Fabio and myself are proud to present... USS Frontier, NX-80426, Frontier Class Tactical Crusier.
http://sapphireeclipse.virtualave.net/Frontier2.jpg
http://sapphireeclipse.virtualave.net/Frontier3.jpg
http://sapphireeclipse.virtualave.net/Frontier4.jpg
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Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistant with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon..."
Kosh: "Good."
Sheridan: "I REALLY hate it when you do that..."
Kosh: "Good."
SapphireEclipse Productions
http://sapphireeclipse.virtualave.net/
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"Fragile. Do not drop"
--posted on a Boeing 757
What's the difference between the Frontier and Galaxy though? New nacelles, shorter neck...
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Thornbird: "I'm Major Robert Thornbird. And you are?"
O'Neill: "Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise."
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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra, and then, suddenly, it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
-Matt Groening
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Quantum Threshold--Redesigned!
Avalon Sector--Redesigned!
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"Fragile. Do not drop"
--posted on a Boeing 757
A list of differences between the Frontier and Galaxy:
- Elongated saucer
- No saucer sep.
- Modified impulse engines
- Shorter, more copact neck
- Elongated nacelles with exposed coils
- Sovereign-esque bussards
- 2 new torpedo launchers in pylongs below nacelles
- 4 new phaser arrays
- Elongated secondary hull
- Nebula-esque deflector
- Modified deflector area, including different neckline and RCS shoulders on rim.
- 870m long Frontier vs. a 643m long Galaxy.
And an assortment of internal changes featuring post-Dominion War technology... As the backstory of this class will state, the Frontier was the 3rd (or 4th/5th... If you count New Orleans, Cheyenne, etc) branch in the Nebula-Galaxy family tree. Development began in the early 2360's, shortly after SF R&D began recieving feedback on the new Galaxy Class's performance and shortcommings. However, a couple years later, the Sovereign Class came along featuring most of the improvements in the Frontier wrapped up in 1/3rd the packaging, so the Frontier Class was set aside. During the Dominion War, with multi-hundred ship battles occurring, SF needed a dedicated commandship/heavy tactical crusier to lead these fleets. The Frontier Class, being to combat what the Galaxy Class was to exploration, was resurrected and the half-completed USS Frontier spaceframe ordered to be completed ASAP. However, the Dominion War ended shortly before the Frontier was completed. SF decided to complete work on the Frontier, and she performed extremely well in shakedown. The decision was made to construct a small number of these giant ships, should future hostilities require their services.
Good/bad?
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Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistant with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon..."
Kosh: "Good."
Sheridan: "I REALLY hate it when you do that..."
Kosh: "Good."
SapphireEclipse Productions
http://sapphireeclipse.virtualave.net/
The description sounds reasonable.
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"Species 5618, human. Warp-capable, origin grid 325, physiology inefficient, below average cranium capacity, minimum redundant systems, limited regenerative abilities."
Ex Astris Scientia
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Ready for the action now, Dangerboy
Ready if I'm ready for you, Dangerboy
Ready if I want it now, Dangerboy?
How dare you, dare you, Dangerboy?
How dare you, Dangerboy?
I dare you, dare you, Dangerboy...
�on Flux, "Thanatophobia"
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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra, and then, suddenly, it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
-Matt Groening
[This message has been edited by TSN (edited August 06, 2000).]
*starts whistling the theme from I Dream of Jeannie*
*innocent look*
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"Replicate some marmalade, Commander - helm control is toast!"
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Thornbird: "I'm Major Robert Thornbird. And you are?"
O'Neill: "Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise."
This post sponsered in part by the Federation Starship Datalink
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It doesn't matter if you don't know what you're doing as long as you look good doing it.
Cool ship, Adam. One question, from what you have said in your writeup (Sovereign being 1/3 of the packaging required for the Frontier), I'm under the impression that the Frontier class is bigger than a Sovereign. Is that correct? And how much bigger?
And if it's that big, why doesn't it have saucer separation? How many crew can it take? Because if the Warp core is severely damaged, a saucer separation would be the proper thing to do, not abandon ship in little tiny lifeboats.
Sorry for the whining bit, but any decent ship commander would be worried about the safety of his crew.
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"My Name is Elmer Fudd, Millionaire. I own a Mansion and a Yacht."
Psychiatrist: "Again."
[This message has been edited by Tahna Los (edited August 07, 2000).]
And a saucer separation isn't necessary for warp core breaches except in a Galaxy, w/ its faulty ejection system... :-)
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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra, and then, suddenly, it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
-Matt Groening
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"My Name is Elmer Fudd, Millionaire. I own a Mansion and a Yacht."
Psychiatrist: "Again."
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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra, and then, suddenly, it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
-Matt Groening
I remember the days when I went RPGing. I had my own ship to boot at SBV. USS Vitality, Nebula Hybrid. The memories ...
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-Small Computer Systems Interface "Scuzzy" Emperor
Operator of the Goulag Hotel, maintainer of the workhouses.
Operator of Cargill Conglomerate Publications, http://www.cargillconglomerate.com
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Predict the unpredictable, but how do you unpredict the unpredictable?
The Sovereign is 685m.
I've been itching to do some specs like I did for the Eclipse, as well as a Dedication Plaque and Development Logo. I might do the specs tonight, but I have no idea what the logo would look like... What image says "Frontier"?
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Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistant with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon..."
Kosh: "Good."
Sheridan: "I REALLY hate it when you do that..."
Kosh: "Good."
SapphireEclipse Productions
http://sapphireeclipse.3dworlds.org/
[This message has been edited by The Vorlon (edited August 10, 2000).]
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"Do you know how much YOU'RE worth??.....2.5 million Woolongs. THAT'S your bounty. I SAID you were small fry..." --Spike Spiegel
(=P to Fabrux)
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Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistant with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon..."
Kosh: "Good."
Sheridan: "I REALLY hate it when you do that..."
Kosh: "Good."
SapphireEclipse Productions
http://sapphireeclipse.3dworlds.org/
[This message has been edited by The Vorlon (edited August 11, 2000).]
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"The kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you; not in a building of stone or wood. Split a piece of wood, and I will be there. Lift a stone, and you will find me."
-The Gospel of Jesus, Stigmata