A Call for Assistance

[Marc Xavier]

Hey folks, I need a favor.

I need an argument that has to do with Star Trek. I need someone to point me in the direction of a well thought out and relatively thorough argument about some capability (or limitation) of a Star Trek ship, preferably a Galaxy Class Starship. It can be about anything from weapons power to accelerative capabilities to weapons range to shield strength to power generation capabilities and can be either a pro-Trek or pro-Wars stance, I just need an argument.

Note: (I'm aware of SD.net's repository, and I may look through it for what I need, but I would like other potentialities as well).

If nobody can provide me with such an argument, I would request that someone point me in the direction of someone who can.

Thanks, folks. I figure with as much discussion goes on here about these things, you'd be able to help.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Since you pretty much excluded all the capabilities the ship actually has, what other capabilities would be left for an argument?

[Marc Xavier]

No, I mean I dont care what it is about, be it weapons power, accelerative capabilities, weapons range, shield strength or power generation capabilities. It can be about any of those things. I'm just saying, either way it's all good for me.

Edit: There, I changed it to make myself a bit more clear.

[Alyeska]

This is reference the final TNG episode All Good Things.

Here is some interesting data regarding the Galaxy class warp engines and the improvements the War Galaxy upgrade has recieved.

When all three E-Ds enter the anomoly they do so in unison and start a static warp shell. Each ships warp core progressively fails.

The young E-D (just weeks old) manages to hold out for 53 seconds before its core detonates.

The E-D as of the end of the series (7 years old) holds out for 72 seconds before its core detonates.

The Galaxy-X model E-D (32+ years old) holds out for 100 seconds.

As you can see the Enterprise continualy had upgrades over the years. The E-D had a 36% increase in saftey to its warp drive since the begining. Even then we know the E-D was a pre War-GCS model in Generations. Its obvious the Galaxy class had recieved some rather nice upgrades over times. AGT shows significant upgrades to the drives when it comes to subspace and other affects knock it out. We already know the War GCS model had other structural upgrades designed to keep it alive in sustained combat. The Galaxy-X had a nearly 100% inrease over the original and thats pretty good. Factor in more power generation and you have a rather nice upgraded Galaxy there.

[Hasler]

you could always try to find a copy of the Technical manual for the Galaxy class ship. I forget the exact title i have in room but am too lazy to shuffle through the box its in. It has the complete tech specification and capablities of everything on a Galaxy Class.

[TurboPhaser]

Pah, the TM is terrible to use in debates. It wouldnt do you any good.

Try the article section at http://www.ditl.org/

His calcs are open to debate, but I have found them at least reasonable.

There are 2 articles relevant for you, one is under 'Total Output' and the other is under 'Weapon Power'.

[Marc Xavier]

These are alright, I suppose. To be honest, although I may contact Mr. Graham Kennedy, I was looking for something a little more in-depth.

Thanks, folks.