I agree with you, but on Star Trek we have seen a lot of skippers of small vessels with the rank of Captain (not the job or salutation). Both Grissom (Oberth), Reliant (Miranda), and Boseman (Soyuz) had Captain rank. If If I remember right, the same with the captain of the Drake (was mentioned as a small vessel), the Lantree (Miranda variant), Saratoga (Miranda, both in ST IV and DS9).
It would've made sense for them to follow he tradition of the skipper being called Captain, but rank insignia/pips being of lower grade, but they didnt.
back in those days, the miranda was a heavy cruiser, tactically superior to the constitution class, with almost exactly the same volume. just not outfitted to perform long range exploration missions, like the constitution was. only in the tng days has the miranda been reclassed as a frigate, compared to the much bigger and newer designs.
that grissom captain was the meekest loser to ever hold the rank, with every distressing sensor reading he wanted to contact starfleet. he failed upward to captain rank through years of service, and still only got a glorified surveyor, with no critical responsibilities what so ever.
mirandas and excelsior had 200+ and 400+ crews back in the days, but compared to the galaxy class, thats about 5 times as crew dense per volume. with the computer automation and mission profile these ships would have now, i bet 25 people could run a miranda class in the mid 24th century, especially in fleet escort mode during the dominion war.
I was sitting on a little over 3 million dilithium and decided to pick up the new t6 galaxy. It's not a bad ship now! It's no where near the best cruiser out there, but it's got a solid boff layout you can actually use now with a little flexibility. I really like the updated model. They really added a lot of detail. Glad they did that and didn't just slap on that hideous andromeda model and call it a day.
cant trust much of what the ds9 tech manual says about ships, that section has painfully obvious copy/paste errors. the akira for example doesn't even have 6 arrays, it has 3
the miranda does have 6 banks, but they aren't arrays. one of the mysteries during the time are how the phasers work on those 23rd century ships still in service. on modern ships, the space frame itself is designed around were arrays can nest, you cant just take an old design, start cutting holes in the outer hull and frame itself, and try to hack job in modern armament if you want something space worthy with at least half the potential hull integrity it had before.
im guessing they instal a several emitter wide surface discharge plate to replace the ball turrets, and have routed to it an exploded version of typical emitter segment hardware like prefire chambers and whatnot. i'd guess each of these banks has about the output of a 30 to 50 emitter segment arrays, and probably take up a LOT of room underneath the hull.
In the interest of curiosity I decided to see what I could come up with in terms of on screen firepower and ignore the TM. Since most o the shots we see hit alloys and such that we are not aware of the composition or are fictional I went on a hunt for something we could quantify.
I remembered at least one episode where the Ent-D drilled into the crust of a planet an I thought that would be a good benchmark since we know the materials being hit. I ended up choosing Legacy (s04x06) as it was the most informative. In the show they say that the people they are looking are under 2km of granite.
The solution was to use the main array to drill through 1.6km and beam an away team down. Now they didn't say why they wouldn't do that and beam the crew up but they also didn't say that the nature of the rock was different. While they said it would take several hours to reconfigure the main array for drilling it was not specified that they were increasing the power output or anything so I think it is safe to assume that this is a normal full power shot. It takes them ~15 sec to drill through.
Correct me if I am wrong but the beam width is topically 6 meters?
With that information we have something that can be quantified. Since I am not that great at math I took this over to /r/theydidthemath on reddit and this is the answer /u/reptile449
Another user came up with a similar answer at 15.5 TW.
Far and away more power than any of us would have guessed I think.
Thoughts...?
makes more sense now how the enterpise was able to vaporize most of a cube
back in those days, the miranda was a heavy cruiser, tactically superior to the constitution class, with almost exactly the same volume. just not outfitted to perform long range exploration missions, like the constitution was. only in the tng days has the miranda been reclassed as a frigate, compared to the much bigger and newer designs.
that grissom captain was the meekest loser to ever hold the rank, with every distressing sensor reading he wanted to contact starfleet. he failed upward to captain rank through years of service, and still only got a glorified surveyor, with no critical responsibilities what so ever.
mirandas and excelsior had 200+ and 400+ crews back in the days, but compared to the galaxy class, thats about 5 times as crew dense per volume. with the computer automation and mission profile these ships would have now, i bet 25 people could run a miranda class in the mid 24th century, especially in fleet escort mode during the dominion war.
