The Prometheus - what we think

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-09-09 03:21pm

The USS Prometheus. Pictures can be found at Daystrom Institute. What does everyone think about the design?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-09 03:22pm

HEARSY! YOU LINKED TO THE THIRD DUMBEST SITE ON THE WEB!

Eleas explain yourself now!

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-09-09 03:25pm

Ugh. A link to the Trekkie Masturbating Institute.
Well, ship fullfills it's purpose. And would be a fun to shoot down using the light and medium guns.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-09-09 03:26pm

Multi vector attack = more practice for the imperial gunners

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-09-09 03:26pm

Mr Bean wrote:HEARSY! YOU LINKED TO THE THIRD DUMBEST SITE ON THE WEB!

Eleas explain yourself now!

Hear me out. I used the Dark Page, but to bring about good. The Net is a tool for both good and evil. It is merely the way you use it that matters.

I am confident I can delve deep within the Daystrom Institute without my mind being corrupted.

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-09-09 03:27pm

I think it's a massive gimmick, an extension of a design concept that was poor in the first place - the E-D separation (typical of the Feddies).
The Multi Vector Assault Mode comes under computer control, right?
What would happen under heavy jamming with the three sections unable to co-ordinate? I don't think it would be pretty.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-09 03:27pm

No good came come from the Dark-Side, First you and Ted deface Mark S's Fanfic and now you link to portal?

Why? What hath made thee fall?

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-09-09 03:30pm

Mr Bean wrote:No good came come from the Dark-Side, First you and Ted deface Mark S's Fanfic and now you link to portal?

Why? What hath made thee fall?

Linked to Portal? You are misinformed, Obi-Bean. The link was actually made by someone who controls Stardestroyer.net. A Sith who goes by the name of Darth Sidious.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-09 03:32pm

This page is Copyright Graham Kennedy

Your Trechery is laid bare you are with the Evil one ADMIT!

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2002-09-09 03:34pm

Calm it down there, Bean. You'll have an infarction or something.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-09-09 03:34pm

Mr Bean wrote:
This page is Copyright Graham Kennedy
Your Trechery is laid bare you are with the Evil one ADMIT!

It appears this contest will not be decided by our mastery of debating, but by our skills with the Irony.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-09 03:35pm

Fool you challenge the Lord and Master of Irony?

SO be it!

*Drops an Ironic Piano of doom

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-09-09 03:40pm

*Dies

The End

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-09-09 03:41pm

Behold the trigger happy supreme emperor of irony,

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-09 03:44pm

Indeed and I have more where that came from

Well off I go see you all in a day or two

*Note all you spammers, Big chance for you to try and catch up to me

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-09-09 03:48pm

Mr Bean wrote:Indeed and I have more where that came from

Well off I go see you all in a day or two

*Note all you spammers, Big chance for you to try and catch up to me

Bye, have a good time until then. *casually eviscerates NecronLord when he attempts to sneak up from behind*

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-09-09 04:32pm

It has an okay design (although it looks a little too similar to a battlestar for my tastes).

Other than that, it's a dumb concept for a war ship. Why not just build three individual ships and launch them as a group. "Surprise Tactic"? Don't make me laugh. At the most an ISD captain would react: "What...? Oh, I see. Fire."

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2002-09-09 04:49pm

Is this something GK's made up or has it been in an actual episode of Trek?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-09-09 04:52pm

It's from a Voyager episode.

I don't think GK has the audacity to make up a whole ship.

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-09-09 04:56pm

Now that I think about it, the fact that the ship was boarded and taken over by Romulan commandos despite being a top secret experimental ship says something both about it and the morons who ran it..

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2002-09-09 05:09pm

The fact it employs some armour, heavier shields, and apparantly an assload of firepower, as well as being very maneuverable(By comparison to another Trek ship it's bulk), says that as far as Trek ships go, it's gonna ream some asses.

But against Wars it's just another target.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2002-09-09 05:17pm

As far as I'm concenred, its just three targets in one

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2002-09-09 05:23pm

the idea is good but it would be cheaper just to build 3 seperate ships as a squadron and deploy them togather.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-09-09 05:50pm

Evil Jerk wrote:I think it's a massive gimmick, an extension of a design concept that was poor in the first place - the E-D separation (typical of the Feddies).
The Multi Vector Assault Mode comes under computer control, right?
What would happen under heavy jamming with the three sections unable to co-ordinate? I don't think it would be pretty.

I agree. It is just plain stupid. Instead of having more ships the Feddies come up with one that must cost more in effort and resources than it is worth.

Multi Vector Assault? How about just adding decent fighters to their ships?

That would give them their multiple vectors without the overly complicated crap.
I do find it cool from a research standpoint but if they were actually planning on manufacturing it...

Basically the only reason it did well against the Romulans is because it is 3 ships in one. I doubt it would take the other races long to juice up the power on their main cap ships to deal with stuff like the Prometheus. Maybe it would only take something as simple heavy jamming.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-09-09 05:51pm

SirNitram wrote:The fact it employs some armour, heavier shields, and apparantly an assload of firepower, as well as being very maneuverable(By comparison to another Trek ship it's bulk), says that as far as Trek ships go, it's gonna ream some asses.

But against Wars it's just another target.

Problem is that, while the ship's parts are joined together, several phaser strips are actually obscured.

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The Prometheus - what we think