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Yes, I guess I had heard that the nacelles in the saucer section were "sustainers" too. Probably designed to allow the Alpha section to keep up with the rest of the ship in M.V.A.M.
Another little note (that I like to bring up every now and again) with the three section split is that if the Beta section is destroyed or damaged in the fight, the ship has no way to reconnect even two of its sections. So, you'd have a Beta Section that's broken, an Alpha section that can't jump to warp, and a Gamma section that's haning out in the middle of nowhere wetting itself.
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On the bottom of the primary hull; it's only visible when separated. It mirrors the bridge engine. Have you ever tried looking at the countless reference pictures? Much more effective that way.
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I thought the assumption was that there was a sixth nacelle on the lower saucer to complement the upper saucer nacelle (as these things need to be in pairs).. but i didnt see it with my own eyes so i dont know
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quote:Originally posted by CaptainMike: I thought the assumption was that there was a sixth nacelle on the lower saucer to complement the upper saucer nacelle (as these things need to be in pairs)...but i didnt see it with my own eyes so i dont know...
It isn't an assumption. It's part of the cgi model (see link in post above) and it was visible in the episode.
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Not likely. There's absolutely no common points where the two sections can join. The primary hull has that large undercut for the secondary hull, and the tertiary hull is just a long, flat top.
The only place to connect would be in the forward saucer section, but there's absolutely no hull features there to make it possible.
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Maybe a "pancake core" is like the Danube-class deisgn, where it's all fired horizontally. I never thought that warpcores HAD to be vertical, especially in ships like the Freedom-class.
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BUT! How do we know that the latches that are for the bottom and middle section - can't attach... SOMEHOW to the top section - for emergency purposes. There'd have to be SOME plan - if we can go 'hey what if the middle section is blown up' someone at Starfleet R&D would.
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Pancake warp core my foot... oh sorry about that. I'd like to think that the upper saucer section would have a warp core similar to the Defiant Class, which is why I asked how many decks are in that section of the Prometheus and the deck count of the Defiant.
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