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Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 1:53 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 1:26 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(March 7, 2018 at 12:33 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Why not?  A mississippi cargo barge pusher in space that can do the kessel run in 12 parsecs.

And they'd still call it a "tow". 

You know why the tow boat was always at the rear?

To get to the other side?
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 1:57 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 1:26 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(March 7, 2018 at 12:33 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: You realize that’s modeled on a hamburger, right?

Why not?  A mississippi cargo barge pusher in space that can do the kessel run in 12 parsecs.

And they'd still call it a "tow". 

You know why the tow boat was always at the rear?

I would guess the same reason the rudder is.
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 2:18 pm
Nope. The point was that if there was an uncharted bar or sunken tree or whatever, the tow would hit it first, and the "tow boat" could try and fix the mess.
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 5:49 pm
Now that, makes a lot of sense.
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 6:00 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 1:26 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(March 7, 2018 at 12:33 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: You realize that’s modeled on a hamburger, right?

Why not?  A mississippi cargo barge pusher in space that can do the kessel run in 12 parsecs.

And they'd still call it a "tow". 

You know why the tow boat was always at the rear?


So they can play bumper cars with the barges?
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 6:05 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 5:49 pm)Succubus Wrote: Now that, makes a lot of sense.

I traded untrained labor for a free trip to Nawlins a few years back. It was awesome.
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 6:24 pm
(March 6, 2018 at 10:40 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: [Image: fTxS9kn2IrCDMNaPRDBTfKBI5Uv.jpg]

WTF??

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"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 7:00 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 6:05 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(March 7, 2018 at 5:49 pm)Succubus Wrote: Now that, makes a lot of sense.

I traded untrained labor for a free trip to Nawlins a few years back. It was awesome.

What did you do onboard? Never did this but I am reading a piece by John McPhee describing his experience doing this.
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RE: Favorite Star Trek Ship Design
March 7, 2018 at 7:23 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 7:00 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(March 7, 2018 at 6:05 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I traded untrained labor for a free trip to Nawlins a few years back. It was awesome.

What did you do onboard? Never did this but I am reading a piece by John McPhee describing his experience doing this.

Designated donkey. Washed dishes, swabbed decks, pulled on lines, anything a body with no brains could do. I also happened to be a former Engineman in the USN, so I knew a wee bit about diesel engines.
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