> The designers of the game once decided they
> wanted to experiment with a traditional naval
> design for a starship, and came up with a
> boat-shaped ship that had the majority of it's
> weaponry facing out either side. It wasn't very
> popular.
>
> In naval warfare, combat is basicly restricted
> to a 2-dimensional plane, the surface of the
> ocean. Submarines being an exception of
> course. Combat in outer space seems like it'd
> be more like aerial combat, with 3 dimensions
> to move around in. However, because of the
> size of the ships and the great distances
> involved, a space battle would in that way
> resemble naval combat. It wouldn't be quite so
> fast paced.

That reminds me of a Doctor Who episode in which these immortals took some "ephemerals" and had them battle using starships that looked like sailing ships. Why? They were bored. Of course, when a ship exploded, all the ephemerals would die, the immortals would continue to live, and they'd start over again.

> Gri"it's been a long time since I've talked this much about Star Trek"shny

Nyperold