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When the director's cut of the first movie is released on 01-17-01, we will see Admiral Nogura's meeting with Admiral Kirk. I am curious as to Admiral Nogura's uniform and insignia.
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Hey, has anyone else scanned all the other uniform sections from the previous issues of ST the Magazine?
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I remember reading in a comic book that constitiution class starships could separate the primary hull from the secondary hull but this was only one way. By sealing all the access points and activating explosive charges the separation could be achieved. I think it was done in a graphic novel by DC comics and involved the USS Farragut. I know this is not canon but i wondered what people think about this. If the constitution class had this feature then surely the excelsior and ambassador would have a similar feature as well.
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Actually, the fact that the constitution-class was capable of saucer-separation is canon. It was mentioned in the dialoge in the TOS-episode "The apple". The Enterprise was caught by Vaal, and Kirk ordered that if nothing else could be done, Scott should prepare for saucer-separation. Nothing is mentioned, however, if this was a oneway procedure or if the ship could be reintegrated.
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I used to know the exact bit of dialogue from "The Apple"... Wasn't something to the effect of "...jettison the nacelles..."?
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The explosive emergency saucer sep feature of the Connie class was even planned to be featured in ST:TMP, but alas it didn't happen. It would have been nice to see though.
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I believe that both options were mentioned, in different episodes. Which makes sense, as it seems a bit of a waste to ditch the entire secondary hull if only one nacelle is the problem.
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I really don't like the idea of the Ambassador class have seperation capabilities, especially because of the location of the impulse engines. You'd have to take a large chunk of the neck with you when you seperate. All the other ships have their impulse engines built into the lip of the saucer, meaning a no extras being taken along with you. Besides, an Ambassador would just look so ugly seperated. Blech
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I always thought the neck of the Ambassador looked like a knight's helm from the front. Kinda like RoboCop-II. Anyway, the Galaxy-class looks weirder separated. The "head" looks like a melting marzipan pastry. In fact, IMHO, I think the whole galaxy-class looks like a porcelain figure. No straight angles, no industrial efficiency � la *Star destroyer* at all, just a big porcelain-swan.
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