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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [QB] The warp core could be in the neck. To eject it, they would shoot it up through the rear ventral of the saucer. As for the size... It seems that the NO and Chey. were constructed using two sizes of model kits. One was used for almost the entire ship, the larger for the bridge. If we take this to mean that the NO and Chey. bridges are the same size as a [i]Galaxy[/i] bridge, we know that the other [i]Galaxy[/i]-esque parts are 5/9 the size of normal [i]Galaxy[/i] parts. We can take this further and assume that, during that time period, all the ships that used [i]Galaxy[/i]-esque parts had parts 5/9 the size they are now. This doesn't violate the idea of non-scalable ships (aka "The Bird-of-Prey Dillemma"), because nacelles are easily scalable, and the other parts used (saucer, engineering hull, etc.) have their windows altered, meaning that the internal structure (decks) is different. Now, if we apply this 5/9 scaling factor to the [i]Freedom[/i] nacelle, the ship becomes 239m long. The [i]Niagara[/i], BTW, would be 244m, using the same principle. To me, this makes the most sense. We know, from the [i]New Orleans[/i] and [i]Cheyenne[/i], that SF used to use ship parts that [i]look[/i] like [i]Galaxy[/i] parts, but are smaller. Because we know the size of the model kits used (a 1/18 kit for the ships, and a 1/10 kit for the bridges), we can determine just [i]how much[/i] these parts are "scaled down" by. Assuming that SF used these same 5/9 parts in all its [i]Galaxy[/i]-esque ships of that era, we have the sizes. Granted, this is an assumption, but it's a perfectly logical one. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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