I am doing this class for UP3, but I don't have a Tech Manuel or any info yet on the class so I have a discussion to start.
Can an Intrepid go to warp if the "motors" that move the warp engines are broken? I would think this effects the warp field around the ship. (?)
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
They can go to warp, but it is either 'not subspace save' or it limits the maximum warp speed.
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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
Well, I would think the only problem if the nacelles won't go up would be that going to warp would disrupt subspace. I doubt that it will limit the max. warp speed of any Intrepid Class ship. But I'm not sure what problems would occur if the nacelles won't go down, maybe the only problem would be that B'elana must manually each time deactivate the warp field or create a subroutine that would do it.
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
I've always wondered... Why not just leave them up?
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
The only thing I can think of is that the impuls-engines won't work.....
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Because there'd be a warp field just twenty metres beside them, you mean?
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
No: I mean when you leave the nacelle in the upward position. I think in that case the impuls-engines won't work right.
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Posted by Shipbuilder (Member # 69) on :
With the Intrepid's warp pods "up", the impulse engines fire along a different axis, presumably, the "down" position allows the impulse engine to fire along the ship's centerline, center of mass, etc. I think Sternbach said somewhere that he had always intended that the warp pylons move upward at different angles relative to the warp speed that the ship is travelling. I'm sure we'll learn more if and when the VOYTM comes out.
Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :
I think that is relative to the old Klingon Bird of preys, and how their nacells moved accordingly.
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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
The warp drive on a Bird of Prey is located in the aft section. The wings only contain disruptor cannons.
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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :
I e-mailed the Trek magazine about this warp pylon problem because they claim that the nacelles move up for all warp speeds which counters older claims that they move up at speeds greater than warp 5. My responce was a thank you note. No doubt a bot reply. I really don't expect a reply in the mag--its a bit technical. I did point out that having the nacelles move for up for all speeds and not set in a fixed position was like designing a swing-wing aircraft and making it subsonic only. What's the point in going through all the trouble?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I've always imagined the wings' main purpose in moving up was for atmospheric flight and landing.
Of course, that begs the question of why bring them down at all. The only thing I can think of, and I think the magazine mentions this, is that it brings the disruptors closer together...
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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Er...I was talking about the Bird of Prey, though, which isn't what Cargile was talking about, not that I realized that until after I had posted.
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Posted by Black Knight (Member # 134) on :
I know I have some pics somewhere that show the Intrepid's nacelles at different angles...
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