StarTrek Ship size discussion

[TheMorpheus]

There was some discussion about the unit sizes of the StarTrek units. I checked the "real" sizes of the some ships and created a preview of correct scaled ships (Ofcource not useable).
I gain the data from the "Daystrom Institute Technical Library".

Used ship classes (same sequence as in the previews):
Sovereign Class (680 m)
Galaxy Class (641 m)
Ambassador Class (526 m)
Excelsior Class (467 m)
Constitution Class Refit (305 m)
Constitution Class (289 m)
Defiant Class (170.68 m)
Danube Class (23.1 m)

The left side shows the units in the correct scale and the right side is my scale.

The Sovereign Class has the max. useable size for starships in Civ3 (They don't rotate during the attack sequence as naval battle ship are doing).

What's your opinion?

 

[Pleb]

Well, the original game of Civ3 doesn't use actual sizes, and neither does a lot of mods. We had a problem with large units in the Star Wars Mod, so we made tem smaller. But still, I think you're sizing works best Morpheus.

 

[Drift]

Your unit sizes are just fine, stop fretting about it.

The realistic sizes are way too small and there's hardly any point in trying to achieve realism at Civ's scale. After all, ships will still be the same size or slightly smaller than planets and stars. Also, who would want to trade detail to realism in a purely aesthetical matter?

 

[Kenta'arka]

Yeah, I agree. Your scale is just perfect