I understand and appreciate your points about TOS/WOK era crew compliments, with exception to Captain Estabahn (sp?) of the Grissom. If I was on an Oberth, I would get nervous about everything too. Either way, they still had the rank of Captain. At least inTOS, they had Commodores to head up a gaggle of Captains when needed.
No matter the profile, Miranda's (and whatever the Drake was) in TNG still had skippers at the rank of Captain.
makes more sense now how the enterpise was able to vaporize most of a cube
The problem with that thought is we never saw another ship do damage to a Borg Cube before they had adapted to Alpha/Beta quadrant weapons to compare it with.
i was mainly going off of how much volume of material the enterprise was just able to get rid off
I understand that. I was just making a point to say that it couldnt be used to compare different ships destructive abilities, because of the way Borg adapt to attacks to weapon types once exposed to them. Thats all.
I understand that. I was just making a point to say that it couldnt be used to compare different ships destructive abilities, because of the way Borg adapt to attacks to weapon types once exposed to them. Thats all.
That and other reasons is why I chose a shot that hit something we did know as opposed to duranium or something.
I do have to retract a previous statement in The Survivors the Husnock ship created by Uxbridge hit the shields with over 400 GW of energy not 4 as I previously had stated.
This concerns me since if the phaser array is capable of 12-15TW shots then it could blow through it's own shields in one shot. I can't logically think that would be the case since we can assume that other ships it has fought have comparable shields to their size and we don't see it one-shotting hardly anything.
So I may have to go hunting for another shields feat that can be measured to see if the shield capacity has any sane ratio to the power of the main array. If anyone is interested?
I understand and appreciate your points about TOS/WOK era crew compliments, with exception to Captain Estabahn (sp?) of the Grissom. If I was on an Oberth, I would get nervous about everything too. Either way, they still had the rank of Captain. At least inTOS, they had Commodores to head up a gaggle of Captains when needed.
No matter the profile, Miranda's (and whatever the Drake was) in TNG still had skippers at the rank of Captain.
that sample size is basically nothing to go on. plus war time with the kitchen sink strategy, involving reactivating every old mothballed ship, probably left them with a staffing problem, certainly at the level of full captain.
I understand that. I was just making a point to say that it couldnt be used to compare different ships destructive abilities, because of the way Borg adapt to attacks to weapon types once exposed to them. Thats all.
assuming the phaser array is a scalable weapon, and literally all evidence points to that, the biggest one is going to be the most powerful. its safe to assume the galaxy's guns are proportionally as stronger as they are longer.
that sample size is basically nothing to go on. plus war time with the kitchen sink strategy, involving reactivating every old mothballed ship, probably left them with a staffing problem, certainly at the level of full captain.
assuming the phaser array is a scalable weapon, and literally all evidence points to that, the biggest one is going to be the most powerful. its safe to assume the galaxy's guns are proportionally as stronger as they are longer.
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1) And during TNG, when they hadnt reactivated every mothball ship? I am all for the idea of lower rank skippers for smaller ship commands, but it seems that Fed crews have Captains as captains. Even the tiny Equinox had a Captain as a captain.
2) Its one thing to say you believe "x", but to say "literally all the evidence" is long stretch. What is "safe to assume" is that its your (and some others) opinion, based on personal interperatation.
What's the closest "window" and "material" theme in the game to the canon look of the Galaxy in the show? The canon ship colors thread seems a bit out of date.
What's the closest "window" and "material" theme in the game to the canon look of the Galaxy in the show? The canon ship colors thread seems a bit out of date.
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The default Galaxy skin settings. Only major difference is all the window are lit unlike the ship.
1) And during TNG, when they hadnt reactivated every mothball ship? I am all for the idea of lower rank skippers for smaller ship commands, but it seems that Fed crews have Captains as captains. Even the tiny Equinox had a Captain as a captain.
