Topic: OT .. another Fed weapon question

[OlBuzzard]

This time it is concerning "pulse" phasers.  At the beginning of the TNG series .. and in DS9, the Defiant uses pulse phasers that are fixed.

Is it possible that the pulse phaser could be developed to a "turret" mount with a 360^ arch  by late TNG ?

IMHO ..  it could and should be at least available ...  just curious as to what objections would be over came.

[ModelsPlease]

Would that just make it look like the AMD in game Buzz ? I have a pulse phaser weapon texture., all ya need do is adjust the arc to have if fire  360*  degrees. But I see what you're getting at, very similar to todays Phalanyx canons aboard naval vessels.

-MP

[Mr_Tricorder]

I don't really see a problem, but the pulse phaser would definitely be visible on the outside of the hull.  A phaser beam is a stream of charged nadion particles (I think that's how you spell it.  I don't have my copy of Star Trek Science Logs here with me), and a pulse phaser constricts the release of those particles until they've built up to a certain level and then releases them in short bursts.  If you were to make a pulse phaser turret, I would think that you would have to put a large portion of the aparatus on the turret.

[OlBuzzard]

MP ..  you are exactly right ...  couple that with the "threat" of that fire power ..  a couple of strategically placed  "360's" on a certain ship I'm currently working on ...  and WOW !

Mr. T.

I understand what you are telling me ..   but I believe that the "capacitor" styled charging devices that would hold the phaser blast until it reaches a particular level  ( this is probably overly simplified description of the process) ...  then releasing its charge ...   

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the fore runner of the Pulse Phaser is the one used on the Miranda class 

IMHO ..  the "extra" space needed to direct the wrapons fire power might be modified enough to rotate quickly ... and be a bit more compact than the original design and , or the one used on the Defiant.

Now ..  all I need to do is come up with a viable design for this new concept !


BTW ..   it should be noted:  I will entertain concept sketches !

[ModelsPlease]

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the fore runner of the Pulse Phaser is the one used on the Miranda class 

Are you referring the ST II TWoK ? I always liked that phaser effect, but the Enterprise fired the same phasers as well. IMHO I would think any new ship (albeit modeled on a tried and true design) would have to bee equipped with the most advanced weapons especially if it was commissioned after the Dominion war. I would eliminate the ball turrets on the saucer and put in phaser strips, replace the mega-phasers with pulse phasers but redesign the roll bar so that a 360* canon could be placed on either end of it and replace photon's with quantum torpedoes. Also I would increase it's original size from 243m to at least 350m otherwise the ship would be smaller than the Norway at 364.77m and Intrepid at 343m. In her time the Miranda was of comperable size as a CL to the Connies CA. But in the TNG era she's nothing more than the runt of the litter at original size. Just things to consider.

-MP

[Sandman3D]

Let's take it a step further...TNG era Puff the magic dragon. That damn electric gatling gun, like the one on the A-10 is a ground pounders best friend when in support, and his worst enemy when hunting ya. Just a thought.

[OlBuzzard]

Sandman ..  YUP  !  you are soooo right.  But the idea is that the same pulse phaser that is used on the Defiant ..  is "upgraded" or technologically developed to where it is no longer a weapon that has a "fixed" forward firing arc.

MP .. the model I'm working on is the same concept as the Miranda ..  but in a "TRUE" TNG flare.  The primary hull is that of a modified Sovy ... the Roll bar is changed and it's weapons upgraded to meet the demands of the late TNG era.

Also the reference I was alluding to regarding the Miranda ..  the phasers on the roll bar are well known for being "super" phasers or in some cases the early development of the pulse phasers used on the Defiant.

By all means .. to be a TNG contender it MUST have phaser arrays not phaser "banks".