First Contact Enterprise vs. Nemesis Enterprise

[Computer]

Charles Trip Tucker III said:
Why does the bridge module have to have been replaced? They could have had a major refit, as suggested by John Eaves. It's not that hard to tear down a few walls and rebuild them differently to accomdate new equipment.

Whatever causes consoles to explode runs in those walls, id hate to be the one to have to cut them apart.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Yeah, but it's the Federation, where money and resources aren't an object.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Computer said:
Whatever causes consoles to explode runs in those walls, id hate to be the one to have to cut them apart.

Not to mention the avalanche of plastic rocks you'd unleash.

 

[Charles Trip Tucker III]

cardinal biggles said:
Yeah, but it's the Federation, where money and resources aren't an object.

My point is, you don't throw away perfectly good equipment just because you have infinite resources. That's being wasteful.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Who said they're throwing it away? They probably break it down into raw matter and turn it into a shuttlepod and a case of phaser rifles next week.

 

[Charles Trip Tucker III]

Still, it's retarded to replace an entire deck like that. I would expect it to be much easier to replace a few walls than an entire deck.

 

[Computer]

Charles Trip Tucker III said:
Still, it's retarded to replace an entire deck like that. I would expect it to be much easier to replace a few walls than an entire deck.

You can thank the Utopia IKEA Fleet Yards for that.

 

[Charles Trip Tucker III]

Look at it this way... if your tire is flat, do you go buy a new car?

 

[Computer]

^^ What and you dont?

 

[cardinal biggles]

Charles Trip Tucker III said:
Look at it this way... if your tire is flat, do you go buy a new car?

That's a silly analogy, since the bridge is not the entire ship.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Computer said:

Charles Trip Tucker III said:
Still, it's retarded to replace an entire deck like that. I would expect it to be much easier to replace a few walls than an entire deck.

You can thank the Utopia IKEA Fleet Yards for that.

The commercials are true... You don't have to be rich...

 

[Timo]

Look at it this way... if your tire is flat, do you go buy a new car?

Nope. But if one of those tiny lamps in my dashboard burns out, buying a new car is the cheapest option. Seriously.

(She's an Opel Astra 2002 station wagon, about 18,000 euros/bucks at purchase, in pristine order; the lamp would cost about ten cents. But ripping open the dashboard would cost several thousands in spares because many of those covers cannot be removed nondestructively, and the end result would still look like shit. Talk about built-in obsolescence...)

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Computer]

^^Charles Trip Tucker III Left us

 

[TMPREFIT]

We have to remember that the Enterprise E has in Star Trek terms outlived the Enterprise D. The D was 7 years old at the time of its destruction, and the E at the time of Nemesis was 7 years old. A refit to some exterior and interior details is not unsusual when you think of it like that.

 

[Computer]

TMPREFIT said:
We have to remember that the Enterprise E has in Star Trek terms outlived the Enterprise D. The D was 7 years old at the time of its destruction, and the E at the time of Nemesis was 7 years old. A refit to some exterior and interior details is not unsusual when you think of it like that.

Actually thats a really good point I hadnt considered, given that technology in the 24th century probably doubles capability every month or so in 5 to 6 years most ships would need some type of new refit.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Computer said:
^^Charles Trip Tucker III Left us

I'm sure he'll come back. They always do.