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How big was the Enterprise?
- Thread starter Admiral Jean-Luc Picard
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To be a nearly complete heretic, I like Stargate franchise better than Star Trek.
To a more than a complete heretic, I love The Expanse.
To a more than a complete heretic, I love The Expanse.
Are there a LOT of people here who don't like the Expanse, do you think?
I saw a bit of it at the start, was like "meh" and stopped watching. Does that count?
I started watching last year and then real life sidetracked me. I was sufficiently intrigued that I want to get back to it.
Enough to consider someone who likes it a complete heretic?
(It does take a bit to get going.)
I might be due for a rewatch.
It's about 6-10 times longer than the Rocinante.
The Expanse is better written, than most of Star Trek - that's the heresy.
You may now run away screaming Heretic!
You may now run away screaming Heretic!
Being based on books helps. Thankfully it didn’t run out of books like Game of Thrones.
Never watched it. It didn't grab me.
The Expanse is awesome.
Also, I have no idea how big the Enterprise was...
Wow. Reading the thread title. I might try that
Star Trek being a bit rubbish is a big part of the charm, IMO.
We know this isn't prestige TV.
Thank you!
We see from the diagram the intended size comparison. The length is about the same when you include the nacelles. The volume is obviously way different, but part of that is because an aircraft carrier has a big hollow portion where planes are kept. Plus a carrier has way more crew.
Stargate felt more to me like TOS than other Star Trek shows did. I would rank SG among the better Star Trek shows but not as high as TOS or DS9. Definitely better than the lesser Star Trek shows.
The weight is also completely different. Notice that I say "weight ", and not "mass". The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 '" displaces"' 190,000 versus the displacement of the USS Enterprise CVA-65. This is very telling. It indicates a completely different mass concentration of material from an ocean going ship to a vehicle designed to travel in outer space. This tells us that the actual requirements are somewhat different than expected. Ocean going ships are expected to endure for a very limited amount of time. For example the US Liberty ships of WW II were considered to a success if they made ONE voyage to England. So...
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701...is obviously undergoing extreme stress...
I wonder where the "displacement" number comes from. FJ's blueprint lists 190,000 Gross Deadweight Metric Tonnage (or just Deadweight Tonnage in Star Trek Technical Manual) and TMOST lists Gross Weight of 190,000 tons. Both very different from "displacement".
That Duranium is very dense...
