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find another slip stream core? From MOT, I gathered that each ship only carried one, and that they could not be replicated on ship, but rather at a shipyard. Does Andromeda carry a spare with her? Does Sinti, Mobius, Sabra-Jaguar or Castalia have the technology to build her a new slipstream core that would adhere to her design? Are they going to go to the Than? If they go to a none member state, how are they going to pay for a new core? I take it she's going to be towed to whereever by the Maru as she is now without her core. But as you can see, that one solution to the Beast problem raises a whole lot of other concerns. Looking forward to some answers ... /s/ Gloriosus ------------------ "Though this be madness, there is method to it." |
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Beats me! As Zack just pointed out, if they can leapfrog from 12 to 50 worlds offscreen with no explanation, making extensive repairs offscreen is a snap - just assume more time has elapsed between episodes than would normally be indicated (Zack suggested several months between BotB and TKDatD).
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Hmmmm ... I smell fanfic here /s/ Gloriosus ------------------ "Though this be madness, there is method to it." |
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I've been posting solutions to this problem for two days now so here we go again. They have several options. The Maru still has its slipcore and thrusters so all Andromeda needs to do is get the Maru to a nearby sun or gas gaint to refuel and then it can comeback with either a repair ship or a cargo pod full of slipcore. Or they could try to adapt the Maru's core or a slipfighters core. Or as others have suggested the Andromeda could just slave its systems to the Maru's once it refuels its AP tanks and slip out through the Maru's portal to somewhere that they can get a new core. Or has Chjristopher has suggested their might be a backup core in the Andromeda itself. There are a wide variety of solutions to chhose from. |
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I think that the ship in MOT was stripped of slipfighters on account of them all being in the battle. Slipfighters have slipstream cores (tltfl). Moreover, they have the Maru. |
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You know - I wonder less where they're going to get it as I wonder how the heck they're going to pay for the darn thing! Granted, the Vedrans owe Dylan 300 years of back pay, but unless they hock the Maru, I don't think that their combined liquid assets would amount to much! |
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OK, basically the problem with those solutions, at least with regards to replacing the Slipstream Core on the Andromeda is that, as I understand it, that model is no longer made. I agree with the idea that the Maru is going to end up towing the Andromeda to a yard though. You cannot use the fighter's cores because they are literally too small to drive an XMC. What this then suggests is that the core will have to be special made, probably at a ship yard. I've no doubt Andromeda could provide the specs, but again, which shipyards would be capable of producing and installing that slipstream core? ------------------ "Though this be madness, there is method to it." |
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quote: Yep! Agree completely. Just think of TPTWHE! I just don't believe, they have something that valuable still on board. But, they'll solve this problem, without letting us know how they managed it .... I assume! |
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I hear in one of the deleted scenes, Harper discovers the "Inject Slipstream Core" Button - right next to the "STVOYRESET" button... This reminds me of one of the Voyager episodes where VOY ejected her warp core and then had to go back after it - nearly killing everyone - because they "Had to get home." However, the Writer's guide had specifically mentioned the backup warp core that was stored in engineering and could be assembled and installed fairly quickly.... |
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IIRC, the slip-core is nothing more than a source of "Exotic Matter" for the slipstream drive. (I believe it's called an "Exotic Matter Pulsar") If this is the case then there's a fairly good chance that the ship has some kind of buffer that stores exotic matter between the time that it's drawn out of the core and when it gets used to create a portal. My point is that the Andromeda may not be as crippled as everyone thinks it is. As far as getting a new one is concerned I don't see them as having a problem.Tyr could probably "aquire" one or they could go to the Sabra-Jaguire and demand a new one under the mutual defence pact. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:-)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> ------------------ Master Of Emoticons |
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^^ Except the problem remains that there isn't, to their knowledge at that time, another Slipstream Core/Exotic Matter Pulsar of the particular model that the {i]Andromeda{/i] uses. It's not such a simple matter to switchout drives, especially for one that doesn't conform to the requirements that the Andromeda's core/pulser was designed to meet. They don't make them anymore. If Andromeda does have two that operate in tandem, then it'd be nice to hear, on screen, that they are now only running on one, while the other is being built at [insert system of choice]. This would go a long ways towards redeeming that glaring omission in the episode, saving it from VOYAGER-itus. /s/ Gloriosus ------------------ "Though this be madness, there is method to it." |
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quote: How doe we know that a newer model core isn't compatable?
quote: Now that you mention it they do have more than one. Probably several. spoilers for IHCRAL In IHCRAL when Harper is trying to figure out how to restore Rommie he says he need to get to one of the slipstream cores and that the nearest one is.... I don't remember exactly where he said it was but that has no bearing on this. Also in Ouroboros when Dylan was working in the core chamber I believe he was on deck 18 or 19. In BOTB the core is on deck 12. So there has to be more than one. (or I just uncovered a nit-pick ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:-)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> [This message has been edited by GuySmiley (edited April 30, 2002).] |
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^^ I admit this is an assumption, but I rather suspect that even if you found one that could be used, it would not meet the specifications for the one it is replacing. We'd be talking a decrease in performance, one way or the other. And if the ANDROMEDA is the largest thing out there, it be akin to trying to replace a jet engine designed for a Boeing 777, with one designed for a Boeing 707. It'd be unable to meet the demands placed upon it be the craft that it is trying to propel. Mind you, I'm not saying they couldn't jury rig something, but it just won't be as good as getting a genuine replacement for the missing unit. /s/ Gloriosus ------------------ "Though this be madness, there is method to it." |
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