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dbosco2
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In order to avoid a massive spoiler, I will make my request slightly vague:
What are the chances of getting the station from Star Trek Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn added to the game? I realize it is not canon, and it can't be added in directly to the game (for those of you who have read it, you know why), but perhaps another station built of its same type? Say Deep Space 12 or something, maybe even place it in the Borg sector at the terminus of the Transwarp Corridor?
It just sounds cool: three rings at right angles to each other connected to a spherical core via half a dozen crossover bridges.
Thoughts?
What are the chances of getting the station from Star Trek Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn added to the game? I realize it is not canon, and it can't be added in directly to the game (for those of you who have read it, you know why), but perhaps another station built of its same type? Say Deep Space 12 or something, maybe even place it in the Borg sector at the terminus of the Transwarp Corridor?
It just sounds cool: three rings at right angles to each other connected to a spherical core via half a dozen crossover bridges.Thoughts?
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I know nothing of this station. The description doesn't sound particularly intriguing to me, but who knows. . .
You would think that they would have stuck it on the book cover but I don;t see any rings on that station.
You think THIS is cool?
You mean the same style as the stations that are canon around the fleet yards over Mars. (Same style)
U.S.S. Maelstrom, NCC-71417 (Constitution III-class/flagship) --- Fleet Admiral Hauk' --|-- Dahar Master Hauk --- I.K.S. qu'In 'an bortaS (D7-class / flagship)
Here it is ... http://www.startrek.com/uploads/assets/articles/typhoon-pack1.png
U.S.S. Maelstrom, NCC-71417 (Constitution III-class/flagship) --- Fleet Admiral Hauk' --|-- Dahar Master Hauk --- I.K.S. qu'In 'an bortaS (D7-class / flagship)
This matches the mental image the original description conjured. While I'm sure things could be done to make it cooler, the overall shapes aren't terribly interesting to me.
It's not uncommon for Sci-fi book-cover art to be inaccurate or not really reflect the story however, so that probably does not mean much.
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I would love to see a small campaign of missions and locations tied to the station, similar to how the Cardassian / True Way campaign is tied to DS9, and could even draw some elements from the "Vanguard" storyline.
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Apologies for the crudity of the model. I just wanted to actually visualize what the description was describing.
To me, the structure seems fairly derivative of the 'Nor stations built by the Cardassians... only in a Pre-TOS kind of crudity (Sperical core, really?) Kind of evoked the "Ring Ship" technology to me, but it reminded me of THIS too.
The basic structure might make an interesting inspiration for an alien station. Perhaps for terribly boring aliens, or a first-contact species who has just developed their first warp drives?
I think as a TOS era station, it could work. However, my issue with it lies in it's bland regularity. It would appear the same viewed from any angle. Removing even one of those rings, makes a more interesting and appealing shape.
I also have issues with use. What is the point of rings arranged like that? They can't rotate around each other, unless you set it up more like a multi-axis trainer where each ring is smaller than the next, and can rotate within them. But that seems a bit derivative to me, and wouldn't provide the direction of rotation needed to induce gravity or something.
Use always takes a back seat to the cool factor though. I mean, DS9 is a terrible design for it's intended use, but it's cool looking, so we're ok with it. The triple rings (to me) isn't a cool enough look to get past the use issue.
Oh, and that cover is definitely showing a Utopia Planitia type station being constructed. . .
Then again, I always thought a toy gyroscope would be a cool basis for a space station (though with a rotating middle section, so more of a Babylon 5 concept than a Star Trek concept. It's probably one of those ideas that could look really cool, depending on how you dressed it up.
1) The picture on the cover of the book IS just a Utopia type station, not the station described.
2) Yes, yes I do.
^ That is why I think its cool. I see it as the Federation's attempt to pay homage to DS9. Also this new station was designed and built by Miles O'Brien and Nog so that's a +1 for me.
3) The description is so very vague that it leave a ton of room for creativity. I mean, I assume that the rings won't be smooth but instead will have cutouts with massive windows for large observation areas, or commercial areas. Not to mention weapons platforms and docking setups (I'm assuming a docking port at the points where the rings meet)
Idk, clearly my idea of cool doesn't jive with a lot of others...
Instead of rotating sideways like a gyroscope, why not have them as free-floating rings that are spun like wheels around the central sphere? They could be held in place with minor corrections by tractor beams, and spun by using oscillating repulsor beams generated by the central sphere. The sphere would house a massive engineering section containing the warp core and all the power and weapons systems of the station, and also immense transporter facilities. The rings wouldn't be physically connected to the sphere, but would receive power and people could transport back and forth.
The idea is that the rings would have massive tracks of cheap housing and cargo storage by saving on energy costs from not having to generate artificial gravity (gravity would be simulated by spinning of the rings). This type of design would maximize space while using the minimum amount of materials. Spheres by nature contain the greatest volume within the smallest physical space than any other 3D object. The rings would be modular extensions of the sphere, and since there is no need to build pylons to connect them to each other, new rings could be added as necessary, each built to maximize space and energy efficiency.
While the tractor and repulsor beams might use more energy when constantly running than artificial gravity generators, once the rings get spun up to speed, the beams would only have to run intermittently for distance and speed corrections. This would leave more energy available to run shield generators and weapons systems, making this more of a dedicated Battle Station, rather than a starship drydock like Utopia Planitia or a refinery/cargo dock like Deep Space Nine.
The rings might also have extensive shuttle bays, as in the event of a power core failure, the inhabitants would need to evacuate the rings.
What do you think?