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Captain Kirk takes command of US Navy's newest destroyer.
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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#1 - 2013-11-03 02:42:23 UTC
Yes, Captain James Kirk is real and he is currently in the USN and just took command of the USS Zumwalt.

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-11-03 02:45:42 UTC
I feel so sorry for that man.... he must have gotten so much ribbing in officer school.

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#3 - 2013-11-03 03:06:27 UTC
Its just a shame the ships name is not Enterprise.

Also that tin can he is the Captain of is ugly.

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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#4 - 2013-11-03 04:20:16 UTC
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.....her electric-oriented power plant.




What?!!??! Its not a Nuclear wessel?!?!?!


That's ok, its gonna be a rail boat...too bad it looks Caldari....

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-11-03 06:01:06 UTC
That is the stupidest name for a US naval vessel I've ever heard

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-11-03 06:47:59 UTC
That ship is fugly too.

Then again, i know naff all about naval vessels so it might be a superb hull design, but still fugly imo.

I'll stick to dry land thank you very much.

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
#7 - 2013-11-03 08:22:53 UTC
I wonder why nobody here comments the real news: Citizen Kane... err, I mean, Commissar Kate, is smoking hot in her new portrait. Bear

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Hesod Adee
Perkone
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-11-03 08:46:16 UTC
Graygor wrote:
That ship is fugly too.

Then again, i know naff all about naval vessels so it might be a superb hull design, but still fugly imo.

I'll stick to dry land thank you very much.

It's a stealth ship. Which means that if anyone gets close enough to see it, it has failed. Unless it's so ugly that they block the memory.
NeoShocker
The Dark Space Initiative
Scary Wormhole People
#9 - 2013-11-03 19:25:54 UTC
Hm, only difference is that the water kirk has cloaking technology. Original enterprise is considered a destroyer class and got no cloaking device. :O
Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2013-11-03 19:58:59 UTC
This is early days... you know... James A. Kirk.

The next one will be James B. Kirk.

By the time we get to T., we will be cruising the quadrant like a boss!

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Mizhir
Devara Biotech
#11 - 2013-11-03 20:03:19 UTC
The ship looks like its upside down at the first photo.

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Anna Karhunen
Inoue INEXP
#12 - 2013-11-03 20:26:49 UTC
Someone in Pentagon has obviously been sleeping since he hasn't been given the command of USS Enterprise.

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Eli Green
The Arrow Project
#13 - 2013-11-03 22:44:41 UTC
It looks pretty awesome. It also looks like a submarine, minus the going underwater thing.

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#14 - 2013-11-03 22:55:54 UTC
Eli Green wrote:
It looks pretty awesome. It also looks like a submarine, minus the going underwater thing.


The thing is massive too. 600ft long and almost 15,000 tons. Not to mention very expensive.


I really don't even seen the need for such a ship right now. Big waste of money IMO but such is the way of government defense contractors that get massive amounts of money.

But I guess we can look on the bright side. The project was finished on time and on budget.


/end rant

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Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
#15 - 2013-11-03 22:58:20 UTC
Eli Green wrote:
It looks pretty awesome. It also looks like a submarine, minus the going underwater and surfacing again thing.


FYP. Lol

"All ships can go down. We call them submarines if they go up too".

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Mudkest
Contagious Goat Labs
#16 - 2013-11-04 13:22:19 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
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.....her electric-oriented power plant.




What?!!??! Its not a Nuclear wessel?!?!?!


That's ok, its gonna be a rail boat...too bad it looks Caldari....



Dunno, but isnt a nuclear powerplant also electric oriented? I mean those supply electricity dont theye, or is there a driveshaft comming out of the nuclear plant to drive a propeller?
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#17 - 2013-11-04 13:33:34 UTC
Mudkest wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Quote:
.....her electric-oriented power plant.




What?!!??! Its not a Nuclear wessel?!?!?!


That's ok, its gonna be a rail boat...too bad it looks Caldari....



Dunno, but isnt a nuclear powerplant also electric oriented? I mean those supply electricity dont theye, or is there a driveshaft comming out of the nuclear plant to drive a propeller?


Normally a nuclear powered vessel is powered by a steam turbine which directly turns the propeller shaft.

Conventional Destroyers are powered by gas turbines which directly turn the propeller shafts.

However I believe the Zumwalt is the first to have the gas turbines not drive the propellers directly and have them driven electrically instead.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#18 - 2013-11-04 18:34:54 UTC
Uh oh, Kirk in the captain's seat. I hope they gave him training about not sexually harassing the female crew members. Rules about that are stricter in the USN than the Federation.

Modern Navy ships don't look very fun. No portholes. Seems like it would be a claustrophobic as a sub. But I guess the crew can go up on the deck sometimes. Then again, crew members might not be radar-avoiding stealth substances.
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#19 - 2013-11-04 23:14:04 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Uh oh, Kirk in the captain's seat. I hope they gave him training about not sexually harassing the female crew members. Rules about that are stricter in the USN than the Federation.

Modern Navy ships don't look very fun. No portholes. Seems like it would be a claustrophobic as a sub. But I guess the crew can go up on the deck sometimes. Then again, crew members might not be radar-avoiding stealth substances.


Hopefully the money got stealth suits for the crew as well Ugh
Hesod Adee
Perkone
Caldari State
#20 - 2013-11-05 04:52:43 UTC
Eli Green wrote:
It looks pretty awesome. It also looks like a submarine, minus the going underwater thing.

On another forum, one member mentioned that:
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on DDG-1000 the model trials suggest the helicopter deck will almost be underwater in a high speed turn


That's not going underwater, but it comes close.
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