surcer separation!

[com_data]

When a starship once have separatet can it
be replaced by a differant suarcer section?

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JP

[Owen E Oulton]

Sure. It would have to be one from the same class, or the docking clamps wouldn't match, though. I would imagin that during the Dominion War, there may have been Galaxy Class ships which were repaired this way after a battle.

Hmmmm. You've just inspired me. I've just decided to have that as part of the background in my post-Dominion War campaign.

[ArsenicMan]

Could the main sections of some ships (i.e. Miranda and Nebula classes) be rejiggered to fit their base classes (Constitution and Galaxy)? As far as I can tell, all that need to be done is ripping off the warp nacelles and installing docking clamps/turbolift connectors. Or you could even leave the nacelles on - allow the saucer to travel at warp, and boost the top speed of the ship.

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[Paul]

Gee you can just see it, can't you?

Flying along at high Warp, when all of a sudden the clamps give way, and the saucer lifts off over the rear of the ship (like the old bonnet-flipping-up-over-the-windshield routine), blocking the view from the Battle Bridge of the secondary hull...

And you hear this almost-nasally voice (and reply) coming from within:

"I can't see s**t, can you?"

"No problem, son, no problem."

(With apologies to the script-writers of the Cannonball Run...)

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[Dan Gurden]

Thank god the salesman is on Cestus 3

Imagine if a Ferengi was selling it!

"But I ordered a Galaxy class nacelle!"
"And?"
"Your supplying me with a Runabout cockpit!"


Remember the first rule of aquisition...

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Dan.

"A couple of thoughts froma random mind!"

[SIR SIG]

In some sources, SF just bolts down a saucer to a new warp drive section to test ou the performance. These may be custom saucer for this job or maybe not!

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SIR SIG a Aussie TREK Narrator

[Steve Long]

It's definitely an intriguing idea. Also a possible source of humor:

"Chief Engineer McLaren, why does the saucer section keep... rattling... when we're at warp?"

"Sorry, sir... when we were at Spacedock for repairs following the Third Battle of Vulcanis, they gave us a completely new saucer, and it doesn't seem to fit the clamps just right...."

Steve Long
WOTC South

[billy135]

ah hell the ships been up on cinder block fer a while now. we found and old 2332 galaxy class stardrive section, we oiled the plasma intakes, fine tuned th V-8 impulse drive, dropped the warp core and slapped in some newly grease bearing. It'll haul like a scalded dawg now. Bubba found a saucer from a 2345 Intreped class, it don't even get near a good fit, but that an't nuthin some duck tape and screws can't fix.

[hellsgate]

Com_Data:

Sure. In example -- you can mate a Rapier-Class saucer section to a Sovereign-Class star-drive section. You just need a saucer section that's been designed to have a "universal collar/airlock" system that can expand/retract as necessary to meet the specific ODN/EPS, docking-clamp & turbolift situations.

The U.S.S. Buckingham - Daikyu-Class Tactical Cruiser.

http://www.angelfire.com/ak4/startre...on/Vessel.html