Tis a good design.

Might it not be able to contain more shuttle craft?

Looks pretty good, but I could see fitting marines on it, even the smaller ships carry a few around even if just for the purpose of extra defense. A squad would seem to fit in as they might not see frequent use, but they would be useful on the ground for away missions and such... I've only ever see...

After doing further research, DITL, ACTD and a ST Encyclopedia, I think that the Steam runner has been over armed. It's unlikely to be able to carry such a compliment, let alone fire them.

Galaxy is made for exploration, it's designed to make maximum use of speed.

The Lex is a carrier, designed to carry things.

Considering it is supposed to be called a streamrunner I can see the reason, I did a little research myself.

Yep the ammo sounds a lot better.

Good points I wasn't thinking that way before.

Just a quick thought if the ship can carry 10,000....why not increase the size of the normal compliment?

also....is it supposed to have two compliments of quantum torps.

Fair enough...time to find faults then For a steamrunner (name implies slow) being a light explorer, it goes one hell of a speed. Also, light explorer means often no deep space missions and rare combat. A reduction in Quantums might be a brilliant idea. For such a small ship, engineering is unlikely...

Whoa I'd love one of these... >_>

applies.

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if there are no objections, could we push this one through with a basic set of specs and then readjust if there are complaints?

Hm, I think that the new maximum speed should take into account the heavier loading capacity, so this should be right. The dual core however would enable a lot more power to be dedicated towards weapons, especially since carriers are potentially sitting ducks once engaged. Then again, I think the Di...