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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] KO: I'm not sure why you're presenting Bradbury as an example of a pulling ship. The nacelles are in the back as in most ships. Maybe the left pointing orientation has confused you? As far as why Fed ships always have rear or mid-mounted nacelles, it's just a convention, as is having a neck or a primary hull disk. I suspect that there must be some marginal advantage to having these layouts, but the fact that other races' ships look different suggests that the Fed way is not the only way. These other ways must have other advantages, which Earth ships choose not to make use of. Earth warp ships might have explored many different layouts in the early days (like early jet-powered aircraft), but eventually settled down to the standard layouts we have now. I've sketched out some early ships with unusual nacelle placements (such as various hammerheads with two, three, or four nacelles; various types of midline nacelles), but they look too weird (not for public viewing). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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