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General Trek Questions...um...why do we not see more of the Federation ships with moving nacelles like on Voyager?
Is it possible to go below warp 1 so that you can go faster than impulse while using the normal warp engines? Or does the Federation not have that fine of a control over the output of the engines?
Also, what is the Captain's Yacht, which, if any, episodes does it appear in, and why do we not see more of it?
Is it possible to go below warp 1 so that you can go faster than impulse while using the normal warp engines? Or does the Federation not have that fine of a control over the output of the engines?
Also, what is the Captain's Yacht, which, if any, episodes does it appear in, and why do we not see more of it?
Sorry for my ignorance, but what a "moving nacelle"?
Retracting nacelles like Voyager had that move in and out or up and down to create a more stable and safer warp field, at least post-"Force of Nature(TNG)."
Thanks.
The Captain's Yacht was invented for the movie Insurrection. It was basically just an oddly shaped shuttle which was a bit bigger and I think was supposed to have longer range and generally better equipment. I don't think it ever appeared anywhere outside of that movie, iirc.
The yacht is from the TNG manual, EM made a model of it. Intrepid and Nova class ships have a similar ship, the aeroshuttle and the waverider. The suits wanted the yacht to have a special appearance in INS, which is why the aeroshuttle was replaced by the Delta Flyer. EM also made the aeroshuttle, which has similarities with the runabout and exec shuttle.
So what about sub warp speed? And why don’t more Federation ships feature those nacelles that move to make more stable warp fields?
appreciate the info about the captain’s yacht.
appreciate the info about the captain’s yacht.
I've been wondering why Voyager's nacelles can't be in the same position all the time, why fold them down when not in warp.
I've been wondering why Voyager's nacelles can't be in the same position all the time, why fold them down when not in warp.
I think I can techno-babble myself out of this. Hold on. *ahem*
"Sir, when the nacelles are folded down, the engines are at impulse and the ships ray shielding and particle shielding come up to protect the hull from radiation and particle damage from micrometeoroids, and the nacelles folded down allows for the shields to be trimmed into a more streamline form to conserve energy and give better spatial flight dynamics!"
*runs away*
Now that you mention it.... that makes complete sense. =)
Hi. First of all, welcome. It's probably because someone behind Voyager liked the idea of those nacelles, but didn't work on other trek teams so nobody bothered to come up with a starfleet ship with those nacelles.
I'm no expert on this, but I believe this would put them at relativistic speeds especially approach light speed..where time would pass slower inside the ship than outside. I don't believe they've done a story about this.
It never shows up. I'm not sure if it has ever been mentioned on screen. As far as I know, it has been included in several tech manuals, showing some kind of craft attached to the saucer section of the D or Voyager, labelled as "Captain's yacht".
Thank you! I thought the concept was kind of cool (probably because moving parts are always cool if done right). And Voyager was supposed to be an advanced ship, so it makes sense, just wish it would have shown up again.
And it sounds like that's an area ripe with plot hooks, then. I mean, it would make sense to have a ship that could go faster than impulse, but slower than warp or have the ship use the warp engines in such a very "light" way.
And I'd always imagined the Captain's Yacht similar to the salon pod on a Republic Cruiser in Star Wars where it was a big table with some data interfaces and a projector in the middle to discuss diplomatic business. Would be nice to see a lot of the stuff mentioned in Trek in an off-hand way get some screen time.
About those moving nacelles and impulse drive.
If these things have already been mentioned several times in this thread, oooops.
Those folding nacelles were created because of STNG and 'Force of Nature', ordinary warp drive damaged space, somehow?
Also, is it true the maximum impulse speed is 0.92 x speed of light?
If these things have already been mentioned several times in this thread, oooops.
Those folding nacelles were created because of STNG and 'Force of Nature', ordinary warp drive damaged space, somehow?
Also, is it true the maximum impulse speed is 0.92 x speed of light?
The E had moving pylons in concept drawings.
The impulse engines would be a bit higher, moving away from the ship's center of mass level, making it spin downwardsI've been wondering why Voyager's nacelles can't be in the same position all the time, why fold them down when not in warp.
So Voyager's impulse engines were in the nacelles? I know the D's were in the saucer.
My head canon is that they move to various positions based on warp power output even though we only see fully up or down, and it was a solution to the tng "warp is bad" episode.I've been wondering why Voyager's nacelles can't be in the same position all the time, why fold them down when not in warp.
"Warp 0.7...
0.8...
0.9!!"
0.8...
0.9!!"
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