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Title: Trek Scales
Post by: Dakkar on February 23, 2019, 05:43:56 pm

Why Greg can never have an *accurate* scale Star Trek game:
https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2017/03/08/visual-size-comparison-ships-star-trek-video/?fbclid=IwAR1SKteEqWe-q0_ETLlNPgfIJ4Byw1Mm20SqTgF2EidPGG9-tM5ZegYToTA

Title: Re: Trek Scales
Post by: Covertwalrus on February 24, 2019, 06:52:34 pm

 Yes, and the whole issue of trying to get some kind of gaming scale agreed upon has also been a fight over the years. 

 BTW, did I see the Andromeda Ascending in that one image?

Title: Re: Trek Scales
Post by: Dakkar on February 25, 2019, 10:38:17 am

Quote from: Covertwalrus on February 24, 2019, 06:52:34 pm

BTW, did I see the Andromeda Ascending in that one image?

Yep, they snuck some good ones in there. I had forgotten that V'Ger was an actual ship, not just a cloud.

Title: Re: Trek Scales
Post by: Landlubber on February 25, 2019, 10:37:37 pm

Well, as I've observed before (when discussing Star Wars Armada), I don't think the original creators of these franchises ever envisioned a bunch of people sitting around a table using small models of their spaceships to conduct tactical maneuvers. I think they probably just went with "hey this looks cool" and that was that. Hence the MASSIVE size difference between the original Constitution-class and the later Galaxy class (almost double the size)...isn't technology supposed to get smaller as it becomes more advanced??

Title: Re: Trek Scales
Post by: Dakkar on February 27, 2019, 11:11:24 am

Quote from: Landlubber on February 25, 2019, 10:37:37 pm

isn't technology supposed to get smaller as it becomes more advanced??

To quote a Dinosaur character from Burroughs (William S.) - "Bigger is better, and biggest is best" ;-)

Title: Re: Trek Scales
Post by: Covertwalrus on February 28, 2019, 05:12:38 am

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sn't technology supposed to get smaller as it becomes more advanced??

 Cellphones would argue the opposite . . . From bricks to flips, then larger and larger touchscreen jobs :)

 Justified in Trek by the tendency for starships to go on longer and longer missions as tiem went on, therefore needing more people, equipment and resources on baord.