Discovery Size Argument™ thread

[F. King Daniel]

Help me out here, what's MSD?

Master Systems Display, the cool cutaway found at the back of some ship bridges and in engine rooms of others. Click!

 

[MarsWeeps]

^ Thanks, I actually googled it but came up with a bunch of non related stuff.

 

[jaime]

Someone on a set visit mentioned they spotted a tactical map that showed the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A, so, you know, shit still happens.

So it starts ten years before Kirk on the enterprise.....but then burnham gets spun through time till post VI, where she has to help wrap things up with the Klingons.

 

[cultcross]

*jumps into the president just ahead of Kirk*
"Burnham. Discovery."
"Who?"

 

[jamestyler]

"You'll never know."

Then she pulls our a neuraliser and flashy things everyones memories restoring true(tm) canon.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

Bumping this thread, because it died a week before the series premiere. Has anyone done some measurements to figure out the size of Discovery, based on e.g. bridge windows, shuttle bay height, etc...? Asking for a friend.

 

[Gepard]

We got a really good overhead look at those spokes in the saucer in the latest episode. They're the width and height of a single corridor, with glass ceilings.

I don't know how big that makes the ship, but my instinct is "not very."

 

[Locutus of Bored]

We got a really good overhead look at those spokes in the saucer in the latest episode. They're the width and height of a single corridor, with glass ceilings.

I don't know how big that makes the ship, but my instinct is "not very."

Here are some screenshots in case anyone wants to work out the size.

(click to enlarge)

 

[SPCTRE]

Here are some screenshots in case anyone wants to work out the size.

(click to enlarge)

do we have HASHTAG CANONICAL PROOF yet of how tall #TeamTilly and Michael are, respectively?

 

[Mudd]

It looks as if the saucer would be smaller than the TOS ship, no more than 350 feet or so in diameter. That's working up from a guesstimated width of no more than 30 feet for the connecting spoke. Could be smaller.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

do we have HASHTAG CANONICAL PROOF yet of how tall #TeamTilly and Michael are, respectively?

Sonequa Martin-Green is 5' 4½" (1.64 m) according to IMDb for whatever that's worth.

Mary Wiseman is 5' 6.25" (1.683 m) according to this site, which is probably even less reliable.

But it should give you a ballpark figure to work with.

 

[Gonzo]

Sonequa Martin-Green is 5' 4½" (1.64 m) according to IMDb for whatever that's worth.

Mary Wiseman is 5' 6.25" (1.683 m) according to this site, which is probably even less reliable.

But it should give you a ballpark figure to work with.

Those tunnels in-between the rings are at least 40ft long probably even 50 ft, that would make the saucer at least the same size as the Constitutions saucer.

Although you can tell that just from looking at it with all the external shots we have seen.

It looks about the same as a Constitution to me not including the extended nacelles of course with the engineering hull flatter but wider like it's been rolled out with a pin.

The earlier shots of the cutaway supports it as well

 

[GeekUSACarl]

I see people debate the size of these things a lot, I've always wondered why it matters.

we're geeks dammit.

The same reason why people buy technical manuals for non-existent ships in science fiction franchises.

 

[cultcross]

we're geeks dammit.

The same reason why people buy technical manuals for non-existent ships in science fiction franchises.

I've never done that.

 

[GeekUSACarl]

I've never done that.

I mean, ya know, me neither...... I've never bought one of these the other day off amazon

 

[Mudd]

Those tunnels in-between the rings are at least 40ft long probably even 50 ft, that would make the saucer at least the same size as the Constitutions saucer.

Although you can tell that just from looking at it with all the external shots we have seen.

It looks about the same as a Constitution to me not including the extended nacelles of course with the engineering hull flatter but wider like it's been rolled out with a pin.

The earlier shots of the cutaway supports it as well

In close-up you're looking at the spoke in a foreshortened view. Work with the width as measured at the point where the two figures are standing.

 

[Gonzo]

In close-up you're looking at the spoke in a foreshortened view. Work with the width as measured at the point where the two figures are standing.

I took the viewing angle into consideration and didn't need the two characters to be in the shot I used anyway, as another shot shows the size of the characters as they ran long, I am not suing the shots you think I am.

Which is why the tunnel looks about 40ft feet long, possibly even 50ft.

Just looking at the ship you can see its not smaller than the Enterprise 1701 but there is nothing in the footage that screams larger either.

 

[Beagleman]

Hm, I thought it would be bigger...

(That's what she said.)

 

[themanthebelly]

Okay, I'll be the first to have a shot at this (I think). Assuming the decks are the same height as a constitution, estimating that the bridge of the discovery is slightly larger, and marking the decks this is how I believe the 1031 and 1701 compare, size-wise.

Edit: Just to note, obvs the Ent cutaway is without perspective, that shot of the Disco (found on Google) is affected by perspective.

 

[Kemaiku]

It's magnifying glass, they're actually tiny compared to the corridor.