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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] There's a plus side to that arrangement, though. Torpedoes are physical munitions. They also appear to pose the same problems as moving an occupied coffin - the size, the weight, the delicate handling. How are they brought to the torp deck area? The natural way would be to bring them aboard through the docking hatches conveniently placed on the torp deck. However, there are no floor or ceiling rails there to facilitate torpedo transfer. And if torps are stowed one deck above, then how do they get there from the docking level? The central torp crane won't be very practical for that, with that railing and all... If, OTOH, torps were moved around on trolleys that fit in corridors and turbolifts, then this lift placement would make great sense. Direct delivery of torps to the magazines! (The lifts could be just *barely* wide enough for the task. Or then inert torps can be stored vertically.) The neck is a vulnerability in battle in more ways than one. Admittedly, it's risky play to position vital yet kaboomy things there - like turboshafts, torpedo magazines, fuel tanks, or the FRIGGING MAIN ANTIMATTER REACTOR OF THE SHIP! :) I suppose the two porthole-free vertical stretches of hull plating there are some sort of armor, for the reactor core in the Probert original, and for the turboshaft and the magazine in my bastardization. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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