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Old 07-25-2011, 1:28am   #1
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I've always liked the various movies and series but one question I've always had is why do all the ships have to have a "saucer" section?
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Old 07-25-2011, 3:54am   #2
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It's a flying saucer.
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I read that at the time, they wanted to break out of the cigar shaped rocket design off all the more cheesy sci fi from before. They sort of combined flying saucer with cigar shape and BAM Enterprise.
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Is coffee being served within said section?

Every coffee cup needs a saucer.
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Later they retconned the shape as being the best design for warp-field efficiency.
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It's a flying saucer.
It is.

Saucer separation - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

It detaches for emergency landing:
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It's supposed to represent a giant penis entering a giant vagina.

truth.
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Old 07-25-2011, 7:17pm   #9
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It's supposed to represent a giant penis entering a giant vagina.

truth.
Final frontier, indeed.......
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Final frontier, indeed.......
They are probing Uranis....
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Old 07-26-2011, 6:50am   #11
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Later they retconned the shape as being the best design for warp-field efficiency.
Which is stupid seeing as if that were the case, everyone would be doing it.
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Final frontier, indeed.......
Must be a virgin vag, then... if the giant penis is boldly going "where no man has gone before."
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Must be a virgin vag, then... if the giant penis is boldly going "where no man has gone before."
I see what you did there.
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The shape reduces drag in space.
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Old 07-26-2011, 11:50am   #15
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The shape reduces drag in space.


There is no drag in the vacuum of space. Hell, a cube would be the perfect vehicle, hence the Borg ship concept.
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The shape reduces drag in space.
How can you have drag in a vacuum?

Edit: OD bmti.
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Old 07-26-2011, 12:23pm   #17
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There is no drag in the vacuum of space. Hell, a cube would be the perfect vehicle, hence the Borg ship concept.
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How can you have drag in a vacuum?

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that's why I said ".....in space" instead of just "......reduces drag".

try to keep up people.

Here's another quote by me "The subtlety of my sarcasm makes me look the fool when in all actuality I'm a genius."
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Here's another quote by me "The subtlety of my sarcasm makes me look the fool when in all actuality I'm a genius."
Run with that.
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that's why I said ".....in space" instead of just "......reduces drag".

try to keep up people.

Here's another quote by me "The subtlety of my sarcasm makes me look the fool when in all actuality I'm a genius."
Then, in true Trek lore fashion, my response to you is, "Don't play the wounded Klingon for me, Duras. You don't do it very well."

And shit.

Do you know who said that? What episode? What Stardate?

Nah, we cool. Just feckin' witcha.
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Old 07-26-2011, 1:02pm   #20
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Run with that.
or at least I tell myself that everyday in the mirror when I wake up.
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