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Ohmygod! I love this stuff! I knew it would only be a matter of time before this stuff showed up! Boris, you are godsend!
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Ummmm, what are the little 'wings' on the back of the Equ's nacelles? The are reminiscent of the similar structures on the E-nil... what do they do? Do they aid in the Equ's case in Atmospheric entry?
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Well, I can definately picture a four-nacelled version of the ship now... but with a thinner secondary hull. At least now I know why the dedication plaque said Noble Class.
Is there a MSD of the Equinox showing everything?
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The MSD itself doesn't indicate that, it's the Okudagram of Voyager and Equinox MSDs next to each other that seems to suggest that the Equinox is less than 1/2 the length of Voyager. We don't know that the two are to scale.
If we look at the deck heights within the actual Equinox MSD, and assume that the lowest decks are 10' apart, the overall length works out to 189 +/- 6 meters. A 150m Equinox would give us several eight-foot decks, which is possible but highly uncommon.
Furthermore, the size of the human figures in the MSD suggests a size of *at least* 202 meters, that's assuming the figures are 6 feet tall. I took the most conservative size for the figures (9 pixels) - the actual figure might go beyond 200m.
Boris
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I don't really see any things resembling warp nacelles on the 'aircraft' like vehicular appendage on the underside of the Nova Class's saucer.
I wonder how long Frank thinks it is.
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Can you post any pics? I have a bunch of Frank's equinox1,2,3,4... pics on my hard drive, none of which show a good side-by-side comparison. I actually haven't looked at the VFX yet.
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This picture might help. It's the only MSD I've ever seen comparing Voyager to the Equinox. It also gives (albeit unledgible) a full schematic of the Equinox. Hope it helps!
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I looked at that one earlier, and agree that it suggests a 140-150m Equinox. Question is, what does the VFX show?
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There might be a full MSD visible somewhere in the show, but you're not gonna be able to see too many details unless Okuda decides to publish the complete version in the Magazine or a future Encyclopedia. The only detailed portion is the one from the Magazine.
I found the following VFX image of the Equinox underneath Voyager on Graham Kennedy's website. The span of Voyager's nacelles is no more than twice the width of the Equinox's saucer. Measuring the indicated lines, I got an upper limit of 161 meters for the Eq's length. Interesting.
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Could anyone post a bigger pic of just the waverider? Perhaps that would settle some of the questions?
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