It's magnifying glass, they're actually tiny compared to the corridor.
778 meters!
Discovery Size Argument™ thread
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778 meters!
That's a big corridor, they must have been running for miles around that saucer interior.
You gotta train hard for that promotion!
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Gonzo
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Looks good to me and fits in well with what we saw of the shuttle bay in the 3rd episode, by the way I was talking about the 1701-A in my comparison when I should have used the 1701 from this time period.
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.
It looks like the Discovery has a greater volume than the original Enterprise 1701 as well but not by a huge degree.
Just begs the question as to what changes they will make to the Enterprise 1701 in the show, we know the round nacelles are out though and I think we could see a size increase but not a massive one like in the new films.
I really do love the design of the Discovery, would be awesome if they changed the styling of the Enterprise 1701 to match the Discovery, that's unlikely though and its probably going to match the styling of the Europa instead.
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I thought that round nacelles were out by order of the execs at CBS, don't see how they can have all the ships at the battle with square nacelles and leave the Enterprise 1701 with round ones.
Would be a bit odd.
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Gonzo
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Burnhams style of running freaked me out rather a lot.You gotta train hard for that promotion!
Last time I saw running like that it was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
I was surprised by the size. I could be way out, but either way it is by far the best part of DSC's designs by a long shot. I'd even go so far as to say it's my favourite lead-ship since the Ent-D. There's been too much 'make 'em flatter and more streamlined' in Star Trek and the Disco breaks some of the design traps starships have too often been stuck in for two decades now.
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Cant see it myself, if anything the Discovery's nacelles will be the newest technology with the Europas next and if the Enterprise does have round nacelles it comes last as it is 20 years old plus it will fit with the 1701-A having newer square nacelles when it is built.
Cant see them fitting old style nacelles to a brand new ship like the Discovery, cant see an Admiral flying around using old tech either.
EDIT: Miss read post apologies @Tuskin38
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Sorry miss-read post.
Yep. Keep in mind the Discovery is a newer and more advanced design than the Enterprise. The Enterprise isn't even the first Constitution class starship, and it's already 11 years old. The actual Constitution design could be even older than that.
Cylindrical nacelles are the older design, and the more angular are a lead up to the refit nacelles. The Discovery nacelles and propulsion systems are absolutely bleeding edge new Starfleet tech.
This can also nicely retcon the original series 3 different Enterprise configurations. Just minor upgrades until the major overhaul in TMP.
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Maybe this cutaway of Glenngineering will be of some help.
I saw a post on Facebook where someone guesstimated 650ish meters, much of which being nacelle.
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Gonzo
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The saucer and engineering sections together look about 350m in length could be a bit more say 400m.
Maybe this cutaway of Glenngineering will be of some help.
I saw a post on Facebook where someone guesstimated 650ish meters, much of which being nacelle.
The shuttlebay alone is at least 3-4 decks high and a good 60m across, the engineering section including the sublight engines on either side and the nacelles together are easily three times that which makes it around 200m in total width which means the Enterprise 1701 TOS would fit in between the nacelles easily.
The saucer is almost as wide as the engineering section which would make it 150-180m across which fits in nicely to my 350-400m length above not including nacelles.
The nacelles continue past the shuttle bay entrance by at least 200m so I think the ship is more like 550m in total possibly even touching 600m altogether.
If the Saucer ends up being bigger then so is the Engineering section and by extension the nacelles along with it in which case we could possibly enter into the high 600's or low 700's.
The Discovery is bigger than the Enterprise-A and rivals the Enterprise-B in overall dimensions but not volume or decks.
This is all approximate by eye alone based on the footage of the shuttlebay and engineering diagrams we have seen including this weeks footage of the saucer connecting hallways and could change up or down depending on the footage we get before the end of the season.
I don't know what the source is for this image (it looks official) but this is from the background image of IMDb. It should help in determining the size and deck layout of the ship if accurate:
I don't know what the source is for this image (it looks official) but this is from the background image of IMDb. It should help in determining the size and deck layout of the ship if accurate:
I don't know where the online version of it came from, but it is official. It's all over billboards in the LA/Culver City area.
Oh no... Here we go again.
There's no way Discovery is that big based on the scene of Tilly and Burnham running through the saucer spoke. Also, the bridge makes up a fairly large part of the saucer, and we see how big that is.
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