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    Netflix greenlights new "Lost in Space"

    I very much like what I've seen so far in the first four episodes that I've watched. Production values better than Discovery with 90 million...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Apr 14, 2018 in forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    I disagree. The ST rules were wrong and need to be corrected and updated. That's why you have holograms in ST: Discovery and much more complex...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Nov 14, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    TOS was vague but after awhile you could figure things out. TNG Tech Manual helped but ran into problems with power output understated by many...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Nov 12, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    Phasers are very long ranged but substitute photon/quantum/transphasic torpedo duels for missile duels and you have Star Trek's situation as...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Nov 11, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    There were many real world developments that were missed by Trek in the last 50 years. USN vessels have their shuttle equivalents in the form of...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Nov 10, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    Integrated Electric Power or IEP is seen as viable way for future ships to manage the demands of lasers, microwave and railgun weapons in that...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Oct 30, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    Depends upon range and I feel the range and power outputs in the TNG Tech Manual are way too low. CIWS has to react very fast as an 1800 knot...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Oct 30, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    A secondary phaser CIWS would not require anywhere near the power of a main phaser. TOS did not take into account the sinking of the Israeli...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Oct 29, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    I come back to the lack of redundancy of Trek ships. This needs to be addressed by going to a two warp reactor system and stronger backup power...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Oct 29, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    We started with propulsion units having their own MAM reactor in the nacelles in TOS and also MAM reactors in the secondary hull and this confused...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Sep 24, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    Rich Sternback has said a couple times on this forum that Enterprise D should have had two engine rooms and that could have been achieved by...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Sep 12, 2017 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Lack of Redundancy and warp capable lifeboats in Trek

    Problem that Trek has is that power for FTL and shields, weapons life support and sensors comes from one very big and very single point of failure...
    Thread by: sciquest2525, Sep 10, 2017, 112 replies, in forum: Trek Tech
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    Trek Ships Are Too Small Compared to Star Wars

    Excuse my error posting the above twice in the same post. German H39 class that was cancelled on the slipway would have had eight 16 inch guns in...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Oct 5, 2016 in forum: Trek Tech
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    Trek Ships Are Too Small Compared to Star Wars

    Actually, we would have fielded the Montana class follow on to the Iowa class that was slower at 27 knots and would have a fourth triple turret...
    Post by: sciquest2525, Oct 5, 2016 in forum: Trek Tech