Talk:Starfleet/@comment-10905876-20150103173210

-Interstellar void-

The modified Oberth class starship USS Newtonian NCC-754drops out of warp, the two nacelles in use dimming from blue to grey after use. The Grissom drops out of warp soon after, and the Newtonian prepares for its test. It energizes all three nacelles, and goes to warp. Everything goes well until she reaches warp factor 3, at which point an instability starts to cause significant vibrations, prompting the ship to exit warp. Similar results are had on successive tests, and once the imbalance created a temporary wormhole. The results are fairly conclusive, an odd number of nacelles results in too much instability to be practical, and the two ships return to earth under normal twin nacelle power.



OOC: this is referencing Gene Roddenberry's quote about warp nacelles working in tandem, and that no three or one nacelled starships could work properly. There is also reference in a book somewhere about a test of different configurations that stated that a third nacelle was a bad idea. This is of course ignoring the three and one nacelle starships in the alternate reality, which look kinda like kitbashing jobs.