Favorite Star Trek Ship Design

[Angrboda]

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?

[RoadRunner79]

You realize that’s modeled on a hamburger, right?

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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.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

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.

[Succubus]

Now that, makes a lot of sense.

[Anomalocaris]

You realize that’s modeled on a hamburger, right?

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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?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Now that, makes a lot of sense.

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

[The Valkyrie]

WTF??

[Anomalocaris]

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.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

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.