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Majestic said:
The Miranda variants play a role in the mod. The Soyuz, the "Saratoga" and a few others. We have all the canon versions of the miranda type NCLs, DDs, LCs, etc.

The Reliant variant (roll bar) is the only one buildable, the others appear throughout the campaign in one form or another and can be controlled by the player.

Sweet!!! :excited:

Okay here is a run down on the Miranda's in Yesteryears.

Miranda Class (Reliant Subtype)
This is the most common Miranda, and the only buildable. She has the roll bar with the four torpedo launchers and the phaser cannons giving her extra firepower.

Miranda Class (Lantree Subtype)
The cheapest and weakest of the Miranda variants, she is a Reliant variant with no roll bar, so this means no torpedo firepower.

Miranda Class (Saratoga Subtype)
She is like the Reliant subtype, but doesn't have the torpedo launchers and her phaser cannons stick out of the side of the hull.

Miranda Class (Soyuz Subtype)
The most powerful Miranda subtype, she has phaser cannons all over the hull and only has to loose her aft torpedo launchers. She is called upon when one needs raw phaser firepower.

Indeed... All those poor poor soiled tighties... what did they ever do to deserve the punishment...:lol:

Yeah those poor people. :cry:
 
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Thank you for the rundown on the Mirandas, they sound like a wonderful set up. Do you have any screenshots of these 4 ships for us to gaze upon.
 

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Yeah they sound great, I read somwhere that the Soyuz Class was equipped with a cloaking device (becuase it was developed before the treaty of algeron), will this be the case in YY?
 
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Another question. Will there be any of that infamous time traveling somewhere in the story line?
 

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That could be difficult to implement.
 

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Thank you for the rundown on the Mirandas, they sound like a wonderful set up. Do you have any screenshots of these 4 ships for us to gaze upon.

There is the standard Miranda floating all around in this section and in the image gallery. I may show off the Lantree but the other two I am keeping close wraps on. I did a kitbash for the Saratoga last night actually, but like the Akula did Syf may make a better one towards the end of model production.

Yeah they sound great, I read somwhere that the Soyuz Class was equipped with a cloaking device (becuase it was developed before the treaty of algeron), will this be the case in YY?

So far I never thought of it, and considering the time of YY is a few years before the treaty it may possible have one.

Another question. Will there be any of that infamous time traveling somewhere in the story line?

That could be difficult to implement.

I haven't fully laid out every mission yet, especially the Federation one which all I know is who they will be fighting. But I have thought about doing something like Armada 1 and having a future Federation ship come from the future to warn the Federation about a impending diaster but so far nothing concreate is planned.
 

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Thanks for the answers, yeah the time of YY would put it before the treaty, which I believe was the main reason for the Soyuz design being retired - Starfleet saw redesigning the whole power system of the Soyuz to compensate for the loss of the cloaking device too much hassle when there were other Miranda variants still in service.
 

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The Soyuz is also only one of only a couple of Federation ships that will feature beam phasers, due to her massive amount of phaser cannons. I know that on Memory Alpha they said they were sensors but I can't see a ship having all those extruding sensors when ships like the Constitution which was designed for long rang exploration didn't have any at all.
 

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Yeah, when I saw the Soyuz in TNG I instantly assumed that the extruding parts were phaser cannons.
 

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And that's what I thought too. It's only fitting that is what they are. I think some people are disillusioned to believe that the "federation" is a bunch of tree huggers.
 

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lol, the hippies of the 24th century.
 
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I haven't fully laid out every mission yet, especially the Federation one which all I know is who they will be fighting. But I have thought about doing something like Armada 1 and having a future Federation ship come from the future to warn the Federation about a impending diaster but so far nothing concreate is planned.

That would be fantastic. Time travelling was always my favorite episodes.

Also, I have never heard of the Soyuz having a cloak. Where was this information discovered?
 

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But the point is a good one. If it's before the treaty was made, then it's within trek-canon to to be possible.
 

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Thanks :), I will try and find the source of the info when I have a moment.
 

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Indeed, a final date isn't set yet for when the mod storyline will take place but it will be set somewhere in between 2298-2308. So as you can see clearly before the Tomed Incident of 2311 where the treaty was signed shortly afterwards.
 
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That is really awesome. Now I'm gonna have to go brush up on my Federation history now that i have a general time frame to work with. Thanx Majestic!
 

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That is really awesome. Now I'm gonna have to go brush up on my Federation history now that i have a general time frame to work with. Thanx Majestic!

You won't find much at all, as the year we have chosen very little has been written about give us the freedom to do what we want. :)
 
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Hence the reasoning behind the mod.

But you look all you can TMC, let us know if you find anything useful.
 
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I'll just google "tomed incident" and see what I come up with. And I will flip through my Star Trek: Chronology book, and the website to see what I also find.
 

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At the very least, be sure to PM me the links to anything online that you find.
 
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Of course...would I not do a thing like that??? :angel:
 

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I look forward to seeing what you come up with, because as Majestic said there isn't much info on that time period.
 

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Semi-canon material is the best I have found. Even then, it has to be swallowed with a pinch of salt.

That's the reasoning behind YY timescope, it's not solidly documented. Not even close.
 

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Yeah but as you said that's what gives you the freedom in creating this mod, the lack of information allows you to let your imaginations run wild :)
 

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I found very little on the time, I looked at both Memery-Alpha and the Non-Canon Memory-Beta. Most of what I found was actually books and nearly all of it centered around the Tomed Incident in 2311.
 

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And because YY is set before the Tomed Incident, that didn't help much. Ah well as I said it means you have less canon perameters to be restrained by.
 

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And because YY is set before the Tomed Incident, that didn't help much. Ah well as I said it means you have less canon perameters to be restrained by.

Thats exactly right, more freedom gives Syf and I more powers to do what we want to make the storyline so much better than it would be if we were forced to work within a already set era and canon.
 

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And being creative is exactly what we are being with Yesteryears.:thumbsup:
 

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Definatly, and you're doing a great job of it too :)
 
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