Jim Phelps
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Something occured to me. Suppose the Nova class has the bridge module section and other details of the Defiant, like the Pathfinder. Knowing the size of the Nova, which should be a little over 110 feet tall (6*13'+2*16' decks = 110' and then hull plating), we can calculate the size of all these elements and use that to scale the Defiant
[This message was edited by Boris on May 21, 1999.]
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It doesn't look too bad, but the element that ruins it for me is that Intrepid secondary hull. It just looks REALLY out of place. Then again, I've never liked the Intrepids all that much either.
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By the way, the Equnoix (and the Nova-class) isn;t that same as the defiant pathfinder.....
The definat pathfiner had 4 warp nacells, and a unified hull, while the nova-class has two nacelles, as well as a primary hull (sacer section) and a secondary hull (engineering section). How do I know the defaint pathfinder had four nacelles? It said so in the paragraph below its picture. How do I know it has one unfided hull? Just look at it. A secondary hull under this half saucer and elongated tail would kinda have no place to be attached onto.....
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It's kinda unclear in the text whether the pathfinder has four nacelles or not....
There are some clear differences between the Nova and the pathfinder... the front end for starters. The nacelle pylons appear to attach further forward on the Nova as well.
It's unfair to say they were lazy and ripped one off the other... Sternbach designed both ships and obviously borrowed extensively from the pathfinder, but still came up with an original starship design...
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Uh...there isn't any text below the pathfinder picture.
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I think I like this ship better than the Sovereign class.
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It's a neat little ship. To theorize about who came first, the Intrepid or the Nova, I suggest that two (or more) subspace friendly warp designs were being tested. The result: they both worked fine but later tests showed the Sovereign style was better. Hence ships built in the same period with different nacelle styles.
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The First One
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I'm amazed. . . you wait for ages for someone to commit one of the two special mis-spellings of 'Defiant' in "Defiant Pathfinder" - 'Definat' and 'Defaint' - and then someone does them both at once! Thanks, grb! 8)
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