Each deck is 15 feet tall, and each doorway 8 feet wide. They have to be considerate of any giants that wish to join the star fleet.
USS Enterprise (eventually) on Discovery?
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Actually, if you go back and look at the blueprints, just the "Black Line" is part of the Deflector Shield Grid.
(as are the "Lines" shown on the top of the Primary Hull)
I don't recall ever seeing an actual call-out for the grills on the pylons, but I always thought of them as some kind of flush system in case of emergency for the warp plasma.
<shrug>
I liked it OK, I think.
It looked a little weird in the show's funhouse outer space lighting.
The self-lighted registry lettering on the nacelle almost looked like an enormous bronze plaque at first.
That was my eye's first impression, but that's clearly not what it really is.
It looked a little weird in the show's funhouse outer space lighting.
The self-lighted registry lettering on the nacelle almost looked like an enormous bronze plaque at first.
That was my eye's first impression, but that's clearly not what it really is.
There was a novel by Diane Duane, The Wounded Sky, which had a mile-long Defender-class starship crewed by elephant-sized nonhumanoids. I'd be all for it.
Yeah, it's possible they only meant the lines.
I guess the vents or grills on the Constitution-class pylons are for heat and exhaust or, as DaveNY stated above, to flush warp plasma out of the nacelles in an emergency. Whatever they do, I've always liked the way they look and I'm glad the DSC production designers kept them.
I think that's the kind of question Kelvin timeline fans would enjoy answering.
In that case they actually went and showed us the details had different uses (i.e. the TMP airlocks being escape pod launchers and trash exhausts in ST'09 and ID), and they weren the exact same model seen over and over repurposed as a much bigger ship as in Next Gen.
Further according to Andy Probert the tmp Enterprise was supposed to be upscale to 2000 ft
That was overruled at the very last minute
Which is part of the reason none of the big sets actually fit within the official dimensions
That was overruled at the very last minute
Which is part of the reason none of the big sets actually fit within the official dimensions
Never heard this. Source? Would love to learn more.
Nothing wrong with the Kelvin ship sizes.
Or any ship sizes, in the grand scheme of things. I’ve honestly never been remotely preoccupied by such things (before joining the BBS, I never met anyone who gave it much thought).
Different people enjoy different things. Some like creating fan art, others like perusing deck plans. Some enjoy creating 3rd models, or writing Trek stories. And some just enjoy watching the show.
No, not really. We always just operated with whatever size was presented on screen and in tech manuals.
I enjoy most of those things, save for the art part since Stick Figure Star Trek never took off
But, if it gets in the way of enjoying the show, then I think that is missing the point.
It's where they keep the monkeys.
(*TRIGGERED*)
That’s fine. Most of my friends think I’m way too obsessed with audio quality. I can go into fine detail about amps, speakers, headphones, room treatments, etc. (and yet, online, I’m a rank amateur compared to many).
I don’t typically tell people who are into ship designs and such that it’s a waste of time—I just find it hard to get upset with whether the Enterprise is 250m or 900m long. Doesn’t affect my enjoyment of the show or movie. Then again, I’ve been known to reset speakers if they’ve been moved an inch in any direction from where I set them because it (slightly) alters the imaging of the soundstage...
We all have our particularities.
The joys of a 150~190 million budget. It still doesn't justify there size though. Visually I get it. The USS Vengeance crashing into San Francisco was a visual treat but a 1450m ship that can be run by one crewman needs to be that big?
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