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From: Dr.Ing. James Addams
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To: Ministry of Defense
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Subject: Starship Destroyer design.
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Let me go on the record here and say that I completely disagree
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with the "latest" modern design of our cruisers. Only utter moron
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would design a ship in a way that is seen in popular culture media.
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Just because it is "cool" doesn't mean you should compromise
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structural integrity by deliberately adding more weakneses. If I
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was piloting an enemy ship, and saw one of these "Star destroyers"
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as you call them - the fact that they're more of a frigate than
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actual destroyer but naval terminology aside - it wouldn't take a
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genius to figure out that I should aim for the giant protrusion
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that shines like beacon of designer's blind nostalgic idiocy. Those
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designs might have made sense on planet's surface were a battle
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would take on a same plane/level, NOT in space where you could
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approach your target from ANY direction. And don't get me started
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on the screaming impracticality - or three in this case - that are
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those three massive thrusters mounted in the back - you would spend
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half of the journey accellerating facing your destination - that's
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fine and all, but then the other half of the journey would be spent
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breaking facing in the opposite direction - while all your weapons
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face in the opposite direction safe for a couple of turrets.
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But the point of this message isn't just to ramble on the
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outrageous death-trap that is your fancy ship design. I propose a
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few solutions to this design. You can find the full details in the
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attacment, but just to summarize here are a few highlights:
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1) No windows - seriously you can achieve the same effect by simply
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mounting a couple of cameras around the hull, and linking them
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to various screens inside WITHOUT COMPROMISING HULL INTEGRITY -
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plus it allows for extra layer of protection against UV
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radiation - you can merely adjust the filters or simply turn the
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screen off.
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Which brings me to
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2) Move bridge into the center of the hull - the reason behind this
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is obvious - Bridge is the most crucial component of the ship,
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right after sustainable life-support. It is the heart and the
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brain. Without it, all you have is hunk of metal floating
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through space. Much like skull protects your brain, the ship's
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hull should protect the brige.
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3) The ONLY good reason to have something sticking out would be
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turret emplacements - if you really want to have a pylon or a
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freaking beacon sticking out of your silhouette, it would be so
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you can mount turrets at the end of each - this will allow you
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to aim in almost any direction without ship's own hull
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obstructing the target, and eliminates the problem you would
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have with hardpoints pointing towards "the front" of the ship.
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4) Ballance the thrust - This is more of an addendum - I think that
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the previous point is the cheaper alternative but regardless:
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Since you have massive engines mounted on the "back" why not
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also put some engines to the "front" to eliminate the need to
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turn the ship around in order to perform breaking maneuver?
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I hope that this letter will be handed over to someone more
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competent than that cretin who greenligted the original desing.
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Sincerely,
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Dr.Ing. James Addams
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