Sci-Fi Size Comparison Chart
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Out universe it makes sense that the writers want to create big threatening enemy ships for Trek. It creates tension and suspense.
But in universe it seems idiotic that the Federation would let itself be so out-massed and out-gunned by its opponents ships, without even an attempt to level the playing field.
But in universe it seems idiotic that the Federation would let itself be so out-massed and out-gunned by its opponents ships, without even an attempt to level the playing field.
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But the thing is, despite being bigger those ships (like the Kazon Predators) aren't that tough compared to Fed ships. The Dominion and Borg ships being bigger makes sense, they ARE legitimately more advanced than the Federation. But guys like the Kazon and such, not so much.
Then there's the Defiant.
the death star was probably too big for the chart, might be a match for vger, sizewise. big ships don't necessarily mean more power. little defiant was a match for any ship but the upscaled dominion cruiser, of which there were not many. it's probably cheaper to build a fleet of defiants instead of a single one of those gargantuan pots. there are scary weapons in the star trek universe, red matter that turns suns and planets into black holes, and what was the stuff soran used to blow up suns called, trilithium? a small rocket. a very small ship can deliver this doomsday stuff.
If I recall correctly the Death Star is 160 km which is undeniably huge, but the diameter of the V'Ger cloud was like 82 AU which is downright preposterous. 7,626,000,000 miles diameter. Not really plausible or supported by screen evidence, but it definitely dwarfed the death star.
Didn't they change the dialogue in the director's cut of TMP so that V'Ger's cloud was only 2 AU (still unbelievably large), instead of the ridiculous 82? I haven't seen the movie for, well, years.
I like this one better...
http://www.merzo.net/
And it seems to be more accurate, the Galaxy class in the other one does seem about a third too small to me, but I could be wrong. It's always hard to tell when the size of ships isn't explicitly mentioned onscreen.
http://www.merzo.net/
And it seems to be more accurate, the Galaxy class in the other one does seem about a third too small to me, but I could be wrong. It's always hard to tell when the size of ships isn't explicitly mentioned onscreen.
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