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Old February 8th, 2011, 05:04 PM   #21
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Default Re: Galactica length question...

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Originally Posted by Apolloisall View Post
Uhhh, no, I think it would be more the size of the dome on top of the bridge of Enterprise...
Just sayin'.
To expand a bit on my remarks:

If you take the Enterprise, as it appears in the picture you posted, it appears miniscule when compared to the Galactica. Now if the Enterprise is approximately 900 feet long and the Galactica is approximately 6080 feet long then, one could line up 6-1/3 Enterprises, end to end, along the length of the Galactica.

The picture shows that you're already at about 2-1/2 Enterprise lengths by the time you're at amidships, the largest section on the Galactica and you still have the main engines to go, after that.

Bottom line is that, in my opinion, the scaling for the Enterprise and the scaling for the Galactica are out of sync. The Galactica should be about 6-1/3 times as big as the Enterprise but, the way the picture looks, it's probably about 10-12 times bigger.
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