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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] 4th generation would be F/A-18 and MiG-27/Su-27, right? (What else did the US have in the 4th gen category? The F-16?) Not too much commonality there. Twin engines and twin tails, all right - but the Russian planes had supersonic intakes, a blended wing/hull like the older US F-15 but unlike the Hornet, and this fancy high-angle-of-attack capacity. The planes did look a bit like an F-18 in top-down satellite photos, though. Starship builders seem to have much more liberty in choosing differing yet practical development paths than aircraft or naval ship builders. One would think that the Romulans would merely internally install whatever they stole from the others, while only minimally altering the exterior. This also jibes with how the VFX people treated "improved" ships in older Treks, out of practical necessity. But now CGI makes it possible for ship designs to be altered drastically, or minimally, or to any degree between those. What would be the Trek-internal reason for the change? Why would ship designs suddenly become more "flexible" that way, and why would the old practice of adding external modules (that look suspiciously like altered-scale parts from other starships, aircraft or motorbikes!) or packing new stuff in old hulls be abandoned? Would the big war simply stimulate an otherwise stagnant ship-designing business, perhaps? Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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