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quote:The prototype USS Norway was never commissioned for active duty.
why the hell not?
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Because... because there were some... errr... severe problems itegrating the new... ahh... drive-subsystems. Yes, the drive systems, they, err.. didn't work the way Starfleet want, causing some unpredictable warpfield ruptures during high-velocity tests, so they installed the old versions on the other ships. But it caused some delay for the prototype, making it the second ship of the class to launch, shortly after starship Laxness had been put into service.
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Uh...
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I get Laxness from eating too many dairy products.. shoulda gone with Wodewick.
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Cap'n just about your version of the Norway compared to the DD one... what is correct in reguards to the little round 'fan shaped' thing connecting the spine to the nacelle pylons? Is it something behind or does it actually connect the two like the DD version?
And has anyone e-mailed DD about what he used as his source for the Norway schem for the Encyclopaedia... and that maybe he'd send them out onto the web as even ILM don't seem to have them any more.
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So we agree we're going to change the name to the Keflavik class?
Shik - you know more about Iceland than many Icelanders - have you ever been here???
On my way to the airport - in fact I can almost see it from here...
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No...sadly, I haven't. I WANT to, though. I want to very, very, very muchly.
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quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Cap'n just about your version of the Norway compared to the DD one... what is correct in reguards to the little round 'fan shaped' thing connecting the spine to the nacelle pylons? Is it something behind or does it actually connect the two like the DD version?
And has anyone e-mailed DD about what he used as his source for the Norway schem for the Encyclopaedia... and that maybe he'd send them out onto the web as even ILM don't seem to have them any more.
Andrew
It does not. The pylon itself is bent, the small round thing appears to be behind the pylons. I checked the screenshot of the Norway from FC, but you can't see where it is. From the image available, I guess there are either two of them, shaped like small wings, or it is one dish connecting both 'arms'. And regarding the names; yes, they'll be redone for the final version, I just noticed you get a clearer look at the name if you leave it this way (just like Drexler did), but the topview will include a clear view at the name anyway.
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quote:...The pylon itself is bent, the small round thing appears to be behind the pylons. I checked the screenshot of the Norway from FC, but you can't see where it is. From the image available, I guess there are either two of them, shaped like small wings, or it is one dish connecting both 'arms'...
Hi Amasov. Could you show us those screenshots ? Regards,
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The only shot online - besides the beauty shot of the vessel from the Sketchbook (and other publications) - is at the Neutral Zone starship database:
Other than that, I used the digitalized version of FC to do my analysis, allthough it a bad quality. The three ships firing at the cube (Thunderchild, the Norway and a Sabre) is the only point where we get to see the ship from below. And since you can't see a dish there, I assume there is none.
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Some say so, but I don't know for sure. There's no front view of the ship available. But since this is the only position for a deflector, probably yes.
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