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Just a quick one here. Does somebody know that the Prometheus definitely does have six nacelles, one for each section in MVAM, and three warp cores. This I've heard a number of times, but I'm unsure as to whether this is certain or not.
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As I recall, the layout was described like this: One long traditional core which broke down during seperation mode into two, for the bottom and middle sections.
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There are two versions of that MSD out there, though, aren't there? The one above doesn't seem to show any separation lines, nor any hint of the two tiny retractable nacelles for the bow section. What kind of graphics were used in the actual episode?
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The one above is from the E3, so I assume it's accurate. The other one is probably a fake.
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Timo, if you look really closely on the MSD that link pints to, you can barely see generic representations of two nacelles (at least that's what they look like to me). Just above and below the horizontal warp core-looking thing in the Alpha section.
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Acording to the diagrams of the Prometheus in Star Trek Magazine, I can be 100% sure that the Promie has 6 warp nacells.
However, we should recount the engines a few times to be sure. I demand a full ship-wide recount!!
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The official MSD really didn't look well. It was a fast cut and paste job, so I like the one that one of the members here made. And that one shows 6 nacelles. I'm not sure about how many warp cores it has though...
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Rick Sternbach has said that each section has its own warp core. In separated flight mode, the main core actually splits in two to go with the middle and bottom sections. When connected, the top section's core is powered down to a standby mode and the two lower cores work together to power the four primary nacelles. You could assume then that the Prommie's warp cores work on the same principle as Voyager's which doesn't require matter and antimatter injection points at each end.
However, the E3 MSD aparently doesn't support this notion, so his ideas may be different from what Okuda came up with for his MSD...
Mark
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You can clearly see the nacelle in this picture of the CGI model.
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