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Author Topic: S.S. Beagle & her technology colin Active Member Member # 217 posted                    In "Bread and Circuses", the starship Enterprise scans the wreckage of the S.S. Beagle , a class 4 survey ship. In the wreckage, the scanners locate antimatter nacelles. I have read opinions on the engineering of the original series. Could this bit of trivia help us to understand the nature of engineering in Kirk's era? Further, the crew of the destroyed ship were attempting to locate iridium deposits. Apparently, they believed that iridium could help their ship. So, what is iridium and how it could be used in a spaceship? Registered: Sep 1999  |  IP: Logged Jack_Crusher Member Member # 696 posted                       Iridium, apparently when paired with either platinum or osmium, it is an extremely strong alloy. And apparently, the "antimatter nacelles" are the antimatter containment pods. -------------------- Fry- How will we get out of this? George Takei's head- Maybe we can use some kind of auto-destruct code like one-A, two-B, three-C... (Bender's head blows up) Bender- Now everybody knows! -Futurama's obligatory Star Trek episode Registered: Aug 2001  |  IP: Logged capped I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP Member # 709 posted                       Iridium occurs rarely in Earth's makeup. Traces of extraterrestrial iridium in one layer of the crust's strata give scientists evidence to the theory that an extraterrestrial object struck the Earth and caused a massive cataclysm millions of years ago, since the only place such a large amount of iridium could originate would be off planet. 892-IV is a duplicate of Earth with historical differences, so it is likely that iridium is rare there too. -------------------- "Are you worried that your thoughts are not quite.. clear?" Registered: Sep 2001  |  IP: Logged The_Tom recently silent Member # 38 posted                       Perhaps the Beagle was looking for a downed network of communications satellites? -------------------- "I was surprised by the matter-of-factness of Kafka's narration, and the subtle humor present as a result." (Sizer 2005) Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged capped I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP Member # 709 posted                       why do you say that? -------------------- "Are you worried that your thoughts are not quite.. clear?" Registered: Sep 2001  |  IP: Logged Sol System two dollar pistol Member # 30 posted                       Perhaps he is a former Motorola shareholder. Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged Styrofoaman Active Member Member # 706 posted                       I get it! I get it! Ha Ha Ha.... --- Now, prehaps the ship in question was an old converted Akiraprise? (ducks and runs) -------------------- Like A Bat Out Of Hell... Registered: Aug 2001  |  IP: Logged Harry Stormwind City Guard Member # 265 posted                       Another note on (pre-)TOS tech, the unnamed J class from "The Menagerie" had baffle-plates, which ruptured and caused Captain Pike ending up in a chair that can go beep. All this aside, Trip gave a pretty TNGTM-like explanation in "Cold Front". Registered: Dec 1999  |  IP: Logged TSN I'm... from Earth. Member # 31 posted                       The Antares had baffle plates, too. When they went away, the ship went blooie. Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged The Mighty Monkey of Mim SUPPOSED TO HAVE ICE POWERS!! Member # 646 posted                       O'brien mentioned something about the baffle plates on the Santa Maria in that one DS9 ep, too, didn't he? ("Paradise", I think it was...) -MMoM [ December 26, 2001: Message edited by: The Mighty Monkey of Mim ] -------------------- The flaws we find most objectionable in others are often those we recognize in ourselves. Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged

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