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U.S.S. Enterprise

Filename: enterp.zip
Website: Avsim
Author: Noel Perkin
Type: Space Ships
Size: 568kb

File Description:
The Enterprise from the original Star Trek television series. With this ship you can go anywhere in the solar system whenever you want. It is the ideal choice if you want to explore other solar systems like the Upsilon Andromedae star system.

Install:
Simply unzip into your Orbiter directory with the 'Use folder names' option. This add-on has the Orbiter folders built in so all the components end up in the right places. However this add-on needs Vinkas spacecraft.dll to run. No worry it comes with the download and should unzip into the correct folder. Note: if you already have spacecraft.dll you should check the version first...see installing add-ons

Review: ( Reviewed updated on 05/12/04 )
I like flying these science fiction ships. It gives the mind a break from all the rocket science necessary to fly historical ships. It also allows for the complete exploration of the solar system or other star systems. The Enterprise is a very nice looking star ship. Pretty close to how I remember it from the old television show. It is modeled well with plenty of detail as you can see in the adjacent photos. The hull is nice and bright making it highly visible in Orbiter. The USS Voyager add-on has a darker exterior and therefore is sometimes difficult to view against the blackness of space. This is not the case at all with the Enterprise. The color stripes, lights, and lettering accent the ship nicely. There are even a number of windows textured on the ship. Overall I love the looks of the Enterprise and this add-on delivers it well. I don't think anyone will be disappointed with it from that aspect. This model offers a lot of beauty.

The Enterprise manuaervers in space well and can easily slip into planetary orbit. I have not tried to bring her down to a surface base though. In a sci-fi world of transporters I can't envision deorbiting a ship which is meant to travel the stars. It certainly has plenty of power for interplanetary flight, yet I feel it should have lots more. I would like to see it with power similar to what you get with the USS Voyager add-on. It looks as though the shuttle bay doors should open in order to let the shuttle craft out. They don't, but I wonder if that is not a future consideration for this mod. 

If you are a Star Trek fan you most definitely will enjoy this ship and won't want to miss this download.

Tips and Tricks!

If you upgrade to the enterp_116767.zip you must make a the following corrections to make it work.

• Enterprise.cfg must be moved to the Config folder from the Config\Spacecraft folder
• Enterp.msh must be renamed to 1701

Also I gave the Entrerprise more power by making the following adjustment to the enterprise.ini file.

Edit these lines in the [Config] section

From:
MAIN_THRUST=5.7e6
RETRO_THRUST=5.7e6

To:
MAIN_THRUST=5.7e9
RETRO_THRUST=2.9e9

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