Spoilers The Ships of Lower Decks

[Tuskin38]

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So the in universe reason for holes in the pylons is to save material, lesson stress on the hull. Since the engineering hull is between the nacelles, there's nothing big going through the pylons.

Though that doesn't explain the holes in the pylons connecting the nacelles to engineering.

 

[Timo]

Loving the effort that goes into this - whether it be design effort, or explaining effort!

Portholes on saucer rim is not what I'd consider a problem in any Trek show, as TOS already pretty strongly established that those things don't meet anybody's expectations. Nacelle swaps sound natural, too. And the less vanity paneling there, the better. I just hope we'll get to see a few pans that connect the interiors to the exteriors. I mean, we haven't even gotten one that would properly establish the location of the Lower Decks accommodations in external view, right? (The animation doesn't involve much zooming in or out, but since it's basically CGI, this is more a stylistic than technical limitation.)

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

So the in universe reason for holes in the pylons is to save material, lesson stress on the hull. Since the engineering hull is between the nacelles, there's nothing big going through the pylons.

Though that doesn't explain the holes in the pylons connecting the nacelles to engineering.

The two pylons each have two major things going through it.
1) TurboLift Shaft
2) EPS Conduits
3) ODN lines for computer network communications.

The holes are obviously a separator for one part of the shaft being TurboLift, the other is for EPS.
Since ODN lines are small, thin, cheap (volumetrically); you can route two sets from both for redundant communications to the StarDrive section.

At minimum, there should be 4x sets of Full Duplex ODN lines going to Main Engineering for redundancy.

 

[mikelima777]

So the in universe reason for holes in the pylons is to save material, lesson stress on the hull. Since the engineering hull is between the nacelles, there's nothing big going through the pylons.

Though that doesn't explain the holes in the pylons connecting the nacelles to engineering.

Maybe it separates the pylons' warp plasma conduits and EPS from the Turboshafts and other systems? Could be a way to mitigate problems from a breach in the plasma conduits.

 

[Timo]

Functionally, the pylons from warp core to nacelles would be a bit different from the pylons from nacelles to hull. Different power needs in the hull for starters. But splitting the arrangements so that the power flows in one shielded shaft and the sensitive stuff such as data and people travel in another may be prudent in all cases, regardless of whether one then puts an actual hole between the two shafts.

(Perhaps Kirk's ship had a greater need for hands-on access to the nacelles back then she was Pike's, but could afford to lose one of the two pylons per nacelle when automation improved?)

Timo Saloniemi

 

[DEWLine]

The lights on the rim of the California class ships don't match the MSD cross-section, but there's a solution to that: they're three rows of sensor pallets. Which can be smaller than habitable decks.

 

[The Super Brando]

The Nebula was to the Galaxy what the Miranda was to the Constitution...

I think the Parliament class is a successor to the Nebula. The Miranda is to the Constitution, what the Nebula is to the Galaxy, what the Parliament is to the Sovereign.

 

[Dukhat]

I think the Parliament class is a successor to the Nebula. The Miranda is to the Constitution, what the Nebula is to the Galaxy, what the Parliament is to the Sovereign.

The problems with that hypothesis is that the Parliament class looks nothing like the Sovereign, and has a registry number that makes the class older than the Galaxy class.

 

[Tuskin38]

Well today’s episode finally solidifies the California-class view screen being a window.

 

[Trekker4747]

Because of course it's a window.

 

[Lakenheath 72]

And it's made of glass.

 

[fireproof78]

Well today’s episode finally solidifies the California-class view screen being a window.

Good deal.

 

[BillJ]

Because of course it's a window.

What does it actually matter?

 

[BillJ]

And it's made of glass.

So were the windows on the Enterprise-D according to Generations.

 

[dswynne1]

And it's made of glass.

You mean "transparent aluminum". Or some variant thereof.

 

[Lakenheath 72]

Close caption says "glass".

 

[fireproof78]

What does it actually matter?

It doesn't, to my mind. It has a tiniest fraction of a difference in terms of hull integrity (maybe) and the needs of the plot will shatter that whether it is the best armor ever or not.

 

[BillJ]

It doesn't, to my mind. It has a tiniest fraction of a difference in terms of hull integrity (maybe) and the needs of the plot will shatter that whether it is the best armor ever or not.

If shields are down, window or viewscreen, it doesn’t matter. See: Star Trek: Nemesis.

 

[fireproof78]

If shields are down, window or viewscreen, it doesn’t matter. See: Star Trek: Nemesis.

If shields are up and the plot says you blow up it doesn't matter. Unless in TUC they didn't have shields?

 

[BillJ]

Unless in TUC they didn't have shields?

The Bird of Prey? I don’t think they can use shields while cloaked.