ship suggestions needed

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-10-11 04:10pm

Ok, I'm going to try and write a short fanfic. It's about a Feddy starship crewed mostly with cadets that comes under attack by either the Jem'Hadar or some other enemy. They manage to fight off their attacker, but the ship is badly damaged. Anyways, I need suggestions on which ship class I should use. The ships I have in mind are:

Ambassador
Intrepid
Nova
Excelsior
New Orleans

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-10-11 04:19pm

AKIRA

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-11 04:21pm

Akira class is a fan-masturbatory piece of shit.

I'd go with either an Excelsior or an Ambassador.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-10-11 04:21pm

Um...No. No Akiras, Galaxys, Sovereigns or Defiants.

Edit: Niagras are looking nice. But what the hell is hanging off the bottom of the New Orleans?

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schem ... rleans.jpg

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-10-11 05:08pm

Ambassador, I've always though that it is one of the better Starfleet desings.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-10-11 05:12pm

I'd actually recomend a refitted/upgraded Miranda Class. In this time of war Starfleet would have needed every spare ship it had. The ships left for the kids to play with should be scrapheaps. Red Squad did get a Defiant but they're cream de'la cream(sp). Also you have to figure how many characters you want to develop. Anything larger than an Intrepid class will have 200 or more crewers and thats a lot of people to write about. Where as a smaller yet just as powerful ship will have a smaller crew.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-10-11 05:12pm

Just kidding with the AKIRA. Looked at the New Orleans. I hate Kitbashes

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2003-10-11 05:14pm

Nova. Is this a conttinuation of "Federation?"

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-10-11 05:20pm

Federations pretty much dead.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-10-11 05:22pm

How about the Saber-class?

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2003-10-11 05:24pm

Agent Fisher wrote:How about the Raider-class?

What are they?

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-10-11 05:25pm

The type of ship that the Maquis use, I believe. It's too small.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-10-11 05:26pm

Excelsior.

Its the kind of ship you're most liukely to have cadets on.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-10-11 05:28pm

Aya wrote:Um...No. No Akiras, Galaxys, Sovereigns or Defiants.

Edit: Niagras are looking nice. But what the hell is hanging off the bottom of the New Orleans?

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schem ... rleans.jpg

Torpedo Tubes, I think, or supposed to be, she's got 3 external racks, for some reason. I've always rather liked the New Orleans as a model, although the tubes are pointless, watched Best of Both Worlds recently to play spot the Kyushu.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-10-11 05:53pm

sorry meant the Saber class

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-11 05:58pm

I've always hated the New Orleans. It's just too ugly for me to like.

I'd really go with the Excelsior. It's a fan favourite, not too powerful, not too weak, and they were abundant in the mid-late 24th Century. Just right.

Agent R · Post by **Agent R** » 2003-10-11 07:43pm

Excelsior. It's a proven design, and it's got a certain classical appeal.

Will the ship be uprated in any way?

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-10-11 07:49pm

Go with an oberth.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-10-11 08:04pm

In a nutshell, there's only four senior officers on the ship, the captain, XO, CMO, chief engineer. The rest of the ship is crewed by cadets. The whole point is to give them an idea of what'll be like to serve on a ship.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-10-11 08:06pm

darthdavid wrote:Go with an oberth.

And just how do you expect an Oberth to defend itself against a Jem'Hadar attack ship?

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-10-11 08:11pm

Lord Pounder wrote:
darthdavid wrote:Go with an oberth.
And just how do you expect an Oberth to defend itself against a Jem'Hadar attack ship?

Isn't it obvious? The Jem'Hadar take one look at an Oberth trying to attacking them and burst into laughter. Then one of the Jemmies on the bridge accidently hits the self destruct button and boom.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-10-11 08:43pm

I say SABER-class. They are somewhat samll but can defend themselves.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-10-11 08:45pm

1/3 of a Promtehteus Class ship, with the other 2/3 destroyed. This swould also explain why its mostly inexperienced crewmembers on the ship.

MarkIX · Post by **MarkIX** » 2003-10-11 09:25pm

In a nutshell, there's only four senior officers on the ship, the captain, XO, CMO, chief engineer. The rest of the ship is crewed by cadets. The whole point is to give them an idea of what'll be like to serve on a ship.

(emphasis Mine)
I think the premise is faulty, if you where sending them to see how it is to serve on a ship you would send them to a ship that is actually working. If they are good enough to work a ship all by themselves then thats what they should be doing. if they aren't why have them all in the one place.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-10-11 09:28pm

Use technobable and character sheilds to let the oberth win the battle with a jem hadar attack ship. If bitch and bastard read it they'll hire you to write on enterprise.