so, seperate the saucer and turn it 90 degrees where the shorter length is going though, then rotate 45 degrees.. It'll fit.. 
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so, seperate the saucer and turn it 90 degrees where the shorter length is going though, then rotate 45 degrees.. It'll fit..
Saw that pic before.
If its accurate, then the upper section of the spacedock is 3 km wide.
Its more than big enough to house several Galaxy class ships inside. Even if the interior is divided into 4 sections, should be able to fit about 8 of them (2 per each section - one on top and one on the bottom per section.
That looks a lot more possible, they'd just have to turn it sideways.
More than doable... just tilt the Galaxy class by a few degrees and it should fit through the existing doors.
Alternatively, widen the door to the end of those empty sections of it that have no windows... that should do the trick too.
so, seperate the saucer and turn it 90 degrees where the shorter length is going though, then rotate 45 degrees.. It'll fit..
thanks. I wanted to post this exact thing but couldn’t be bothered to reinstall an image hosting app on my phone XD
So what I'm seeing here, is that if we suspend our disbelief just a little bit more, we could pretty much eliminate the whole idea of there being two different sized Spacedocks that look identical.
That looks a lot more possible, they'd just have to turn it sideways.
Did the Enterprise-D fly through the doors into Starbase 74 sideways?
https://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x15/11001001_hd_021.jpg
Nope
Hence the suspension of disbelief. Much like the Delta Flyer fitting through the Shuttlebay doors of Voyager. Alternatively, we could just say the doors are a little bigger then we thought. Star Trek scaling has never been terribly consistent.
Was that the only door available?
Is there only one size of door?
Wasn't there other sides of Earth SpaceDock we didn't get to see?
It would be a really stupid design to have just one door. Take out the one door, or suffer a mechanical problem at the wrong time, and you would trap your fleet inside in an emergency.
If there's more than one door, perhaps a larger bay and door was built on the opposite side of the space dock to accommodate larger ships as they came into service.
Ok, so another thought has occurred to me. Assuming we ditch the whole 289m/305m sizing for the Constitution class, both original and refit.
We know the SNW Enterprise is 442m long with a width of 201m. Now, we also know that when TOS Enterprise was refit, it gained several more meters to the diameter of the saucer.
What I'm thinking it that when the SNW scaled Enterprise is refit, it will have a saucer the same diameter of the Titan, going with my own belief that the Titan saucer is literally a modified duplicate of a Constitution refit, with the new scaling.
So if we really want to try and solve an answer to the Space Dock door issue, why not try and compare a Constitution refit, with a saucer scales to that of the Titan, and compare that to the doors and the Enterprise-D.
We know the SNW Enterprise is 442m long with a width of 201m. Now, we also know that when TOS Enterprise was refit, it gained several more meters to the diameter of the saucer.
What I'm thinking it that when the SNW scaled Enterprise is refit, it will have a saucer the same diameter of the Titan, going with my own belief that the Titan saucer is literally a modified duplicate of a Constitution refit, with the new scaling.
So if we really want to try and solve an answer to the Space Dock door issue, why not try and compare a Constitution refit, with a saucer scales to that of the Titan, and compare that to the doors and the Enterprise-D.
At that scale the D would just about scrape through the door. The A's definitely not that big though, by anyone's estimates. You're getting close to a Kelvin size ship there.
Uhm... I did mention a few posts above that the only things that needs to change are the space door sizes (which SF could have easily enlarged by simply extending them to the ends of the hull of the space doors that have no windows (or at least halfway there) - so effectively using the same space... otherwise, the spacedock is massive enough to hold multiple Galaxy class ships inside.
P.S. doesn't the space dock have multiple space doors on that upper part? Like 2 or 4 of them?
You're right, the A does look a little too big there..... but not by much. I think we're onto something. Remember, Kelvin sizes go way beyond anything we're discussing here. The JJ prise was 725m long!
At that scale the D would just about scrape through the door. The A's definitely not that big though, by anyone's estimates. You're getting close to a Kelvin size ship there.
If the saucer can pass through the doors sideways, the stardrive should be able to fit.. So what if the saucer is docked to a ring near the ball end of spacedock (or were Andrew Probert had envisioned the Galaxy to park under the mushroom), and a new stardrive section comes out from inside the station?
Not only a "new" Enterprise-D, but also a new saucer connection sequence.
And what if it is the three nacelled version?
Not only a "new" Enterprise-D, but also a new saucer connection sequence.
And what if it is the three nacelled version?
Nice! But it should say, "Where History is LaForged"!
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