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I don't think I like the perfectly flat version, but Shik's suggestion of *slightly* angled nacelles sounds like it would work well. I'd prefer an upper placement compared to lower... although if you take a progression from Paris to Kestrel to Capella to Miranda, then perhaps slightly-lower orientation would make more sense. (Of course, the designs don't have to be so arbitrary. )
I also think that the latest edition of the registry number is a little high. Considering the differing size, I think that the Capella would fit in better as a contemporary of the Kestrel/Aryabhatta. Considering that the Capella with its small size can hardly perform the same mission profile as the Aryabhatta, I think it'd work better to have the Capella built in the mid-2220's. (Shortly after the new Command directive for lots of small ships.)
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Masao, for pylon angle, what I was thinking of was much like the bow elevation of the Detroyat design...if you find it on SSDB. Not in vertical direction necessarily, but degree of angle.
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Here's the revision Snay requested. I made the back engineering deck a bit longer, but wasn't able to make it much taller, since the two deck slab runs the length of the ship. I did make the half-cylinders slightly larger though. I added a crappy torp pod on a single stalk. Because the midline is filled with engineering equipment, I had to put the stalk fairly far forward. But, feel free to modify it in any way. I put the nacelles up on these schematics, but that was just to get them out of the way to show the hull.
The registry number is still up in the air. I won't settle on one until I come up with a suitable history for this ship. Still playing around with the nacelles. But maybe slightly raised might be ok. I'll take a look at Detroyat.
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The nacelles will be flat on the baseline of the saucer (supporting their weight isn't going to happen). Looks like we're still talking about four decks: A-, B-, C- and D-Decks. Altho, some stuff COULD go in the torpedo room and the stalk.
Masao: you even put the port & starboard airlocks where I was going to! You = kick'in ass.
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