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Shuk-din Escort is flying backwards

wardcaliswardcalis Member Posts: 1,123 Arc User
edited September 2017 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10645644

anyone else see this? The its moving backwards in these pics. I thought that was a DBB at first but it's acting like engine trails
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    solidshark214solidshark214 Member Posts: 341 Arc User
    Pretty sure that's just how they're designed. All the Tzenkethi ships seem to be bass-akwards, just like the Ferengi.
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    saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,392 Arc User
    edited September 2017
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gQOYAp1-oU

    Please, not this kind of thread again, I thought we left that behind after the Nandi.
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    nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    Weird... its almost like they're not flying in an atmosphere...
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    fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
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    At least it's not a Behtan Assault cruiser. Those are really flying backwards apparently.
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    baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,319 Community Moderator
    Why would you assume one end to be the front over the other? Most, if not all the Tzenkethi ships are broader in the front and taper towards the rear.
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    disqord#9557 disqord
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    It would make sense for the Tzenkethi to have the bulk facing forward, because of their forward arc mechanics. And again, these ships don't have to be shaped in conventional ways because it's in space.

    Also, on the topic of backwards ships, I've always felt that the Caitian Atrox is the polar opposite of the Cardassian Galor. Orange and blue are opposites on the colour wheel, and the two ships look like you've turned them around to make the other (Especially noticable from above).
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    warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    Clearly, the part of the ship with the engines in it is the rear.
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    disqord#9557 disqord
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    warpangel wrote: »
    Clearly, the part of the ship with the engines in it is the rear.

    To be fair, there's not really much validity to that argument. I mean, why do the engines have to be in the front of the ship? They clearly don't, if the Borg have anything to say about it.
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    warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    disqord#9557 wrote: »
    warpangel wrote: »
    Clearly, the part of the ship with the engines in it is the rear.

    To be fair, there's not really much validity to that argument. I mean, why do the engines have to be in the front of the ship? They clearly don't, if the Borg have anything to say about it.
    In order for a ship to go forward, engine thrust has to be directed to the back. Basic physics. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

    Borg engines are presumably invisble. Or they fly with space magic instead.
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    reemus#2383 reemus
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    Or ships with wings....in space.
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