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I agree. It hink the only occasion in the show when a ship wasn't comanded by a captain was Data taking command of the Sutherland. Maybe they give out provisional promotions to captain rank for the smaller vessels, we just know that every captain would wear captain's pips in canon. I don't believe "too small sample size" does apply here, we can only judge by on-screen evidence. And if the cases pro some statement are literally non existant (with one exception I think) then we can only dismiss the theory that lower ranked officers were granted command over full-time starships (the Defiant, as stated before, is more of an asset of DS9 than an independent vessel). At least we can say no lower ranked officer with the appropriate uniform was seen and adressed by that rank - they may be the provisional promotion thing but that's just wild speculation on my end, as I generally am in favour of having a LTC command a low priority logistics vessel and commanders should be fully capable of commanding lighter vessels anyway.
^ Memory Alpha.org is not canon. It's a open wiki with arbitrary rules. Only what can be cited from an episode is. ^
"No. Men do not roar. Women roar. Then they hurl heavy objects... and claw at you." -Worf, son of Mogh
"A filthy, mangy beast, but in its bony breast beat the heart of a warrior" - "faithful" (...) "but ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." - Martok, about a Targ
"That pig smelled horrid. A sweet-sour, extremely pungent odor. I showered and showered, and it took me a week to get rid of it!" - Robert Justman, appreciating Emmy-Lou
That and other reasons is why I chose a shot that hit something we did know as opposed to duranium or something.
I do have to retract a previous statement in The Survivors the Husnock ship created by Uxbridge hit the shields with over 400 GW of energy not 4 as I previously had stated.
This concerns me since if the phaser array is capable of 12-15TW shots then it could blow through it's own shields in one shot. I can't logically think that would be the case since we can assume that other ships it has fought have comparable shields to their size and we don't see it one-shotting hardly anything.
So I may have to go hunting for another shields feat that can be measured to see if the shield capacity has any sane ratio to the power of the main array. If anyone is interested?
I'm sorry to sound like a grinch here, but i think that the writers didn't put very much thought in it.
Like: "400GW? WOW that sounds awesome, what's for dinner?"
It's the same phaenomena like most other canon contradictions, the.writers.just.didn't.care.
The main thing is, it's supposed to sound huge. Nothing more.
I belive it is much more important to get a consenus about the Galaxys significance its relative strenght compared to other ships. (better said, where to put it)
Does the GCS have stronger weapons/shields as a Akira? -Yes
Stronger offensive/defensive as Excelsior, Nebula, Defiant, Miranda, Constitution? -Yes
It she on par with a D'Deridex, Negh'Var or Sovereign (if they at the same tech level)? -Yes.
Surely there are smaller differences like maneuverability, offensive and defensive capabilities. But you can roughly say they are at the same level.
I think STO is rather limiting, because ONLY combat capabilites are important and every tier of ships have to be balanced against each other. That's why we have ships from the size of a Constitution or Miranda outgunning a Huge behemoth like the Galaxy or even bigger ships.
To me it doesn't make much sense tbh (especially in a Star Trek game), it's like having the Millenium Falcon outgunning a Star Destroyer, just for the sake of "balance".
(ok, i exaggerated a bit, but you get my point).
It's just wrong.
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(...) "400GW? WOW that sounds awesome, what's for dinner?"
It's the same phaenomena like most other canon contradictions, the.writers.just.didn't.care.
The main thing is, it's supposed to sound huge. Nothing more.
(...)
I agree. I am farily certain nobody did the math how much energy would be needed to vaporize a planet's crust. The only true numbers we have are the TM ones and those are quite in line with one another. The 400 GW husnock thing has to keep in mind that the husnock ship wasn't real, trickery and deception were a key element of it's very function.
^ Memory Alpha.org is not canon. It's a open wiki with arbitrary rules. Only what can be cited from an episode is. ^
"No. Men do not roar. Women roar. Then they hurl heavy objects... and claw at you." -Worf, son of Mogh
"A filthy, mangy beast, but in its bony breast beat the heart of a warrior" - "faithful" (...) "but ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." - Martok, about a Targ
"That pig smelled horrid. A sweet-sour, extremely pungent odor. I showered and showered, and it took me a week to get rid of it!" - Robert Justman, appreciating Emmy-Lou
I agree. It hink the only occasion in the show when a ship wasn't comanded by a captain was Data taking command of the Sutherland. Maybe they give out provisional promotions to captain rank for the smaller vessels, we just know that every captain would wear captain's pips in canon. I don't believe "too small sample size" does apply here, we can only judge by on-screen evidence. And if the cases pro some statement are literally non existant (with one exception I think) then we can only dismiss the theory that lower ranked officers were granted command over full-time starships (the Defiant, as stated before, is more of an asset of DS9 than an independent vessel). At least we can say no lower ranked officer with the appropriate uniform was seen and adressed by that rank - they may be the provisional promotion thing but that's just wild speculation on my end, as I generally am in favour of having a LTC command a low priority logistics vessel and commanders should be fully capable of commanding lighter vessels anyway.
