I know it was meant to be an abscure ship, but still what gives with the 3rd nacelle. Doesn't that break Roddenbury's rule.
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I don't but I'm aware of it. So if this is old news then what was the general consensus on the ship having a third nacelle?
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Ahem. The "Medusa" design kicks ass- I really dig it- far moreso than many other more popular kitbash designs (Challenger, Centaur, etc.). The design makes a lot of sense if you think a third nacelle can reduce the overall workload by a third (allowing a greater duration of high warp speeds). Particularly when you consider the amount of time it would take to cross the U.F.P.
I've seen the ship configured with the third nacelle "up", but that looks like total shit, so I built mine "nacelle down" for that Oberth look I like so much. Look at it as generational predesessor to the Niagara class.
As to artistic liscence, I made a few practical revisions- a connie refit bridge (the incorrectly scaled Excelsior bridge bugs me no end) and a few landing pads on the dorsal saucer mostly.
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Unfortunately, nobody has ever found evidence of this model in a episode. However, if you want a fully canon ship with a 3rd nacelle, you have the Niagara.
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And besides, the "Roddenberry rules", even if they were ever spouted out by the Great Bird, are a load of childish crap, aimed specifically at discrediting Franz Joseph's work. Down with this sort of thing!
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I built the Niagara too- it actually took a bit more tweaking of the design to make ir practical- mainly the dorsal nacelles needed to be moved back a bit so as to not overhang the saucer (blocking the studio model's rear phasers completely!).
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Well, they mustn't like 3 nacelles in someways since Reg says to Janeway in "Endgame" he'd be a 'third nacelle' - like a third wheel - something that is unnecessary.
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