Let's try and find some likely candidates for our mystery NCC-70564 Galaxy from the DS9 Calender.
Here's a pic:
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I can only think of three DS9 episodes and one TNG episode. The USS Enterprise-D was docked at DS9 in TNG's "Birthright" and DS9's "The Emissary." The USS Odyssey was docked there in "The Jem Ha'Dar." The USS Venture was docked there in "The Way of the Warrior, Part II."
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
At the end of "Sacrifice of Angels." It was a re-use of the "Way of the Warrior" shot, though. However, (this is of no use)we've seen Nebulas docked there many times: "Second Sight," "Explorers," and "Doctor Bashir, I Presume."
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
So, the re-use of the Venture footage would mean that it was one of those variants with the phaser strips on the nacelles, right. That wouldn't work, but I think it would be something from those later eps, because the DS9 Calender was from 2000 or 20001 or something like that, IIRC.
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
Hmm. Analyzing the details, I am beginning to suspect that the publishers of the calendar got a Galaxy class vessel, used CG to put a name and regisrty on it, and then insert it into a shot of DS9. However, I may be mistaken. When I was watching the Dominion Episodes on there original air dates, I wasn't a big enough fan to remember what kind of ship was in each episode. (Only later did I say, "Hey look! There's an Exclsior--Nebula--Galaxy!") And, they only show DS9 reruns n Saturday now where I live.
Posted by Ace (Member # 389) on :
Interesting thing to note: The Ent-D docked at DS9 with her docking port located on the torpedo deck. This mysterious Galaxy, and possibly the Venture if someone can verify, docks at the saucer like the Nebula-Class, thus blocking the other docking arm. Posted by PopMaze (Member # 302) on :
Veers is most likely right. None of the known docked Galaxies would work on this pic.
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
I've always been miffed at those latter shots of docked Galaxys. There's no docking structure on any part of the saucer rim, and at that particular location, there's just uninterrupted sensor groove in between observation lounges. Rick's deckplans show rooms at the ends of radial corridors on both deck 9 and 10 at those points, but there's nothing to correspond on the ship's exterior.
As for the re-use of footage of the Venture, I don't see why that can't be the Venture herself. After all, there were nine or ten Galaxys in "Sacrifice of Angels". The Venture almost has to be one of them, unless they're now crankin' those puppies out by the cartload...
--Jonah
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
Since the point about Galaxy's docking at DS9 has been raised - if you take the diametre of the Galaxy saucer (463.73 metres) and measure the distance between the ports on the docking pylons, you will notice that the saucer cannot fit! The gap is only about 459.44 metres, 4.29 metres too little. Something fishy going on me thinks.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Well, I'm sure Frank will jump in here and correct me I'm wrong, but Deep Space 9 had almost as many scaling problems as the Defiant. Sometimes they wanted the station to be bigger and sometimes they wanted the station to be smaller.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I don't see any problem with saying that there are Galaxy class ships out there with airlocks at those locations, though. It seems like a sensible place to put them, if you wanted to.
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
I have at least three good scenes from the show where the Defiant is ~120m. I'd like to see as many that show any other length (scaled against something of definitive size, of course), or any scene at all showing the Defiant to be 170m.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
*clicks repeatedly on the "edit post" icon on Frank's post in the hope that a UBB error will allow him to access the delete function*
[ July 24, 2001: Message edited by: The_Tom ]
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
Well, it was brought up. Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
Antother thing about airlocks: Intrepid class ships apparently have airlocks on the side of the saucer (Voyager in "Caretaker") and on the point (the "ten-forward" part) of the saucer (as seen when a Yeager class ship docked with DS9 in "In the Cards") Here's a pic:Yeager Docking Aethelwer, I may be wrong, but are you this "Frank G?" It says on your posts,so I would assume you are. Anyway, I only THINK this Yeager is docking in the picture from "In the Cards," but I'm not sure.
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
Ah, just clicked on your home page. I guess you are Frank G, Aethelwer. Good Starfleet Ships website, just needs to be updated.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
The status line that says "The Shadow/Frank G" is also a bit of a clue...
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
You are insulting my intelligence, you (as Mim used tosay) friggin' stand up comedian!! Of coures I saw it! I mentioned it. I said, "It says soon your post, so I would assume so." Pay attention! *slaps wrist with ruler*
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
Never insult a Marshal's intelligence. Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
I doubt I'll ever update my site again...I have little free time these days, and there are only a few ships missing anyway.
