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Mars Needs Women
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Was checking out stguardian.to and found this DS9 kitbash

http://www.stguardian.to/fed/starships/exvarmodel.jpg

http://www.stguardian.to/fed/starships/exvarmodel01.jpg

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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MinutiaeMan
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Yawn. Old news. Don't you have the DS9:TM? [Wink]

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Mars Needs Women
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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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Mark Nguyen
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"Meh".

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MinutiaeMan
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http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/ds9tm.htm

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Jason Abbadon
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Ahem.
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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. [Cool]
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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I don't have any real problems, the parts at least work together.

I'm more partial to 4 nacelled ships though.

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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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Jason Abbadon
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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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Also, you seem to have added an impulse engine, you weirdo you...

Your Medusa looks sinfully good. I think it would have been an improvement had that been the ship our TNG heroes flew. And I kid not.

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Mark Nguyen
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Yeah. I might need to bug you for hi-rez saucer details when I get Karl to build a Medusa for Wof 359. [Smile]

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Mars Needs Women
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Yeah Jason nice Medusa. Okay, I'm done with this ship now.

Edit: BTW Jason you wouldn't have a website where you post picks of all your models would you?

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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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...Not that the current saying would have stopped the manufacture of three-wheel vehicles.

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