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Ok, the Rhode Island looks more roundish than the Equinox for some reason. I remember hearing that two versions of the Equinox were made; one damaged and one in pristine condition. The RI could be the pristine model since the fins, the bridge dome, the auxilary deflector, and the hull spine were modified. Some hardrive then could have both starships in it.
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quote:Originally posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge: Ok, the Rhode Island looks more roundish than the Equinox for some reason. I remember hearing that two versions of the Equinox were made; one damaged and one in pristine condition. The RI could be the pristine model since the fins, the bridge dome, the auxilary deflector, and the hull spine were modified. Some hardrive then could have both starships in it.
Yeah, two versions of the Equinox were made. The undamaged version appeared in the Starship Spotter book. Presumably Rob Bonchune took that undamaged model and modified it. So what we have now differences between the two are the ones already stated, but also I've noticed that RI diesn't have the raised shield grid enhancers a la Voyager that Equinox had. I also noticed that the ventral saucer sensor cluster is also different, because RI has a raised bridge dome, she seems to have one more deck than Equinox, because RI has no deflector notch, she's also a a meter or two longer, RI's nacelle fin in not like on Equinox, but more like those on the "LN-64" nacelle, and the middle cliff along the spine is no longer black/hollowed (where aft torpedo launchers would/could be placed), but is filled in. Oh yeah, the RI's impulse engines are in slightly different place along the spine than on Equinox. And the RI doesn't have any shield grid on the ventral stardrive.
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So is it still the same ship with the same length, just with one extra deck?
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RI is a little longer and a little taller. She has no deflector notch out of the front of the saucer (the saucer apexes where it should) and the raised bridge dome adds one more deck.
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Maybe there are overhead compartments there that can be used to store medical equipment that falls on the crew in times of attacks.
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Perhaps the original bridge was sunken into "deck 2" and on the RI it was raised?
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Ok, that is strange. Why would a Federation starship bridge be on Deck 2? It's always on the top deck and even the Defiant had its bridge on the upper most deck. I'd think that the bridge dome on the Rhode Island just added more sensor packages or debris to fall on the crew. Oh, I put the side view of the Rhode Island ontop of the Equinox MSD... Rhode Island MSD
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Well, they don't put an admiral on it. They put a wimpy captain.
re: bridge: I'm thinking drop-down oxygen masks in the event of sudden depressurization.
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So it's a varient of the Nova class with a smaller Voyager type secondary deflector dish, that ends out in a more pointy bow. The bridge is bigger and taller. Obviously this ship is more heavily armed than the Equinox was. Perhaps an upgraded version or a heavily armed counterpart, perhaps the Defiant Pathfinder herself.
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