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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [QB] I've just reread this thread, and a couple thing were touched upon which made me realize something. It [i]makes sense[/i] that SF would develop kitbashed designs (model kitbashes, of course, not actual disassembled/reassembled ships). Think about it. The [i]Centaur[/i]'s saucer is identical to an [i]Excelsior[/i]'s. There are already shipyards out there which have been producing [i]Excelsior[/i] saucers (and the rest of the ship) for years. Why design a brand-new saucer and create new machinery to build it, when you can just use what you've already got? The shipyards in existence can easily build just the spaceframe, hull, etc., and the only thing you have to change is the interior. This makes so much more sense than completely starting over every time you design a new class. It even works for the scaled-up [i]Miranda[/i] parts in the [i]Centaur[/i] and [i]Curry[/i]. Most of the pieces are probably replicated and then assembled. Just go into the replicator pattern and simply change it so that the pieces are twice as large (or whatever ratio you need). Granted, you'll probably need new machinery to assemble it, but it's the same prinicple. Just rebuild the machinery twice as large. You won't have to completely redesign it. When you think about how much time and resources SF can save by using ships that share certain basic features, it would be surprising if there [i]weren't[/i] "kitbash" designs. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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