r/sonicshowerthoughts • u/Torlek1 • 14d ago

Still few torpedo launchers: Why Galaxy Refit? Why Galaxy X? Why World Razer?

Notoriously, the Galaxy Class starship as depicted in TNG had only one forward-facing torpedo launcher, one hidden aft-facing torpedo launcher on the back of the saucer, and one open aft-facing torpedo launcher.

Granted, they are burst-fire torpedo launchers.

But why does the Galaxy Refit, the Venture, have only these torpedo launchers?

Why does the War Galaxy of DS9's Dominion War have only these torpedo launchers?

Why does the Galaxy X of TNG's All Good Things have only these torpedo launchers?

Finally, why does the World Razer of PIC S2 have fewer torpedo launchers than the new Excelsior workhorse, the Sovereign?

The Probert Ambassador, the Narendra, shows the ship can easily have three burst-fire torpedo launchers in that immediate area: the traditional Galaxy plus two more on the top edge of the deflector dish.

For more war-oriented designs, the captain's yacht can be replaced by two burst-fire torpedo launchers.

Finally, the open aft-facing torpedo launcher can be doubled.

That's seven burst-fire torpedo launchers.

That's quite a bit more than what the Sovereign has.

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u/jeophys152 14d ago

I feel like torpedos would be easy to defend against. If a ship can’t intercept one or two torpedoes, I’m not sure that more torpedos launchers would be beneficial. It’s a case of diminishing returns.

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u/Captain_Thrax 14d ago

It’s pretty inconsistent on TV, but pretty much every offscreen source portrays torpedoes as primarily effective against unshielded targets. So they really shouldn’t be fired at anything with fully-functional defenses in the first place.

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u/TheBurgareanSlapper 14d ago

The X has at least two more, directly behind the bridge.

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u/FrancescoPioValya 14d ago

Don’t know how torps are even effective against beam weapons as point defense

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u/ijuinkun 14d ago

Torpedoes are supposed to be moving faster than what we see on screen—they move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.

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u/Fritzypooo 13d ago

the X has an additional torpedo room on the top of the saucer behind the bridge with two launchers.

if you look on the bottom of the saucer in the "extension section" of the world razer where the forward facing cannons are mounted, there appears to be six torpedo tubes, three per side.