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Dax
Paradox
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Boris: I've got a clip of the Defiant destruction but it's too big to post (about 10Mb). Trust me though, the pods are rather small. It's possible to determine an upper size limit by measuring the hatches they come from (2 pods per hatch).

BTW, the Valiant hatches near the nose are in a different spot than the Defiant ones - explain that!

We probably won't see any more of that shuttle (I don't know if it appears in The Final Chapter).

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Nim
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Dax: What makes you think the maquis invented that design? I thought that whas just their preferred choice of ship. Though I admit it does seem ludicrous to build a brand new starfleet ship and make it compatible for merging with a 30 year old scout!

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Elim Garak
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Err... I was under the assumption that when the Defiant is docked at DS9, it supports neither 120 or 170 metres, more like 200-something.

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Aethelwer
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Well, it depends on how big DS9 is. If we go by the structural size, it's smaller than 170m, but if we go by the really huge sizes going around, it's >220m.

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Elim Garak
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Oh, yes. DS9 does the "I-can-change-size-so-nyah!" thing, too. How silly of me.

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Dax
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DS9 seems to love changing sizes as much as the Defiant and BoPs. Ever noticed how small the docked Nebula-class is in the intro?

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Mikey T
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That docked Nebula in the DS9 opening (USS Leeds) is the four-foot model we've seen before. I do wonder how that ship can dock on the upper pylon or lower pylon since I can't see any access hatch like on the Galaxy Classes and Intrepid Classes. I think that that model should go for a refit...more like add more detail.

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Dax
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I'd like to know where the Defiant docking port is. The ship seems to dock via its deflector array(!)

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