Starship design history in light of Discovery

An outdated graphic I'm afraid. All the info is pulled from the old Joseph technical manual I believe (basically copy-pasted without care I assume), and the orthos of the Enterprise is that of the John Eaves design before the CG guys tweaked it (most noticeable difference is the orthos has straight pylons still).

Besides, based on what we see on screen there is no way the TOS Enterprise is only 288m long.

 

Still not official numbers.

 

It was definitely an onscreen graphic but there were too many discrepancies for it to be the Enterprise currently floating off Discovery's starboard bough.

I have the same attitude to the graphic shown in Day Of The Dove - that drawing of the Federation starship next to the Klingon cruiser is not the Enterprise, the saucer is wrong for a start!

 

Those were numbers from the old Star Fleet Technical Manual, and the proportions don't match the Discoprise, which is much flatter than the original.

 

The length was in "Federation Meters" but the height was in "Earth Meters."

I know, I know, I'm sorry.

 

Obviously with modern Trek, Bigger is Better... Whether it be Length or Girth.
(or both)

 

It's the motion of the warp bubble that matters.

 

what if we scale up all the old ships instead?

 

Your profile pic scaling is likely inaccurate. the realitivty is proabbly huge

 

Based on the size of the windows, the Relativity is a very small ship.

 

ANyways back on topic, coudlnt we just scale up all pre discovery ships?

 

We either have to scale all pre discovery ships up, or scale all post discovery ships down

 

We have consistent relative ship sizes either way

 

According to Memory-Alpha regarding the Wells Class

"The scale included on Sternbach's design schematics indicates an overall length of approximately 640 feet (195 meters)"

The sketch doesn't have windows though.

We don't have to do either

 

Not sure I'd say very. Relatively small maybe...


So, uh, my coats just over there. I'll go and fetch it