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I inspected the high-res pictures of the sabre we got a couple of days ago and you can clearly see a mounted node of some sort just above the first digit, the 6, in the registry. It covers the Y and E over Yeager. It must be the forward launcher. It looks like it's double-barreled, could explain the volley in FC.
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The botom view of the Saber shows the Nav deflector pointing aft instead of forward and the haven't drawn any structure in the front part of the bottom bump that could be the deflector.
Me thinks these schematics are not entirely accurate...
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There are always oversights in star trek ships it seems like. The Galaxy for instance; when the saucer was separated from the engineering hull, the engineering hull supposedly had worse maneuvering on a certain axis than if the saucer had been attached and the whole ship had been performing the maneuver. Why? With the saucer attached the thrusters were farther from the center of gravity. Now this is more understandable than the Streamrunner's oversight, but for the sake of discussion I suppose there was some reason or another that particular spot was vulnerable on it, maybe the writers merely wanted fodder for their spiffy cgi scenes.
I really wish they would have had some pictures of the Norway. It seems to be the scapegoat of the FC ships, maybe because it appeared in fewer scenes at odd angles to make it almost undistinguishable from the Akira. I can only hope they will have an article or two in future issues, even though I know that will never happen. *sigh*
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Dog Gammit futhermucking Bon of a Sitch! This post spent all night on my computer and was in response to Targetemployee's post on the first page. I suppose somebody in my house saw it and hit the reply button thinking it was finished. *shrug*
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There is a long distance shot of a Norway Class starship as the Borg ship explodes. The ship is seen in the lower right corner.
Someone mentioned earlier that the Streamrunner Class starship is slow. I think this is proven by the escape velocities of the starships as the above mentioned Borg ship ended its service life. We see three of the newer classes-Akira, Norway, and Streamrunner-escaping from the debris path. Based on the data, I conjecture that the Akira is the fastest ship. The Streamrunner is the slowest, with the Norway being the second fastest.
A question-Is CGI more or less expensive than traditional model making? If less expensive, then why don't the producers use CGI more effectively?
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Aban: when I saw the ventral diagram of the Sabre, I also thought that it had the deflector dish pointing aft. It took me a while, but I think it is pointing forward. You just have to keep in mind that the dish-part is smaller and there is a very large section of grille between the dish-part and the edge of the secondary-ish hull. On top of that, the dish-part seems to be pushed in further than on other designs. So, I think the dish is pointing forward, but it looks wrong because 1) the ship has a funky dish design and 2) the proportions of the dish are funky as well.
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Ahhhh. I think I see it now. At least I see where the dish is supposed to be. It's that curved notched line that I thought was a phaser strip there to the right of where the line pointing to the dish ends. To make it clearer, the line should be pointing to the curved line which is actually the upper part of the deflector housing.
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When in hell did all of you get your issue? I am still waiting for mine and the ST Communicator. I subscribed to it months ago and never got one yet. With the ST:M I got one after Christmas in the mail but not now, I am DUE for a fucking one.
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Nimrod, I don't see how come anybody would think your from anywhere but the USA, 'lamp-shield'... **Wes, can we get a few spoilers tossed in here**
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