Blue Bussards, Yay ''or'' Nay?

[miraclefan]

Simple question. Do you like that the ''Bussards'' are now BLUE insteed of the Traditional RED? I myself thought it ''BLASPHAMY'' that they ''mess'' with the bussards, but I have found myself ''adjusting'' to them, even going so far as saying that they look right for this ''ship''. So I ask my fellow trekkies! Should they have stuck with ''red''? or was it a good idea to go ''blue''?

 

[Kpnuts]

They're ok. I'm not hugely keen on them not being red, but they look ok I suppose.

Probably more modern and grown up this way.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

BLASPHEMY.

The classic "spinny" bussards on the TOS Enterprise were mere of an amber color, with flashes of bluish-pinkishness. They ain't red (Unless you mean The Cage/WNMHGB)


That being said, I'm fine with them being blue, but I think red/amber looks more distinct, cause freakin everything futuristic today has blue neons flying out of its ass (not that it doesn't look cool, but the look is quickly wearing out).

 

[miraclefan]

BLASPHEMY.

The classic "spinny" bussards on the TOS Enterprise were mere of an amber color, with flashes of bluish-pinkishness. They ain't red (Unless you mean The Cage/WNMHGB)


That being said, I'm fine with them being blue, but I think red/amber looks more distinct, cause freakin everything futuristic today has blue neons flying out of its ass (not that it doesn't look cool, but the look is quickly wearing out).

I know they were a ''Amber pinkish-blueishness'' to them (I have O.C.D. so you can imagine the HELL I went thru just to get the ''right'' color for the model kits!) but for the sake of this thread I decided to spare us all and go with ''red'' Now ''That being said'' the blue bussards are begining to GLOW on me. However I do agree with you that there is just ''WAYYYY'' to much blue in SCI-FI movies today! C'mon people there ''are'' other colors in the spectrum you know!

 

[miraclefan]

Oh and ''Herkimer Jitty'' What did you vote? I voted blue in the end.(Still prefer ''red'')

 

[Johnnymuffintop]

I voted blue. I still like red, but hey, change is good.

 

[rramarr]

I was trying to find a scientific reason for that being blue in this advanced science of star trek age and I couldn't. As we know with the bussard collecting hydrogen or flushing it out, burning hydrogen is clear or white. However, emissions of ionized gas or plasma may show up as blue - like you see when your fingers touch those electric glass lightening balls they sell at the mall (I forget what they call them). So then why red bussards? I'm guessing that any hot surface or fire with a cooler kelvin is red. Where's seven-of-nine when you need her?

 

[JuanBolio]

Blue could indicate Cherenkov radiation. Red would be more indicative of heat and emissions in the infrared spectrum.

 

[Michael]

Huh? We already have a thread about that.

And where's the option "The nacelles should be William Shatner's PEZ spitting head" in your poll? I refuse to vote.

 

[Lowdarzz]

I couldn't really vote as I've always prefered the bussard collecters used in TOS. Those things looked active and were always working, I was dissapointed when they went to a plain red glow in the later series. The blue does just as little for me.

 

[rramarr]

Huh? We already have a thread about that.

And where's the option "The nacelles should be William Shatner's PEZ spitting head" in your poll? I refuse to vote.

I could be wrong but I think you mean the narcelle post poll which the bussard is the forward part of the narcell collecting hydrogen not the whole narcelle.

Maybe I'm wrong - but I don't think so.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Oh and ''Herkimer Jitty'' What did you vote? I voted blue in the end.(Still prefer ''red'')

I voted "don't care either way".

 

[Michael]

Huh? We already have a thread about that.

And where's the option "The nacelles should be William Shatner's PEZ spitting head" in your poll? I refuse to vote.

I could be wrong but I think you mean the narcelle post poll which the bussard is the forward part of the narcell collecting hydrogen not the whole narcelle.

Maybe I'm wrong - but I don't think so.

Of course you are right, sorry. I meant the color of the nacelle caps, yeah. But as I said, that topic was pretty much covered in the Blue Nacelles Thread.

 

[Supervisor 194]

I see no real reason to change from red, but the blue looks fine.

 

[rramarr]

Blue could indicate Cherenkov radiation. Red would be more indicative of heat and emissions in the infrared spectrum.

The blue glow of high speed electrons - I can certainly go with that. So the new star trek blue bussard can be justified but why was it not blue before? On the Sovereign-class it was blue on the sides and of course the plasma chamber was blue. So blue has been traditionally used in all the right places so in essence this new star trek is correcting any red errors.

 

[MacGyvr]

Having not seen the movie, how do we know that they stay blue the entire time?

 

[miraclefan]

Having not seen the movie, how do we know that they stay blue the entire time?

Good question. Maybe because the ''toy'' has only blue lights & not interchagible red or blue? And it seams that while at warp the Bussards are BLACK!

 

[Sector 7]

I voted that change is good... Yes We Can and Yes I Did..

 

[Praetor]

I voted that I don't care.

BLASPHEMY.

The classic "spinny" bussards on the TOS Enterprise were mere of an amber color, with flashes of bluish-pinkishness. They ain't red (Unless you mean The Cage/WNMHGB)

That being said, I'm fine with them being blue, but I think red/amber looks more distinct, cause freakin everything futuristic today has blue neons flying out of its ass (not that it doesn't look cool, but the look is quickly wearing out).

As usual, I find myself quoting and agreeing with Jitty's assessment of things, particularly in regard to blue being overdone these days.

Blue could indicate Cherenkov radiation. Red would be more indicative of heat and emissions in the infrared spectrum.

Science? Barf!

I think the more pertinent question is: will the reactors be in or the nacelles themselves as some intend they were originally intended to be, or will the reactor(s) be in the secondary hull? Or the primary hull, for that matter?

 

[Johnnymuffintop]

Just out of curiousity, weren't the bussards on the Phase II design blue?

And if other species warp coils are different colors (other than the Starfleet blue), does that mean that their bussards are possibly different colors as well, so red isn't the ONLY color for bussards.