Just a quick one here. Does somebody know that the Prometheus definitely does have six nacelles, one for each section in MVAM, and three warp cores. This I've heard a number of times, but I'm unsure as to whether this is certain or not.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Yes and yes. Rick said so, after an extended guessing game with him.
Really nice pics of the Prommie, showing all six nacelles, can be found here:
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
What he said. Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
IIRC the Prometheus has 4 warp cores.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Er, four?
As I recall, the layout was described like this: One long traditional core which broke down during seperation mode into two, for the bottom and middle sections.
One squished "pancake" core for the top section.
Posted by Proteus (Member # 212) on :
Six Nacelles? I count five.
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
it has six for sure.
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
There are two versions of that MSD out there, though, aren't there? The one above doesn't seem to show any separation lines, nor any hint of the two tiny retractable nacelles for the bow section. What kind of graphics were used in the actual episode?
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
The one above is from the E3, so I assume it's accurate. The other one is probably a fake.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Timo, if you look really closely on the MSD that link pints to, you can barely see generic representations of two nacelles (at least that's what they look like to me). Just above and below the horizontal warp core-looking thing in the Alpha section.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
Acording to the diagrams of the Prometheus in Star Trek Magazine, I can be 100% sure that the Promie has 6 warp nacells.
However, we should recount the engines a few times to be sure. I demand a full ship-wide recount!!
Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
The official MSD really didn't look well. It was a fast cut and paste job, so I like the one that one of the members here made. And that one shows 6 nacelles. I'm not sure about how many warp cores it has though...
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Rick Sternbach has said that each section has its own warp core. In separated flight mode, the main core actually splits in two to go with the middle and bottom sections. When connected, the top section's core is powered down to a standby mode and the two lower cores work together to power the four primary nacelles. You could assume then that the Prommie's warp cores work on the same principle as Voyager's which doesn't require matter and antimatter injection points at each end.
However, the E3 MSD aparently doesn't support this notion, so his ideas may be different from what Okuda came up with for his MSD...
Mark
[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: Mark Nguyen ]
You can clearly see the nacelle in this picture of the CGI model.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Yep. Now, just exactly what is that green thing in front of it? It's not a nav deflector...the Alpha Section's deflector is on the dorsal side...
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
Cheers for the input, but I'm still undecided as I can't seem to clearly identify the six nacelle. The fold-out fifth nacelle seems to be by itself.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
The side view of Alpha Section clearly shows that there is a sustainer nacelle that folds out of the ventral side as well as the dorsal side.
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
Yes, spotted it now, and I'm happily convinced. But perhaps the warpcore debate is still an open issue though.
Posted by NightWing (Member # 4) on :
No it's not. Rick Sternbach told us that it's a split-in-two-core for the parts with the main nacelles and 1 pancake core for the saucer.
