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Posted by Galen (Member # 72) on July 05, 1999 12:37 PM:
 
Interesting point in the discussion on the creation of the Captain's yacht. They were conscious of the torpedo launcher being in the same spot. They designed the yacht to fit just under it.

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Posted by Jim Phelps (Member # 102) on July 05, 1999 06:10 PM:
 
Are there any new production sketches of the Defiant? This is what I have:

Boris


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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on July 06, 1999 11:17 AM:
 
Erm... I believe Galen was talking about the Sovereign, not the Defiant...

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on July 06, 1999 11:29 AM:
 
The issue in question has an article on the Defiant, though.

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Posted by Jim Phelps (Member # 102) on July 06, 1999 05:13 PM:
 
The thread was labeled Issue 4, so I assumed it would be the place for Issue 4 related discussion. If the subject is Captain's Yacht, then the title should be Captain's Yacht, right?

Boris

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on July 06, 1999 05:47 PM:
 
I talked to Mike Okuda on America Online about the Captain's Yacht or Gig and he said that it was already built in the ship during FC, and that the torpedo launcher is still there. Anyway, the Enterprise-E has 4 foward topedo launchers, the two where the yacht is and the other two under the deflector dish.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on July 06, 1999 06:54 PM:
 
Boris: I glanced through the issue, and I don't think I saw any sketches that you don't already have. Once I buy it I'll be able to tell you for sure.

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Posted by Jim Phelps (Member # 102) on July 06, 1999 09:25 PM:
 
Thanks. As far as the Captain's Yacht is concerned, Mike Okuda's comments are interesting because John Eaves doesn't mention it at all in that long Ent-E discussion in TNG: Sketchbook: The Movies.

Boris

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on July 07, 1999 03:13 AM:
 
Uh, doesn't the Enterprise only have 1 torpedo launcher where the Yacht it, not 2?

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Posted by Black Knight (Member # 134) on July 07, 1999 04:31 AM:
 
that's what i thought too. I know i have a rather large and high detail studio model pic that shows one large round tube above the yacht. not two

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Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on July 10, 1999 12:22 PM:
 
It's been known that they were concious of the fact that they were in the smae place for a while. In the "Making of Insurrection" book, there are some sketches of how it works together.

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on July 11, 1999 05:07 PM:
 
Boris, It has the first three pictures you linked, plus a large color drawing of the Defiant's final seen from the top, forward, and starboard sides, and a CGI image.

The side-bar on the CGI image page mentions that the model has stayed the same size yet there has been many discussions on how big the vessel actually is. The production team finally settled on four decks and a standard crew of 40.


On the Intrepid class: It states that the nacelle pylons are down for impulse, up for warp--any warp, slow or fast. The mag doesn't say that the nacelles move up for high warp, just warp. This begs the question: Why have them fold down at impulse when they are not being used for propulsion? The mind boggles. Clearly this is a mistake both on the show and in the mag. I do believe it was once mentioned that they move up for high warp speeds to be subspace "green".

Maybe I should email the mag. . .
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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on July 11, 1999 06:14 PM:
 
I've always assumed that Voyager's nacelles are constantly making inflight corrections to the warp field, but that these are of an exceedingly minute nature. A few centimeters here, a few there. So we never actually see it.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on July 11, 1999 10:28 PM:
 
I thought that too, I assumed that the nacelles could pivot to different positions depending on warp fields etc.

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on July 12, 1999 04:07 AM:
 
[From The Land of Schlock. A site documenting 47s]

"First TV Guide said it, then press releases said it, and apparently the writer's bible says it, but the crewmembers themselves have never said it onscreen. The adjustable nacelles on the Voyager allegedly prevent damage to the space-time continuum (a la "Force of Nature") at speeds above warp 4.7."

Just thought I'd point that out.

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Posted by Jim Phelps (Member # 102) on July 12, 1999 04:58 AM:
 
Do they also mention the fact that the DS9 writers' bible specifies warp 4.7 as the maximum speed of the runabouts?

Boris

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on July 14, 1999 11:13 AM:
 
Doh! The ubiquitous 47 strikes again.

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on July 14, 1999 03:10 PM:
 
And I did e-mail them.

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