I have seen almost all the Star Trek content, and never developed a love of the ship structure. I like the Defiant because it doesn’t look like it will snap in pieces when it turns a corner. It also proves you don’t need to put the propulsion on sticks.
The manual for a licensed video game I once played claimed that the nacelles are mounted on pylons to separate them from the rest of the ship because they emit hazardous radiation when in use.
According to Memory Alpha, however, each of the Galaxy class’ unusually large nacelles contains a control room for monitoring the warp drive’s operation up close. This implies that it is safe to be not only near but inside the nacelle while the warp drive is running, which nixes the hazardous radiation theory.
I have seen almost all the Star Trek content, and never developed a love of the ship structure. I like the Defiant because it doesn’t look like it will snap in pieces when it turns a corner. It also proves you don’t need to put the propulsion on sticks.
The Defiant had a lot of issues due to it’s “lack of sticks” though.
The manual for a licensed video game I once played claimed that the nacelles are mounted on pylons to separate them from the rest of the ship because they emit hazardous radiation when in use.
According to Memory Alpha, however, each of the Galaxy class’ unusually large nacelles contains a control room for monitoring the warp drive’s operation up close. This implies that it is safe to be not only near but inside the nacelle while the warp drive is running, which nixes the hazardous radiation theory.