In the same episode Commander Riker took command of a ship. in Gambit, after Picard was believed dead, Riker was put in command of the Enterprise, and unlike in BoBW, he was not promoted, so there was a commander rank officer in command of the flagship.
And if he does, he'll never admit to being wrong .
And thats a sad thing. Nothing is wrong with having an opinion or an interperatation, I welcome that. The thing is to dress it up as pious "fact" as if it is verbatum from canon, especially when questioned. It just feels deceitful to me, and I hope that isn't his intent because other than that, he/she doesn't seem to be a bad guy/gal/grey alien/whatever the case may be.
In the same episode Commander Riker took command of a ship. in Gambit, after Picard was believed dead, Riker was put in command of the Enterprise, and unlike in BoBW, he was not promoted, so there was a commander rank officer in command of the flagship.
But those are examples of temporary command, which is necessary at times when the chain of command is broken at the head. At the most convenient time, the person is either replaced by an officer of proper rank or that person is given the promotion and the command if deemed proper. The same happens all the time in the military and business, they are "acting-xxxxxx".
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2) Its one thing to say you believe "x", but to say "literally all the evidence" is long stretch. What is "safe to assume" is that its your (and some others) opinion, based on personal interperatation.
He'll never get it.
And if he does, he'll never admit to being wrong .
Aren't you just doing what you quoted? Saying somebody is wrong is a pretty final statement, which is being made about a fictional piece. Apperently you couldn't admit to being "wrong" either.
Aren't you just doing what you quoted? Saying somebody is wrong is a pretty final statement, which is being made about a fictional piece. Apperently you couldn't admit to being "wrong" either.
I think what Edalgos' statement meant with what was "wrong" is claiming opinion and interperatation to be fact, not if the opinion/interpretation itself is wrong, that itself is debatable but doesnt appear to be the crux of his statement here.
I assume this has been discussed here: Is there nay chance we will get a Galaxy upgrade so it can use the Gal-X nacelles? Not all three of course but just like the canon Venture Refit with the Phaser Arrays on the nacelles
I assume this has been discussed here: Is there nay chance we will get a Galaxy upgrade so it can use the Gal-X nacelles? Not all three of course but just like the canon Venture Refit with the Phaser Arrays on the nacelles
No i never heard of them unlocking the G-X nacelles for a non G-X.
But on the other hand i'd love to have a G-X without 3 nacelles, keep the supergun, but get rid of all those childish looking cannons (on top of the saucer) and the third nacelle and it wouldn't be such a gruesome sight anymore. Just saying.
EDIT:
One thing that comes to my mind is what if they would release a Intelligence variant of the GCS?
I think it would fit to the Galaxy just as well, since that ship can be modified for a wide aspect of mission profiles.
I would love to have OSS and Surgical Strikes for that ship (which is much more appropriate than Concentrate Firepower or especially Overwhelm Emitters, if you ask me.)
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- (TNG) Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie
No i never heard of them unlocking the G-X nacelles for a non G-X.
But on the other hand i'd love to have a G-X without 3 nacelles, keep the supergun, but get rid of all those childish looking cannons (on top of the saucer) and the third nacelle and it wouldn't be such a gruesome sight anymore. Just saying.
If you think of the cannons as pitot tubes for atmospheric use, they arent as bad. The third nacelle? I'd like to think thats where they keep all of the Columbian coffee and Butterfinger ice cream bars.
is just REALLY cool. Especially if it worked like the nebula with modular pods. Tactical/sensor/hospital
I can't say if it looks better tbh. I would need to see it from several angles or a 3D model of it.
@edalgo
For a more powerful/faster/more endurable ship configuration i'd still prefer this version.
I think the third nacelle is supposed to make the ship warp 14+ capable (adm. riker mentioned, AGT). Personally i think the Galaxy -X was a one time project by Adm. Riker at that timeline.
