XPost: alt.startrek, rec.arts.startrek.tech   
   From: jbelanger@insightbb.com   
      
   Snake wrote:   
   > "Phillip Thorne"  wrote in message   
   > news:oj6l811j49cnimfc9qpi5id7d7qj1fglj4@4ax.com...   
   >   
   >>What sort of acceleration would turbolift cars need to travel between   
   >>critical areas in a reasonable time?  Hmmm.   
   >   
   >   
   > Not to mention the propulsion systems, namely the impulse subsystem.  You   
   > still must deal with inertia in space and with the mass of a 3km ship behind   
   > you impulse movements, unless the impulse deck is absolutely massive with   
   > outputs we have not quite seen in Star Trek canon, will be lackadaisical to   
   > say the least.  I do not believe the thrusters as sized adequately for the   
   > mass.   
      
   I think I'm going to have to do a new workup of a ship I created for a   
   role playing character who I still write about. The ship itself is a   
   mile wide in wingspan and bears a decided resemblance in shape to a   
   certain current romulan starship hull...   
      
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