I doubt I'm the only one who has noticed the ribbing on the secondary hull and nacelles of the Daedalus models, which I have not noticed appearing on any other Earth or Federation ships. I was wondering if any others had any theories as to why they chose to put the ribs on the outside of the Daedalus instead of the inside, and thought I might mention my own.
I posited that the vessels themselves were something like Liberty ships, simple designs meant for easy and rapid construction, and adaptability post-Enterprise, during the Romulan war and early Federation years. I posited that the engines were in the primary hull, including an impulse engine at the rear equator of it, which necessitated the offset of the gangway between the primary and secondary hulls, which I also theorized contained a symmetrical warp field governor. This leaves the secondary hull free for supplies, sensors, equipment, cargo, and other goods not necessarily requiring frequent human attention.
Now, in my view, this is one of the reasons for the ribs, which I explain as clinker plating, to borrow an ancient nautical term. In the clinker plating system, the ribs at the rear of the hull sections are actually larger diameter sections of the hull, designed to not only increase strength, but provide a section with a larger interior diameter into which the front of the next hull section can be fitted and fastened. This way, hull sections, and therefore starships, could be mass-produced using simpler construction methods at less advanced construction facilities, modularly assembled, and later mated with the primary hull globe, whose smooth-skinned design suggests they were constructed with more individual attention and advanced technology.
This follows with the given premise that the primary hull is what contains the most crew-oriented systems, relative to the cargo and largely unmanned equipment in the secondary hull. This design, with a relatively empty secondary hull into which whatever is needed could be fitted, allowed the vessel to be extremely adaptable, with heavy weapons loadouts during the Romulan war, which were easily replaced with additional sensors, stores, labs, and crew housing, or more cargo space, when the Federation Starfleet was formed and started looking for vessels to use as long-range explorers and cargo ships beyond the vessels pressed into service from the Vulcan High Command, the Andorian Imperial Guard, the Tellarite fleet, and Earth's United Earth Space Probe Agency Starfleet.
Anyone else have any ideas as to what the ribs are for, or why they would use them on this design and no others?
I posited that the vessels themselves were something like Liberty ships, simple designs meant for easy and rapid construction, and adaptability post-Enterprise, during the Romulan war and early Federation years. I posited that the engines were in the primary hull, including an impulse engine at the rear equator of it, which necessitated the offset of the gangway between the primary and secondary hulls, which I also theorized contained a symmetrical warp field governor. This leaves the secondary hull free for supplies, sensors, equipment, cargo, and other goods not necessarily requiring frequent human attention.
Now, in my view, this is one of the reasons for the ribs, which I explain as clinker plating, to borrow an ancient nautical term. In the clinker plating system, the ribs at the rear of the hull sections are actually larger diameter sections of the hull, designed to not only increase strength, but provide a section with a larger interior diameter into which the front of the next hull section can be fitted and fastened. This way, hull sections, and therefore starships, could be mass-produced using simpler construction methods at less advanced construction facilities, modularly assembled, and later mated with the primary hull globe, whose smooth-skinned design suggests they were constructed with more individual attention and advanced technology.
This follows with the given premise that the primary hull is what contains the most crew-oriented systems, relative to the cargo and largely unmanned equipment in the secondary hull. This design, with a relatively empty secondary hull into which whatever is needed could be fitted, allowed the vessel to be extremely adaptable, with heavy weapons loadouts during the Romulan war, which were easily replaced with additional sensors, stores, labs, and crew housing, or more cargo space, when the Federation Starfleet was formed and started looking for vessels to use as long-range explorers and cargo ships beyond the vessels pressed into service from the Vulcan High Command, the Andorian Imperial Guard, the Tellarite fleet, and Earth's United Earth Space Probe Agency Starfleet.
Anyone else have any ideas as to what the ribs are for, or why they would use them on this design and no others?