The 4 nacelled configuration i showed would fit much more to the Galaxys general shape and the Phaser lance gun could have been give a much more fluid shape, so it doesn't look like so out of place.
Nevertheless the third nacelle and other (G-X) additions completely ruin the flow of the ship shapes imo. (refering to THIS image, shudder)
If you think of the cannons as pitot tubes for atmospheric use, they arent as bad. The third nacelle? I'd like to think thats where they keep all of the Columbian coffee and Butterfinger ice cream bars.
I've always been thinking they resemble huge bottles of beer, lol. Maybe the Crew can endure the though to be in such a ugly ship better, lol.
"...'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably.' ... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today--"
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back in those days, the miranda was a heavy cruiser, tactically superior to the constitution class, with almost exactly the same volume. just not outfitted to perform long range exploration missions, like the constitution was. only in the tng days has the miranda been reclassed as a frigate, compared to the much bigger and newer designs.
that grissom captain was the meekest loser to ever hold the rank, with every distressing sensor reading he wanted to contact starfleet. he failed upward to captain rank through years of service, and still only got a glorified surveyor, with no critical responsibilities what so ever.
mirandas and excelsior had 200+ and 400+ crews back in the days, but compared to the galaxy class, thats about 5 times as crew dense per volume. with the computer automation and mission profile these ships would have now, i bet 25 people could run a miranda class in the mid 24th century, especially in fleet escort mode during the dominion war.
makes more sense now how the enterpise was able to vaporize most of a cube
I understand and appreciate your points about TOS/WOK era crew compliments, with exception to Captain Estabahn (sp?) of the Grissom. If I was on an Oberth, I would get nervous about everything too. Either way, they still had the rank of Captain. At least inTOS, they had Commodores to head up a gaggle of Captains when needed.
No matter the profile, Miranda's (and whatever the Drake was) in TNG still had skippers at the rank of Captain.
The problem with that thought is we never saw another ship do damage to a Borg Cube before they had adapted to Alpha/Beta quadrant weapons to compare it with.
I understand that. I was just making a point to say that it couldnt be used to compare different ships destructive abilities, because of the way Borg adapt to attacks to weapon types once exposed to them. Thats all.
That and other reasons is why I chose a shot that hit something we did know as opposed to duranium or something.
I do have to retract a previous statement in The Survivors the Husnock ship created by Uxbridge hit the shields with over 400 GW of energy not 4 as I previously had stated.
This concerns me since if the phaser array is capable of 12-15TW shots then it could blow through it's own shields in one shot. I can't logically think that would be the case since we can assume that other ships it has fought have comparable shields to their size and we don't see it one-shotting hardly anything.
So I may have to go hunting for another shields feat that can be measured to see if the shield capacity has any sane ratio to the power of the main array. If anyone is interested?
that sample size is basically nothing to go on. plus war time with the kitchen sink strategy, involving reactivating every old mothballed ship, probably left them with a staffing problem, certainly at the level of full captain.
assuming the phaser array is a scalable weapon, and literally all evidence points to that, the biggest one is going to be the most powerful. its safe to assume the galaxy's guns are proportionally as stronger as they are longer.
By paragraph
1) And during TNG, when they hadnt reactivated every mothball ship? I am all for the idea of lower rank skippers for smaller ship commands, but it seems that Fed crews have Captains as captains. Even the tiny Equinox had a Captain as a captain.
2) Its one thing to say you believe "x", but to say "literally all the evidence" is long stretch. What is "safe to assume" is that its your (and some others) opinion, based on personal interperatation.
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I agree. It hink the only occasion in the show when a ship wasn't comanded by a captain was Data taking command of the Sutherland. Maybe they give out provisional promotions to captain rank for the smaller vessels, we just know that every captain would wear captain's pips in canon. I don't believe "too small sample size" does apply here, we can only judge by on-screen evidence. And if the cases pro some statement are literally non existant (with one exception I think) then we can only dismiss the theory that lower ranked officers were granted command over full-time starships (the Defiant, as stated before, is more of an asset of DS9 than an independent vessel). At least we can say no lower ranked officer with the appropriate uniform was seen and adressed by that rank - they may be the provisional promotion thing but that's just wild speculation on my end, as I generally am in favour of having a LTC command a low priority logistics vessel and commanders should be fully capable of commanding lighter vessels anyway.
