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The Rabin and NCC-63646 are from the Fact Files... Supposedly the Rabin was the Akira in "MiaB", IIRC
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Thanks everybody! Good idea, TerraZ. And John Eaves didn't design the Akira, it was Alex Jaegar.
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Supposedly NCC-63646 was fighting the Borg in First Contact. It could also be people mistakenly mixing up the Thunderchild's number with this one.
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I pretty much agree with Bernd on the length. I believe the intended length was 1400', which is 427m. That gives a deck height of slightly more than 3m.
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Ok so if the Akira in "Message in a Bottle" was the Rabin, then where did the Spector come from?
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nx001a: What do you mean the official stats contradict the onscreen evidence of the Akira's torp-launchers? And what evidence DOES support 15 launchers?
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What i was saying is that the official ds9 tech manual says there is only 2 photon tubes. However, the designer of the Akira Class states it has 15 photon tubes. I have not seen it but some people say in ST:FC the you can see 15 launch tubes. I think 15 is a lot and at present i have not decided whether to have 2 or 15 tubes. Also i disagree with the size of the Akira. I think it is 460 m not 360 since it will be too small.
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Frank: I would hardly call the VFX conclusive. You've used comparisons where a distant Akira amongst a fleet of ships is measured against another "nearby" ship ("Call to Arms" and "Favor the Bold"). And with the Akira-Defiant comparisons (from "MiaB"), the Defiant could just as easily be scaled at 560' than 120m.
And why does the Akira bridge have to be massive at 430m? After all, the CGI doesn't clearly reveal the extent of the actual bridge. Anyway, look at the spacing of the windows - the decks would be tiny at 340m.
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