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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [QB] Don't confuse the nacelles with the coils. A nacelle is simply a fairing, an aesthetic holding vessel. We don't know a lot of possible variables in coil design & placement to make a judgement call. For all we know, because of the design of saucers up to & including the [i]Excelsior[/i]-class, there may only need to be the merest fraction of a gap between coil halves; indeed, there may not even NEED to be halved coils. Maybe the idea of a halved coil came about due to the excessively large size of the [i]Ambassador[/i]-class & so only ships of about 2.75 million metric tons & above need the halved coil. That could be why the [i]Defiant[/i] was so powerful she almost shook herself apart & why the [i]Intrepid[/i]s can be so damn fast--they're smaller & can use "whole coils," but utilize the halved ones because it gives them a power or speed advantage. Maybe the shape of the coil is defined by the hull planform, & thus the shape of the warp field. I think [i]Defiant[/i] coils are shaped somewhat differently than [i]Galaxy[/i] ones, & there's thoughts that [i]Sovereign[/i] coils are triangular. Look at those odd rectangular ones from the [i]Danube[/i]-class; they've hardly any bumpiness at all. Maybe the general overall design as well as the placement of the "nooks & crannies" are part of the field shaping, & older ships such as [i]Constitution[/i]s, [i]Constellation[/i]s, & [i]Miranda[/i]s simply can't USE more modern techniques or designs. Sure, they can benefit from them--a new set of coils with a couple extra nubs or nooks--but they'd not be substantially different than from when the class was designed. Notice that it seems that warp coil design is one of the first things worked on & finalized in any new ship project? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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