Favorite Torpedoe |
Photon Torpedoes |
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13% |
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Quantum Torpedoes |
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30% |
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Croniton Torpedoes |
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6% |
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Transphasic Torpedoes |
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36% |
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Tri-Cobalt Torpedoes |
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13% |
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Dax Orien Helmsman
Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Posts: 856 Location: My own little hell.
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Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:59 am |
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What I meant by easier is that 1) Yes they are cheaper 2) They can be loaded faster and 3) you can carry more of them.
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Zeke Zabertini Captain
Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 4832
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Wed Feb 12, 2003 10:20 am |
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I'm not convinced that 2 and 3 are correct. A torpedo is a torpedo. They are about the same size, so how could you carry more photons? And if the loader loads at a certain speed, why should one type take longer?
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Dax Orien Helmsman
Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Posts: 856 Location: My own little hell.
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Wed Feb 12, 2003 4:10 pm |
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Safety reasons and such. And Photon torpedos are smaller. And even if they aren't, my favorite of the torpedos is the Photon.
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Zeke Zabertini Captain
Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 4832
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Wed Feb 12, 2003 5:19 pm |
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They are the same size, and quantum torpedoes are just as safe as photons...
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voyagerlr Commodore
Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 2448 Location: USS Shockwave
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Wed Feb 12, 2003 5:48 pm |
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Got to be tri colbalt torpedoes
super powerful!
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:17 pm |
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Well the explosive yeald of a quantum is higher than a photon, this may make a quantum heavier in mass and thus slower at accelerating towards it's target. My theory of why the sovereign fires quantums out the front and photons out the back is because it needs the faster acceleration if it fires out the rear because the ship is already moving away from it's target.
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Zeke Zabertini Captain
Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 4832
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Wed Feb 12, 2003 10:20 pm |
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I think it can fire either one either way. Coincidence. Maybe I'm wrong... Can someone help out and post specs. on quantum/photon torpedoes?
Last edited by Zeke Zabertini on Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:43 pm; edited 1 time in total
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:26 am |
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Zeke Zabertini wrote: | I think it can fire either one either way. Coincidence. Mabye I'm wrong... Can someone help out and post specs. on quantum/photon torpedoes? |
Yeah, they probally can fire either way, but if you think about battle physics, if you fire a torpedo out the front to hit the target ahead, the torpedo will not need to accelerate fast, because your already moving towards it. But if you fire a rear torpedo, your already moving away from the target, and the torpedo will need to have a lot less mass to accelerate and speed into the target, even more so if the target is also moving away from you.
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Los Commodore
Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 1336 Location: Oklahoma fa sho!
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Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:45 am |
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Let's look at it in car talk:
0-60
photon torpedo = 3.7 seconds (WOAH! Its like a 450 hp lightweight porsche!)
Quantum torpedo = 4.5 seconds (Slower but packs more yeild because of the weight!)
Los' semi-funny groovy bomb = 10.4 seconds (Sorry, had to throw it in)
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Zeke Zabertini Captain
Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 4832
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Thu Feb 13, 2003 12:39 pm |
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Do we know for sure that the quantum is slower?
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:31 pm |
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Los wrote: | Let's look at it in car talk:
0-60
photon torpedo = 3.7 seconds (WOAH! Its like a 450 hp lightweight porsche!)
Quantum torpedo = 4.5 seconds (Slower but packs more yeild because of the weight!)
Los' semi-funny groovy bomb = 10.4 seconds (Sorry, had to throw it in) |
lol, i suppose that is a way of looking at it
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:33 pm |
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Zeke Zabertini wrote: | Do we know for sure that the quantum is slower? |
no, this is not canon info, only my theorys
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Zeke Zabertini Captain
Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 4832
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Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:38 pm |
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Seriously, this info. has to be somewhere. I'm gonna look for it.
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Los Commodore
Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 1336 Location: Oklahoma fa sho!
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Fri Feb 14, 2003 10:26 am |
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What, a 275hp Mustang Bullitt doesn't count for *beep* no more?
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Matrix881 Captain
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 520
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Fri Feb 21, 2003 10:03 pm |
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I'm not sure what all torpedoes are like except for photon and quantum, so i put quantum
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ussvoyagerncc74656 Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 121 Location: The Delta Quadernt
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Sat Feb 22, 2003 8:27 am |
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Transphasic Torpedoes are the best beacuse just one of them can blow up one borg cube
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Hitomi Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 274 Location: The Mystic Moon
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Mon Mar 03, 2003 11:15 am |
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True true...
My favorite is the type that the Enterprise-A had in The motion picture. The typical photon torpedo is red, but the one's in TMP were bright blue and had little streamers of light coming off of them as they flew. I thought they kinda looked like quantum torps cause of their color, even though they arent.....
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ussvoyagerncc74656 Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 121 Location: The Delta Quadernt
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 5:34 am |
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Has any one seen a plasma torpedo i have jus got them on st bridge commander and they are great they are like transpahsic but they are extreamly volitile and can blow the torpedo tubes up because they tend to leak some plasma as they are going out of the tubes
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ussvoyagerncc74656 Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 121 Location: The Delta Quadernt
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 5:38 am |
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Zeke Zabertini wrote: | They are the same size, and quantum torpedoes are just as safe as photons... | so why are do they not equpt the rest ofthe fleet with them insted of just having photons.
The soveren class has both jus the sovergen runs out of them quickly in a large combat this is becusae they only stock aprox 60 quantum and 200 photons why???
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Los Commodore
Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 1336 Location: Oklahoma fa sho!
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:29 am |
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because its expensive to build/carry.
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voyagerlr Commodore
Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 2448 Location: USS Shockwave
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:31 am |
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i put tri colbalt!
their ultimatrely cool - and almost led toa voyager conspiracy!
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Interstelar_Concordium_CM Captain
Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 603 Location: A galaxy far far away....
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:57 am |
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i forget wat tricobalt torpedoes r, they sound fammiliar i cant put a finger on it hough
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voyagerlr Commodore
Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 2448 Location: USS Shockwave
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:19 am |
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useed in caretaker part two. to destroy the caretakers array
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Interstelar_Concordium_CM Captain
Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 603 Location: A galaxy far far away....
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:23 am |
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ooooo ya. i love it wen voyager crashed on that snow planet in ur pic voyagergrl
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voyagerlr Commodore
Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 2448 Location: USS Shockwave
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:31 am |
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thanx , whats ur sig?
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