessive. Having a horizontal core is all well and good, but where would you put this fabled core and how would it be better than the current placement?
I remember a fan(boy) suggesting that the Akira has two cores -- one under each of the "turbo-charger" things. It's not a completely bad idea. It equates to two small cores in a reasonably good placement. OTOH there'd be a complete lack of redundancy -- if only one of the cores went offline then the ship still couldn't go to warp, but then again, at least the ship would still have warp power for other (non engine) use.
I don't know. Again, I'm not sure there is any good location for the core(s).
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The problem with dual warp cores is that I can't think of any situation in which a ship needed just another core's worth of power.
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