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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] There are a couple of real-world examples of ship design that might be relevant. One is this single-bore vs. multi-bore argument. Many seem to think that multi-bore = more powerful than single-bore, but typically it is just vice versa - multiple launching systems are introduced to cover for the inherent weaknesses of the weapon being launched. In the eighties and nineties, vertical-launch tubes were introduced for the Sea Sparrow SAM for use in a variety of ships, including Dutch and South Korean designs. While the arrays of these weapons may look pretty impressive, they in fact tell that these ships are weaker in air defence than their cousins with reloadable launchers. The VL systems of modern US warships are on par with the single or twin launchers of the previous generation only because there are several dozen launch sells in every VLS array. Rate of fire is not increased all that much, since one can't easily launch simultaneously from several cells. Considering all this, the original Akira could be a peacetime ship, equipped with primitive slow-rate launchers because it wasn't expected to fight a full-scale war. The Galaxy would feature hugely more expensive and complex weapons that would be more useful in war. And Starfleet's response to the more warlike 2370s could have been to equip the initially, say, six-tubed Akira with large numbers of additional weak tubes, because this sort of refit was possible whereas a refit introducing the complex Galaxy type launchers was impossible (too expensive, too bulky hardware, not enough power available). Judging by "First Contact" alone, Akira torpedo tubes may not be capable of repeated shots. I don't think we ever saw a tube fire twice in the movie (the two volleys fired came from multi-tube locations, namely the seven-tube pod and the three-plus-one-tube deflector area). It is of course possible that the Akira is an invincible battlewagon. If this is so, though, then why does it not utilize its weapons? Why are Akiras weak in practice if they are supposed to be strong in theory? As for torps vs. phasers, things may have changed quite a bit between Kirk's time, and Picard's... Timo Saloniemi Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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