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I think the "Iceland" would have to have an inset bridge with a tiny sensor dome up there- otherwise it's a huuuuge ship (and we get into the whole size-problem with the Excelsior thing again).
Why does the intrepid's bridge look... smushed from the side?
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I second Jasons idea - although there's no reason for it not to be a large ship - I mean older tec tends to be bigger and clunkier.
I favour a smallish, slow ship with a recessed bridge and a relativly large crew, as less stuff is automated. As for EVA, I go for the ship being able to land, but not very often. It should have shuttles, and they never put a bay on when they drew it. Quick Robin, lets play with photoshop...(batman theme plays)
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I'd like to see the "opening credits version" of this vessel before deciding on the scale. If the two ships are similar enough, I'd then like to assume that the modern one is built on the same basic keel as the predecessor and has the same general dimensions. The credits ship might have clearer scale-defining features...
I could see these lifting bodies acting as Sol system watchdogs, never loitering deep enough to interstellar space to actually need shuttles. They could be based off Mars, where landings and takeoffs would be less of a strain. No multimissionality, no flexibility, no credibility in the interstellar scene.
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Possible. The only time we saw it show up was after Enterprise had returned to the Sol System. Can't remember if it was in the rag-tag fleet of the alternate timeline, but if it was, they were in pretty desperate straights and wouldn't really care if the ship was "meant" to travel outside the system. They'd use whatever they had.
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I'm hip to the "Iceland" being an in-system ship. We've seen plenty with warp nacelles; even that research ship in "Regeneration" could have used warp purely for interplanetary travel.
Scale-wise, how close have we seen one to the Enterprise? Maybe they just have tiny portholes, a la Concorde..? And if it's that small, it could easily land on Earth too, again like that research ship. Antigravity is a wonderful thing...
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Definitely a need for warp in defending Sol against evil interstellar intruders. Even if they are all as nice as the Borg and slow down to impulse before Saturn, only a warp-capable ship could intercept them before they reach torpedo range. And it's nice to have interstellar capabilities as an option, even if a largely theoretical one.
Both the Klingon battle and RTF scenes suggest a ship roughly similar to NX-01 and Intrepid in size. Perhaps a little broader, even. But nothing definite there, AFAIK - the ships in the RTF are fairly distant, and there's no telltale overlap wrt ships of known size.
Speaking of which, how big is that arctic research team's ship? Bernd suggests just 50 m in his listing. Did we see tiny CGI stickmen scurrying around her, or is the estimate based on space scenes?
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