[pp.int.general] Build the enterprise

[Andrew Norton]

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On 5/21/2012 1:02 PM, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:17 AM, roberto aka robske
> <evilteddyxl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ahoy!
>>
>> I was wondering how many supporters there are out here for this project:
>> http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/
>>
>> I'm very enthusiastic about it, and was wondering how various pirates think
>> about it :)
> 
> As a conceptual foundation, it's well thought out. I think it would be
> more appropriate to start with a Miranda class* design though, rather
> than Constitution.  I understand the desire to (and gimmick of)
> re-creating the original starship Enterprise, but I don't think it'd
> be a good entry-level choice.  Certainly, I don't think our first
> inter-planetary manned ship needs to support 1000 people at any given
> time; 100-200 people should be more than sufficient to start with.

Then, conceptually, we'd be better with the phoenix as a project testbed
(and you can't forget the copy of Magic Carpet Ride)

Andrew
(and startrek.com trivia champion 98-2000)

> 
> I for one would *love* to see a project like this get started.
> 
> Best,
> - Scott.
> 
> * <http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Miranda_class>
> 


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