How many warp coils does the original E have? Does anyone have good visual reference on the internal arrangement of the warp nacelles?
Posted by SoundEffect (Member # 926) on :
Sargon,
There's very little by way of 'Official' information about the ol' 1701, but the two closest and related references I've found are:
1) The AMT Cutaway Enterprise kit 2) The 1701 Cutaway diagram in "The Captain's Chair" CD-ROM
The AMT kit has one necelle sliced dwon the middle. I count 13 warp coils in mine although a few may be some other structure.
I've uploaded a screenshot of the cutaway diagram from "The Captain's Chair" CD-ROM:
Since basically all treknology as we know was invented during TNG, there is very little consistent canon information on the 1701. Most people assume that it's basically the same technologies, but more primitive. It usually works.
There is some evidence that matter/anti-matter reactions actually took place inside the nacelles. Or at least some M/AM reaction.
Posted by TheWoozle (Member # 929) on :
Things I've seen, suggest that the TOS and A have a single coils, the D has double coils in each nacelle and E has triple coils... I'm at work and don't have any references. I'm basing a lot of that on the red lights glowing inside the clear front of the nacelle.
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
Woozle, the Bussard collectors != the warp field coils.
--Jonah
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Which weren't even bussard collectors on the E-nil, never mind the fact that the Ent-A never had anything glowing at the front.
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
*sigh* Fine, we can quibble about terminology 'til we're green in the face...
The glowy (or not) bits on the front ends of the engines that accrete interstellar matter != the nifty technobabble-forged metal coils in the aft 80% of the engines that actually generate the subspace field.
Better?
--Jonah
Posted by Sargon (Member # 1090) on :
What material are the coils composed of? I don't have my TNG Tech Manual.
Posted by SoundEffect (Member # 926) on :
Verterium Cortenide.
I don't have my manual handy either. I just know that fictitious compound. My life has lost all meaning.
Posted by CaptainMike20X6 (Member # 709) on :
start a website
Posted by MrNeutron (Member # 524) on :
quote:Originally posted by SoundEffect: Sargon, I've uploaded a screenshot of the cutaway diagram from "The Captain's Chair" CD-ROM:
Geez, but that's a terrible diagram...too much pointless detail. You can't even make out the important bits.
Posted by SoundEffect (Member # 926) on :
quote:Originally posted by MrNeutron: Geez, but that's a terrible diagram...too much pointless detail. You can't even make out the important bits.
The CD-ROM version is zoom-capable, but mine is assembled from many screenshots to get the whole ship at a decent resolution. You're right, there is an awful lot of pointless detail.