[Petrarch of the VBB]

The Warbird is nothing! Give me a shuttlecraft, and kilo of antimatter, and a manic pilot, and I'll take out anything!

[Thorn]

I'll take the Akira over anything any day...

[Darkage]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
The Warbird is nothing! Give me a shuttlecraft, and kilo of antimatter, and a manic pilot, and I'll take out anything!

I said it looks cool i didn't say it was a match for a fed ship:D

But my fav ship is the Prometheus.

Type Attack Cruiser
Unit Run NX 59650 USS Prometheus  
no decision yet taken on class production.
Commissioned None to date.
Dimensions Length : 415 m
Beam : 163 m
Height : 64 m
Decks : 15
Mass 950,000 tons
Crew 175
Armament, Docked Mode 12 x Type XII Phaser arrays, total output 60,000 TeraWatts  
2 x Pulse fire quantum torpedo tubes + 290 torpedoes
Armament, Separated Mode Primary Hull :
6 x Type XII Phaser arrays, total output 30,000 TeraWatts  
2 x Pulse fire quantum torpedo tubes + 115 torpedoes

Secondary Hull :

4 x Type XII Phaser arrays, total output 20,000 TeraWatts  
3 x Pulse fire quantum torpedo tubes + 175 torpedoes

Tertiary Hull :

8 x Type XII Phaser arrays, total output 40,000 TeraWatts  

Total :

18 x Type XII Phaser arrays, total output 90,000 TeraWatts  
5 x Pulse fire quantum torpedo tubes + 290 torpedoes
 
Defence Systems Auto-modulated high capacity regenerative shield system, total capacity 3,915,000 TeraJoules  
Heavy Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 18 cm Ablative armour.
High level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds
(TNG Scale) Normal Cruise : Warp Factor 8
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 9.9 in testing - engines still under development
Maximum Rated : Not yet established; expected to be Warp 9.99+
Strength Indices,
Multi Vector (all)
(Galaxy class = 1,000) Beam firepower : 1,800
Torpedo Firepower : 3,375
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 1,175
Shield Strength : 1,450
Hull Armour : 3,100
Speed : 4,125
Combat Manoeuvrability : 12,500
Overall Strength Index 2,347
Strength Indices,
Docked Mode
(Galaxy class = 1,000) Beam firepower : 1,200
Torpedo Firepower : 1,350
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 1,175
Shield Strength : 1,450
Hull Armour : 3,100
Speed : 4,125
Combat Manoeuvrability : 8,500
Overall Strength Index 1,627
Diplomatic Capability Grade 2
Expected Hull Life 84 years
Refit Cycle Minor : 1 year  
Standard : 3 years  
Major : 12 years

[Liberator]

You would really think that with the advent of sentient holograms(the Doctor) that starship computers would be start being based on a such an obviously superior Artificial Intelligence.  Don't automate the ships but give them the ability to rationalize and defend themselves should the crew become incapacitated.

[Tiara]

Meh, gime the Defiant! Pulse Phaser cannon owns!

[Stryke 9]

You know, that first pic takes me back. That was the loading screen on my box back when I was a kid, when Win95 was exciting and new.

[Carl]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
The Warbird is nothing! Give me a shuttlecraft, and kilo of antimatter, and a manic pilot, and I'll take out anything!

silly little man. a kilogram of anti-matter wouldn't even do the damage of one photon torpedo.

[Stryke 9]

That's one effective torpedo. So... why are these ships storing planetbusters?

[Sandwich]

Gosh, I never realized that you guys were such residual Trekkies.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Carl



silly little man. a kilogram of anti-matter wouldn't even do the damage of one photon torpedo.

Well that's ludicrous, surely you'd be able to take out a small moon with a gram of antimatter, or have been studying the life of Mako Spince for too long?

[Carl]

one gram of anti-matter could take out a city at best.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I've definitely been reading too much StarWars fanfic, then.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB


Well that's ludicrous, surely you'd be able to take out a small moon with a gram of antimatter, or have been studying the life of Mako Spince for too long?

I put up the calculations somewhere. 1 Kilo of antimatter (plus 1 kilo of matter) would equal a 43 Megaton H-Bomb.
  That a fairly large H-bomb but bigger have been built.

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by Carl
silly little man. a kilogram of anti-matter wouldn't even do the damage of one photon torpedo.

Uhm, it was my understanding that the payload in so-called photon torpedoes is in fact anti-matter.

Personally I never understood why they never used transporters offensively. Why launch a torpedo when you can beam it directly into a ship's path? Heck, if they aren't shielded against transporters, just beam a torpedo directly inside the ship.

[Stealth]

because photon torpedoes don't exist, and "anti-matter" definately can't be "beamed" into a ship

you've got a pretty good point though

[Thorn]

I think they're aware of the fact that it doesnt exist...

[Stealth]

they know, i'm just messing with him

[ZylonBane]

 "Photon torpedoz dont exsit! lolol" hardly qualifies as messing with. Grade-Z trolling, maybe.

In any case, damn the (photon) torpedoes. Deploy a special brute-force transporter that doesn't care about atomic precision or putting its subject back together again, and you've basically got a disintegration beam that doesn't even need to breach the target's hull to take out critical systems.

A ship armed with a bank of these "attack transporters" could, once the shields were knocked down, literally carve up an enemy ship in seconds.

[vyper]

I'm with Darkage on this - if I had to choose a ship predefined in the Trek fiction:



I found that image in amongst my older files. Dunno who did the model, and it looks like I'd been playing with lighting.

[CateranOverlord]

That is a pretty cool ship.  But, nothing will ever beat the  Defiant!!!