Here's a link to a high definition version of Voyager's Master Systems Display, by Dominique Rossier. I love the enormous Cetacean ops, atomic missiles like the Dauntless had and the weirdness of a warp core where most ships have a computer core.
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I've also just noticed the engine room is slightly further back, and it has it's own separate slipstream core, which is what we see in the 1st episode. I'm guessing the core being forward is tried to slipstream needing a lot from the deflector dish (which may be from canon or novels, at this point it's kinda blurred together)
Because the highest resolution versions are cut up into four smaller parts, while the full MSD is lower quality, I combined them into one big image that should provide complete high quality viewing in a single image with all labels:
True, it was probably "here's what we've established about the ship in the script, make us a snazzy graphic to put up on the wall behind the characters" rather than something the creators had much input into. But that doesn't make it less awesome to look at.
Also, starfleet putting 2 quantum torpedo launchers next to the base of the warp core may be their smartest choice yet. What could possibly go wrong there?
Also also I spy the Into Darkness atrium just ahead of the bussard collectors, complete with dome atop, and half the Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility warp core from the same movie at the top of the V-A's warp core.
I wonder if Voyager-A is capable of saucer separation?
If I'm looking at the schematic right, most of the living spaces are forward of the midline of the ship. I wonder if moving the warp core forward might allow you to abandon the star drive if the nacelles became irreparably damaged and, unlike the Galaxy Class and other previous designs, the saucer section has some form of warp capability?
That way the saucer can still remain relatively capable and has a power source that let's the defensive systems still go to town in an emergency if necessary?
Parts of it are cool...(there's a library)...other parts...(there's a nuclear missile bay)...
I'd probably switch the placement of the warp core and cetacean ops––or place it further aft. You've got insane amounts of power traveling through too much of the ship to get to the nacelles...kaboom
I'd probably switch the placement of the warp core and cetacean ops––or place it further aft. You've got insane amounts of power traveling through too much of the ship to get to the nacelles...kaboom
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The nuclear missile bay being the floor directly above the library is a neat touch
The Protostar is already under-scaled compared to the characters by a lot, so it's impossible to guess. I played with this V-A MSD compared to Suricata's E-E MSD (the one from the set is very off, in terms of shape). If you match to the quantum torpedo launcher or nacelles, the V-A is much bigger (and the nacelles aren't actually that Sovereign-shaped). Compared to the deck heights, the V-A is a bit shorter than the (exterior) Sovereign.
Voyager-A can land, as we see near the ending. The MSD has no landing gear but I guess that's a trade from Defiant, which had it on the MSD but never used it.
Also I noticed the Voyager-A has Quantum torpedo launchers where the weapons MSD says phase canons.
Also I noticed the Voyager-A has Quantum torpedo launchers where the weapons MSD says phase canons.
Since the original Voyager couldn't separate, and neither can the Voyager-A based on the MSD, it doesn't really matter where the warp core is. If it goes boom you're going boom with it whether it's in the middle of the saucer or right at the back of the secondary hull... and maybe the tradeoff is that putting the core in the middle of the saucer means it's much better protected.
This was the first thought I had when I saw where the warp core is located. It makes no sense, when plasma needs to be funneled from it to the nacelles, to put it so far away from them.
Enemy torpedo targets any random secondary system and the whole ship goes.
Enemy agent self destructs next to a random corridor, same thing.
Not that we've ever seen that happen before....(cough)"Basics"(/cough)
I liked Gillian the Whale. Overall it was a nice ship.
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