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Are you REALLY a fan? (startrek.website)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (8 children)

They have weapons, they can travel at warp. They're just smaller than the big ships.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I can shoot a pistol from a jet-ski and go faster than an aircraft carrier. Is that a ship?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You aren't outrunning an aircraft carrier, those behemoths can outrun most of their escorts if they want

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Planing vs displacement.

    An aircraft carrier is limited by its hull speed to about 45 pretty much no matter how much power you give it.

    A slow jetski will do 65. I've heen on ones that would do that with the "slow" key where supposedly the fast key would let you do 85-90.

    I've also been on a tri-tune that did 75.

    An aircraft carrier is about the fastest displacement vessel but when you move into planing hulls its a different ball game.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    They don't have sleeping quarters. Being able to house the crew is the bare minimum I expect from something canned a ship.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    If they don't have a place to sleep, multi-day trips they talk about using shuttlecraft for don't make sense. Clearly there's a fold-down bunk or something. I mean there doesn't look like there's any place for a toilet either, but there's no way they can be in a shuttlecraft for hours or days and not need one. They gave Scotty a shuttle and he went off to explore the universe. Does that make sense if there's nowhere to sleep?

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