08-10-2010, 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave McFly
I just remember from my Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual (yes, I have one, got it at a yard sale for a buck!) which has TONS of what makes the Enterprise D 'tick'. and in it they have the evolution of the different ships and they said that the TOS and movie ships were about 3-400 feet (but it could have been meters and they put feet instead by accident) and the Excelsior class 'B' was even bigger almost 1000 feet long, then the Ambassador class 'C' was the same size as the 'B', and the Galaxy class 'D' was the biggest at over 1100 feet. and in the pics you could see that the Kirk era ships could rest in the middle of the 'D' saucer. I am sure the '2009 movie' Enterprise is MUCH bigger scale, hell the 'engineering' section was filmed in a BREWERY, that's a lot of floor space  .
Dave "proud of his dorky heritage!" McFly
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