A Conversation for Ships of the United Federation of Planets (UFP)
A pedant writes...
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Nov 10, 2006
As these are spaceships, wouldn't it be more correct to refer to their mass rather than their weight, as in zero gravity weight would be meaningless...?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 10, 2006
Also, you need to sort your plurals out, re: "...one space/warp propulsion units."
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Arisztid Lugosi Posted Nov 11, 2006
RE: Weight
You're probably right it should be in mass, but my information came from the official starfleet technical manual as I wanted it to be as accurate as possible.
RE: Plurals
I don't see where in the entry that problem is...
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 11, 2006
It should be "...one space/warp propulsion unit.", rather than "units". 
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Arisztid Lugosi Posted Nov 19, 2006
Ahhh... Right you are! What I've typed certainly needs fixing. Thank you
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 19, 2006
No problem. I would probably also give capital letters to the names of the classes, e.g. "Constitution", "Saladin", "Ptolemy" etc.
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Arisztid Lugosi Posted Nov 19, 2006
I know it doesn't really look like it but they actually are capitalized. It must have something to do with how they're big and bolded.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 19, 2006
They're capitalised in the headings, but not in the paragraphs underneath. 
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Arisztid Lugosi Posted Nov 25, 2006
Oh my! Its all so complicated!
I'm back from my grandpa's funeral now so perhaps I'll go fix it.
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- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 10, 2006)
- 2: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 10, 2006)
- 3: Arisztid Lugosi (Nov 11, 2006)
- 4: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 11, 2006)
- 5: Arisztid Lugosi (Nov 19, 2006)
- 6: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 19, 2006)
- 7: Arisztid Lugosi (Nov 19, 2006)
- 8: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 19, 2006)
- 9: Arisztid Lugosi (Nov 25, 2006)
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