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"400GW? WOW that sounds awesome, what's for dinner?"
It's the same phaenomena like most other canon contradictions, the.writers.just.didn't.care.
The main thing is, it's supposed to sound huge. Nothing more.
I belive it is much more important to get a consenus about the Galaxys significance its relative strenght compared to other ships. (better said, where to put it)
Does the GCS have stronger weapons/shields as a Akira? -Yes
Stronger offensive/defensive as Excelsior, Nebula, Defiant, Miranda, Constitution? -Yes
It she on par with a D'Deridex, Negh'Var or Sovereign (if they at the same tech level)? -Yes.
Surely there are smaller differences like maneuverability, offensive and defensive capabilities. But you can roughly say they are at the same level.
I think STO is rather limiting, because ONLY combat capabilites are important and every tier of ships have to be balanced against each other. That's why we have ships from the size of a Constitution or Miranda outgunning a Huge behemoth like the Galaxy or even bigger ships.
To me it doesn't make much sense tbh (especially in a Star Trek game), it's like having the Millenium Falcon outgunning a Star Destroyer, just for the sake of "balance".
(ok, i exaggerated a bit, but you get my point).
It's just wrong.
I agree. I am farily certain nobody did the math how much energy would be needed to vaporize a planet's crust. The only true numbers we have are the TM ones and those are quite in line with one another. The 400 GW husnock thing has to keep in mind that the husnock ship wasn't real, trickery and deception were a key element of it's very function.
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In the same episode Commander Riker took command of a ship. in Gambit, after Picard was believed dead, Riker was put in command of the Enterprise, and unlike in BoBW, he was not promoted, so there was a commander rank officer in command of the flagship.
And thats a sad thing. Nothing is wrong with having an opinion or an interperatation, I welcome that. The thing is to dress it up as pious "fact" as if it is verbatum from canon, especially when questioned. It just feels deceitful to me, and I hope that isn't his intent because other than that, he/she doesn't seem to be a bad guy/gal/grey alien/whatever the case may be.
But those are examples of temporary command, which is necessary at times when the chain of command is broken at the head. At the most convenient time, the person is either replaced by an officer of proper rank or that person is given the promotion and the command if deemed proper. The same happens all the time in the military and business, they are "acting-xxxxxx".
Aren't you just doing what you quoted? Saying somebody is wrong is a pretty final statement, which is being made about a fictional piece. Apperently you couldn't admit to being "wrong" either.
I think what Edalgos' statement meant with what was "wrong" is claiming opinion and interperatation to be fact, not if the opinion/interpretation itself is wrong, that itself is debatable but doesnt appear to be the crux of his statement here.
But on the other hand i'd love to have a G-X without 3 nacelles, keep the supergun, but get rid of all those childish looking cannons (on top of the saucer) and the third nacelle and it wouldn't be such a gruesome sight anymore. Just saying.
EDIT:
One thing that comes to my mind is what if they would release a Intelligence variant of the GCS?
I think it would fit to the Galaxy just as well, since that ship can be modified for a wide aspect of mission profiles.
I would love to have OSS and Surgical Strikes for that ship (which is much more appropriate than Concentrate Firepower or especially Overwhelm Emitters, if you ask me.)
If you think of the cannons as pitot tubes for atmospheric use, they arent as bad. The third nacelle? I'd like to think thats where they keep all of the Columbian coffee and Butterfinger ice cream bars.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/114/0/b/another_shot_for_wiskey_by_jimlogan1701-d62ttg8.jpg
is just REALLY cool. Especially if it worked like the nebula with modular pods. Tactical/sensor/hospital
@edalgo
For a more powerful/faster/more endurable ship configuration i'd still prefer this version.
I think the third nacelle is supposed to make the ship warp 14+ capable (adm. riker mentioned, AGT). Personally i think the Galaxy -X was a one time project by Adm. Riker at that timeline.
The 4 nacelled configuration i showed would fit much more to the Galaxys general shape and the Phaser lance gun could have been give a much more fluid shape, so it doesn't look like so out of place.
Nevertheless the third nacelle and other (G-X) additions completely ruin the flow of the ship shapes imo. (refering to THIS image, shudder)
I've always been thinking they resemble huge bottles of beer, lol. Maybe the Crew can endure the though to be in such a ugly ship better, lol.