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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] The floor space on the armory could go hand in hand with the cart racks that held the photon torpedoes. While hand-operated carts aren't a very efficient method of moving heavy munitions, they are a very [i]flexible[/i] means. The fixed loader might only be able to handle the original cylinder shape of the old spatial torps, but Starfleet would realize that those weapons weren't up to snuff any more, and would prepare NX-01 with built-in flexibility until the next projectile standard was decided upon. As for aft tubes in general, I think they are a must. It would be awfully wasteful to first fire torps forward, then have them curve around the ship to hit targets aft. If your preferred mode of fighting is to keep on moving, into and out of firing range, there's little chance of (or sense in) pivoting the ship to orient the launchers. And if you are moving at warp, aft tubes are hugely important in discouraging pursuit. Multiple distributed magazines are also a very good idea if your ship is prone to hull-penetrating shots. That is, if you store something explosive in the magazines. Photon torpedoes aren't necessarily explosive by themselves, before injected with the desired amount of antimatter. But antimatter bunkerage would then be the thing to be distributed. And the farther you place your weapons from each other, the less chances there are that the enemy could command "target their weapons"... Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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