not really. they are engines because they take plasma, the fuel, and turn it into mechanical energy. the warp core is a reactor that makes plasma. there is no equivalent to the reactor in a car, it has a gas tank instead. the nacelles are the engines.
an alternative analogy would be to have the nacelles as the axles/wheels and the warp core as the car engine.
not really. they are engines because they take plasma, the fuel, and turn it into mechanical energy. the warp core is a reactor that makes plasma. there is no equivalent to the reactor in a car, it has a gas tank instead. the nacelles are the engines.
Plasma isn't the fuel though. Fuel is potential energy. The fuel is deuterium and antideuterium. Plasma isn't potential energy which is turned into mechanical energy, it is mechanical energy, as it represents kinetic and potential energy within the system.
The equivalent to the warp reactor is the engine, both of which convert fuel into a more usable energy. The equivalent to the plasma is the torque the engine generates, both are a more readily useable form of energy, but neither grant propulsion. The equivalent to the nacelles are the drive shaft, drive axles and wheels which convert the torque into propulsion.
To be honest I really didnt have issue with the D'D handling. I tried to play as DD and not some other ship I was used to. But then i also didnt try to use cannons like some people seem to be doing.
To be honest I really didnt have issue with the D'D handling. I tried to play as DD and not some other ship I was used to. But then i also didnt try to use cannons like some people seem to be doing.
You're not using beams are you? We all already know beams are icky.
Love this ship but such a slow turn that it seemed like only arrays fired on anything. I could not make the standard weapon load out work for me. Working with arrays and turrets right now but I am still evaluating it.
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but both are very imprecise analogies.
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Plasma isn't the fuel though. Fuel is potential energy. The fuel is deuterium and antideuterium. Plasma isn't potential energy which is turned into mechanical energy, it is mechanical energy, as it represents kinetic and potential energy within the system.
The equivalent to the warp reactor is the engine, both of which convert fuel into a more usable energy. The equivalent to the plasma is the torque the engine generates, both are a more readily useable form of energy, but neither grant propulsion. The equivalent to the nacelles are the drive shaft, drive axles and wheels which convert the torque into propulsion.
You're not using beams are you? We all already know beams are icky.