I suppose the TOS hangar bay was larger than it needed to be... for the Galileo shuttlecraft we saw. I imagine the hangar was sized in order to...
The Spaceflight Chronology features Earth's pre-warp vessels, the advent of warp drive, and beyond. They have some details about Earth's most...
Nice work, good ideas. There are not many pre-warp vessels in ST, but check out the Spaceflight Chronology for some ideas and history. Quite as...
I can believe a long development time with transporter tech. Early use, only inanimate objects, cargo purposes. This is standard use for years....
It's not canon now but I always thought the Spaceflight Chronology had an interesting take on transporter development. According to the timeline,...
Oh, you've got my attention with The Spaceflight Chronology! I agree, these super-convoys make sense and would have to exist. ST has always shown...
If there is a gap, it might be intentional. One extreme view might contend that there MUST be an "Enterprise" in the fleet at all times. Another...
I'd use the transporter to transport myself somewhere else. I wonder what would be too ridiculous for transporter use. Our current modes of...
Right on. Just once in a while, sure, throw in a U.S.S. Zhikaa and U.S.S. Thyoi. In a small way, it would open up the ST universe, hinting at the...
Why not some names we know nothing about, names we've never heard? There's more to Star Trek history than just what we know now. I have to think...
Do Warp Factors less than one follow the same formula? Common formula for Warp Factors cubed times lightspeed (i.e. Warp Factor 3 equals 3x3x3...
You know what they say... this thread is useless without pics.
I once read someone's theory (might have been on this board) that some starship personnel need to have X number of hours on landing party/away...
FASA was a game company that produced a Star Trek RPG game in the 80s (so TOS and first year TNG only). They provided actual game stats for...
The FASA RPG had real game stats for TOS and TNG characters. I should dig up my PDFs and see how their stats measure up here...
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