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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nimrod: [QB] Ok, here's a theory. Remember in "The Search For Spock" when Kirk shot the BoP with two torps? I'm looking at the tape now, and Scotty fires two photon's with an interval of 53/100's of a sec (according to my stop-watch) and that was from the same tube. Yeah I know, get a life, but bear with me. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] I found a nice homepage talking about ol' connie-class and it said it had a total inventory of 80 torpedos, 40 for the dorsal launcher, 40 for the ventral. So the OLD launcher from the Constitution-class could fire torpedos in .5-sec intervals. What would the fire-rate be from BOTH torpedo-tubes, and both launchers on the constellation-class? 8 torp's/second or just past FUBR! That would mean that IF it could fire-link the launchers, it could empty the banks in ten seconds. And if the tubes would fire in a cycle, not simultaneously, it would fire at a cyclic rate of 480 rpm, like a machine-gun!!! This fits perfectly into the equation if the other information is correct. I'm talking about the famous battle of Maxia, where the USS stargazer was ambushed by a ferengi cruiser. After listening to the subspace-transmission in the episode, one could gather that the Fed's waited until the last moment to defend themselves. So when Picard pulled his manouver he only needed a second to unload 8 torps on the enemy. Now, why they chose to forever place the connie in the "crappy but nostalgic"-group and not the "aged but lethal"-group is beyond me. Although I haven't seen "Peak Performance", where the Hathaway engaged in battle-drills with the Enterprise-D. I think that ep shows a lot of constellation, so I will try to buy it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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