Floor-windows make me sad.
How big was the Enterprise?
- Thread starter Admiral Jean-Luc Picard
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Floor-windows make me sad.
There's an argument to be made that a ship that could possibly be out in deep space for upwards of 5 years would have more spacious and comfortable living quarters, if only for the mental state of the crew.
It's also been shown to have expanded recreational facilities. The ship has a massive foward lounge AND a cocktail bar. Clearly crew comfort is a consideration. We've even seen them toying with Holodecks for just such a reason.
We also know that the crew size will eventually double, so there's a built-in explanation for way rooms are smaller when Kirk takes command.
When I was in the tenth grade, I took a course on drafting.
Rule One: The drawing is the approximation. Don't trust it.
Two: The numbers given are the EXACT requirement.
No draftsman will draw perfectly. So the numbes rule.
This BEFORE Computer Aided Design programs.
A depiction by a computer aided design program, will be, in some ways better, but not perfect.
Rule One: The drawing is the approximation. Don't trust it.
Two: The numbers given are the EXACT requirement.
No draftsman will draw perfectly. So the numbes rule.
This BEFORE Computer Aided Design programs.
A depiction by a computer aided design program, will be, in some ways better, but not perfect.
For what it's worth, there was a time when the Discovery fans on Twitter were insisting that the Discoprise was marked as 289 meters and thus those who said had to be bigger were hateful bigots.
So, I ended up having a go at modeling the escape or transfer corridor scene from "Such Sweet Sorrow" because it seemed to me that the corridors had been straight, which would literally connect the ship sizes. Unfortunately, I found that they were not straight, but I did get a nice graphic of the ships moving alongside as shown on the computer screen. Given a 750 meter Discovery, the Discoprise scaling at that point was 515 meters . . . not much more than 442, but maybe enough to fix the shuttlebay problem. After all, if there is any scaling problem appearing to require a larger vessel, we MUST upscale, right? Right?!?
