Hmmm. We're mostly in agreement, I think. I'd placed a single larger engine on the centerline just aft of what used to be the propeller and wrapped about the aft third of the ship in additional remass tankage, but either way could work. (I'd also used the Los Angeles class's sail placement, but that's hardly relevant.)
The point I will take up, though, is centrifuge design - I think that, for a vessel that small, a solidly habitable ring is much too massive to be worth it. Instead, I'd use a lightweight structural ring with relatively small habitable pods depending off of it, accessed by a sort of subway thing that also rides the ring but can accellerate or decellerate relative to it.
Erm. This site has an illustration of the setup I'm particularly basing off of - page down or search for the words 'Dream Pod 9'.
Other than noting that neither of us seems to've previously thought of the fact that the sail'd make a dandy place to mount the actual direct-fire weapons, I think that's about it.
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
The point I will take up, though, is centrifuge design - I think that, for a vessel that small, a solidly habitable ring is much too massive to be worth it. Instead, I'd use a lightweight structural ring with relatively small habitable pods depending off of it, accessed by a sort of subway thing that also rides the ring but can accellerate or decellerate relative to it.
Erm. This site has an illustration of the setup I'm particularly basing off of - page down or search for the words 'Dream Pod 9'.
Other than noting that neither of us seems to've previously thought of the fact that the sail'd make a dandy place to mount the actual direct-fire weapons, I think that's about it.
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."