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As regards what neutronic fuel is, remember that the TNG-era fleet (and probably the film and TOS eras, as well, if not even earlier) use Deuterium and anti-Hydrogen as reactants, and more of the former than the latter, due to fusion reactor fuel requirements. Deuterium being a Hydrogen atom with a neutron, it makes sense to me that a tanker carrying slush Deuterium would be hauling neutronic fuel from Deuterium refineries to fleet support bases and civilian refuelling depots. This as distinct from the antimatter tankers Rick referred to in his TNG TM. Be a good idea to keep the two separate...
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Has anyone of you artists ever tried doing the Lotus neutronic fuel carrier and the Orion wanderer? We have diagrams of those from Fasa, but I for one would love to see better and bigger versions. Remind me, was there more of the Fasa designs shown on screen?
Also, anyone have bigger scans of the above mentioned? I only have small versions, like 500x.
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Hell, I want to see the Romulan Nova, Winged Defender, Bright One, and a few others modeled in proper "transitional" colours (from the white-with-painted-bird of TOS to all green with feather-patterned hull plates) to fill in the massive gap between the old Bird-of-Prey and the D'Deridex. I would absolutely squeal in delight if the warships involved in the Tomed Incident were Novas.
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quote: As regards what neutronic fuel is, remember that the TNG-era fleet (and probably the film and TOS eras, as well, if not even earlier) use Deuterium and anti-Hydrogen as reactants, and more of the former than the latter, due to fusion reactor fuel requirements. Deuterium being a Hydrogen atom with a neutron, it makes sense to me that a tanker carrying slush Deuterium would be hauling neutronic fuel from Deuterium refineries to fleet support bases and civilian refuelling depots. This as distinct from the antimatter tankers Rick referred to in his TNG TM. Be a good idea to keep the two separate...
So neutronic fuel is just another term for Deuterium? That's simple enough.
quote: The registry of the Kobayashi Maru is "Amber, Tau Ceti IV". This is a rather bizarre and singular registry.
I conjecture that "Amber" is the name of the fuel or shipping company that owns the KM and "Tau Ceti IV" is simply the planet from which this particular fuel carrier operates from. Hence the logo.
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I think Amber is the city on Tau Ceti IV. My step-father is in the Coast Guard. I know well what a "vessel's registry" is. It's more-or-less synonymous with home port, with the connotation of "where is this ship registered so we can go there in case there's some problem?"...
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Ok so the City started life as a fuel depo for the Amber company and over time it grew to become a major trading station and a city in it's own right, so they named it Amber city. Happy?
quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus: Hell, I want to see the Romulan Nova, Winged Defender, Bright One, and a few others modeled in proper "transitional" colours (from the white-with-painted-bird of TOS to all green with feather-patterned hull plates) to fill in the massive gap between the old Bird-of-Prey and the D'Deridex.
Well, it's not a FASA design, but I was intrigued by the color design on the Romulan Stormbird (converted D-7) and painted my FASA mini with those colors from the FASA ad. When the Klingon Bird of Prey model came out, I decided to paint a Romulan Variation of the Bird of Prey in the colors of my Romulan Bright One mini:
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Beauty... I think the blue should go further out in the feathers, but -- beauty. I'm still trying to find minis of my favorite FASA ships (including four Romulan ships) so I can start experimenting. I came in just as it was going out. Started having money of my own in 1989 -- actually, went in to buy some minis about a week after they disappeared from my hobby shop's racks.
Oh -- yes, Kris, makes me happy.
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quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus: Hell, I want to see the Romulan Nova, Winged Defender, Bright One, and a few others modeled in proper "transitional" colours (from the white-with-painted-bird of TOS to all green with feather-patterned hull plates) to fill in the massive gap between the old Bird-of-Prey and the D'Deridex. I would absolutely squeal in delight if the warships involved in the Tomed Incident were Novas.
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