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enlighten me-are these torpedo launchers?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Identity Crisis: [QB] The Akira CGI model seems to have [i]at least[/i] torp tubes. On the saucer: One below the defelector. Three above the deflector. Two port dorsal. Two starboard dorsal. In the pod: Four forward (upper row) Three forward (lower row) and a hard to see number facing rear (either one or two in each angled section) That gives a total of 17 or 19. One could hope that some of them aren't torp tubes but something else... There's no problem having so many tubes in the pod: the Miranda has two forward and two aft tubes in its much smaller pod. It's just the sheer number of tubes and their rather illogical placement that bugs me. For example, if the pod is a mission specific attachment, and peace time Akiras (which we've never seen) have sensors or something there instead, then it would be more logical for the saucer to have only the two or three torp tubes (I'd suggest two forward and one aft) that other ships have rather than an over the top eight. The port and starboard tubes are daft - torps can not be used at short ranges, see numerous, references from TNG, but how often would you get a long range shot from port or starboard? And torps are not straight line weapons anyway. If I could redesign the Akira I'd give it two forward torp tubes above the deflector and one aft torp tube somewhere on the aft central saucer surface. I'd remove all the other saucer tubes. I'd remove the lower row of tubes on the pod, leaving four foward and four aft tubes in the pod. I'd also add phaser strips to the nacelle pylons. Finally I'd increase the size of the forward shuttle bay doors to match that of the aft ones so that the ship can operate in a proper through deck fashion (at the moment it can land craft larger than it can launch)... Hmm, this has nothing to do with the Nebula. Oh well. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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