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enlighten me-are these torpedo launchers?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Re'k: [QB] I've heard it suggested that the Akira's pod contains several T-shaped launchers. If you look at the launcher in the TNG tech book, it's L-shaped. Torpedoes come down the vertical shaft, then are accelerated out the tube. In the Akira's weapon pod, a couple tubes could be T-shaped, where the torpedo comes up a vertical shaft, then is accelerated out either the front or back. This cuts down on some of the machinery needed for the many, many launchers. ----- Is the Akira armed way, way above the norm? Yes. Did Starfleet need to build such a ship? Probably. They were way more effective in the Dominion war than re-comissioning (is that the right term for un-mothballing?) more ablative Mirandas for the Defiant. Will they build more Akiras in peacetime? No. In my opinion, which counts for little but I'll share it anyway, the Akira (and Steamrunner) were designed when the Federation had just finished the Cardassian War, had just come out of a brief conflict with the Klingons, was fearing invasion by the Borg, the Dominion, the Romulans... Didn't US naval production pick up any before Pearl Harbour? "My goodness, you want to build a ship that carries 50 fighters? Our heaviest cruisers only carry two spotter seaplanes! Ships just do not carry more than that!" 2378: The Dominion war is over, the [insert 10th movie plot here] is finished, and the Borg are long overdue for their next visit, prompting some to believe that they've finally given up on assimilating the Federation. Now, the Federation and Starfleet can get back to what it does best. Exploring strange new worlds. Seeking out new life and new civilizations. Going boldly where few have gone before... [start 5th series intro music] --Re'k [/QB][/QUOTE]
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