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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] But that means that IKS Rotarran (which is seen in clear comparison with the freighters, just as Dukat's prey is seen in clear comparison with the Cardassian version) would be the smallest BoP ever seen, whereas we have every reason to suspect that it's larger than most... IMHO, it's perfectly reasonable to have freighters that are (almost) scaled-up or scaled-down versions of each other. That is exactly what we see in the real world, after all. Basically, there's a grand total of one general goods vessel design (or tanker design, or ro-ro design) in the mercantile navies of the world today, scaled up and down at will. Now, warships that have easily identifiable functional elements scale a bit more poorly. Still, one can take a WWII destroyer, cruiser and battleship, adjust the scales of any two, and superimpose them - and get an almost perfect match. I think Bernd exaggerates the woes of scaling a bit... Regarding the "ancient freighter" of "Final Mission" infamy, I see no reason not to assume that it comes from the same family as the other, more modestly sized ships of the same design. "Ancient" in this case need only mean "300 years old", which is quite plausible a design age for the entire family. The heroes in the episode express unfamiliarity with the vessel's *origin*, not its *design*. If anything, "Final Mission" and "Heart of Glory" put together suggest that the "Batris-type" design is so ubiquitous that one cannot positively identify (or even reasonably guess) the operator on the basis of the model, but must look closely for tiny hints such as pennant codes. But I digress from the main point. Which is that Bernd's fleet charts rule. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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