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Fabrux
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The Rabin and NCC-63646 are from the Fact Files... Supposedly the Rabin was the Akira in "MiaB", IIRC

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Thanks everybody!
Good idea, TerraZ.
And John Eaves didn't design the Akira, it was Alex Jaegar.

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Supposedly NCC-63646 was fighting the Borg in First Contact. It could also be people mistakenly mixing up the Thunderchild's number with this one.

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Michael Dracon
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Which Akira Class names and registry numbers are given by Star Trek sources (any kind of source: books, fact files, etc.) upto now??

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*sees Frank's URL*

The Akira should be 440m (intended length): http://www.uni-siegen.de/~ihe/bs/startrek/articles/akira-size.htm

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I pretty much agree with Bernd on the length. I believe the intended length was 1400', which is 427m. That gives a deck height of slightly more than 3m.

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Ok so if the Akira in "Message in a Bottle" was the Rabin, then where did the Spector come from?

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If the Akira were that big, it would have a huge bridge, and the Galaxy would be 900m long.

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nx001a: What do you mean the official stats contradict the onscreen evidence of the Akira's torp-launchers?
And what evidence DOES support 15 launchers?

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What i was saying is that the official ds9 tech manual says there is only 2 photon tubes. However, the designer of the Akira Class states it has 15 photon tubes. I have not seen it but some people say in ST:FC the you can see 15 launch tubes. I think 15 is a lot and at present i have not decided whether to have 2 or 15 tubes. Also i disagree with the size of the Akira. I think it is 460 m not 360 since it will be too small.

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On his page, Bernd says:

"Unless the ship is shown at a really small size next to a ship whose size is definitely known, I will stick to the 440m Akira."

Look at the first comparison on my page.

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Length of Akira Class Nebula Class?

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Well, the VFX say that the Akira is much smaller than a Nebula.

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Frank: I would hardly call the VFX conclusive. You've used comparisons where a distant Akira amongst a fleet of ships is measured against another "nearby" ship ("Call to Arms" and "Favor the Bold"). And with the Akira-Defiant comparisons (from "MiaB"), the Defiant could just as easily be scaled at 560' than 120m.

And why does the Akira bridge have to be massive at 430m? After all, the CGI doesn't clearly reveal the extent of the actual bridge. Anyway, look at the spacing of the windows - the decks would be tiny at 340m.

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If we can't use the VFX for scaling, I don't see why anyone cares about the sizes of the ships.

When has the Defiant ever been conclusively 170m on-screen?

Even looking at the CGI model, the bridge would be larger than a Galaxy's or Sovereigns.

The decks seem fine to me...of course, everyone always talks about mono-species ships, so maybe all Akiras are populated by slugs or something.

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