Comment on USS Kiev Data Sheet by Kodai-Okuda
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Very aggressive!
Quick question, why don't you put additional phaser banks on the ventral soccer?
Quick question, why don't you put additional phaser banks on the ventral soccer?
Thank you. 
There are three dual phaser banks on both the dorsal and ventral saucer for a total of six banks forward or 12-phasers.
The other two "dark" areas (1 port, 1 starboard) are docking ports for shuttle-pods and worker bees.
If you look at the side-view of the ship you can see a pair of rectangular lights at each port (just below the bridge section on the side-view).
If you look at the top-view, the phaser banks are located at the 45-degree, 90-degree, and 135-degree positions with zero/north being the port/top warp nacelle tip (approximately).
There are three dual phaser banks on both the dorsal and ventral saucer for a total of six banks forward or 12-phasers.
The other two "dark" areas (1 port, 1 starboard) are docking ports for shuttle-pods and worker bees.
If you look at the side-view of the ship you can see a pair of rectangular lights at each port (just below the bridge section on the side-view).
If you look at the top-view, the phaser banks are located at the 45-degree, 90-degree, and 135-degree positions with zero/north being the port/top warp nacelle tip (approximately).
Fair enough, but for a few of the previous ship you had five dual phaser banks on the dorsal saucer, and only three on the ventral. There's nothing wrong with it, its just, why on mirror the dorsal and ventral phaser banks?
Sorry, I just really like symmetry on ships.
Sorry, I just really like symmetry on ships.
Only the ships that do not have the extended secondary hulls use the aft-firing phaser banks on the saucer on top because they have a clear firing arc to the rear. Whereas on this ship the raised secondary hull extension is in the way of any phasers, same with the ventral phasers due to either the secondary hull and/or warp nacelles.
Nothing to be sorry about, I like the questions as they give me a chance to explain the thinking that goes into all of my designs (Star Trek or Nexus Arcana).
Nothing to be sorry about, I like the questions as they give me a chance to explain the thinking that goes into all of my designs (Star Trek or Nexus Arcana).
That makes complete senses..... Why didn't I notice that before......