In Star Trek Enterprise the episode of Mirrored Darkly Trip commented at the size of the warp nacelles on the defiant. Well in Spacedock size does not matter when it comes to the nacelle size. Well my group had asked that was there something that could be added to the game to work on the size matters so here is my rant on it. I present it for you all to look at and judge for yourself.

Does Size Matter?

We have seen many ships with different sized warp nacelles throughout the Star Trek universe. For an example the Oberth-class surveyor has these smallish looking nacelles and then the Galaxy-class with these short wide fat boy looking nacelles that don’t quite match the size of the ship. Then there is the Excelsior Class and the Sovereign class with the longer nacelles that are long and thin looking giving the ship a stretched out look.

So starting with the Constitution class in comparison to the overall length the nacelles are 52% of the length. The Galaxy class 39% of the length, sovereign 47%, the intrepid 29%, Excelsior 56% and the Oberth at 50% even.

After looking at the size comparison I dredged up a rule that is as follows.

Size………………………………SU’s…………………………..Warp Affected (see notes)
Extra small…..30% or smaller…..SU’s decrease by 2 x size…..minus 2 per & reduction of 2 hours maximum
Small………...40%......................SU’s decrease by 1 x size…..minus 1 per & reduction of 1 hours maximum
Medium……...50%......................no change………………….....no change
Large………...60%......................SU’s increase by 1 x size…...plus 1 per & increase of 1 hours maximum
Extra large…..70% or larger……..SU’s increase by 2 x size…...plus 2 per & Increase of 2 hours maximum

Warp affected

The size changes the warp speed. The bonus or penalty can add or subtract full warp factors to the ships speed. The large can be added or subtracted to the each level of speed or collected to one.

Example:
Base line: Twin Warp Drive Nacelles (Galaxy class): Type 6D <105>
Speed: 6.0/9.2/9.6 [1 power/.2 warp speed]
Special configuration: Standard two nacelles
PIS: Type G (10 hours of Maximum warp) <14>

Twin Warp Drive Small Nacelles (Galaxy class): Type 6D <105 – 8 = 97>
Speed: 5.0/8.2/8.6 [1 power/.2 warp speed]
Special configuration: Standard two nacelles
PIS: Type G (10 – 1 = 9 hours of Maximum warp) <14>

That is the rule that I generated and I don’t think much that the size would work well in game play. So stick with what works. I do think that the size could be added in somehow with an increase and decrease method but have only the following idea on how to implement it.