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How Long is a Fleet Escort?

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited March 2010 in The Academy
Hello, I made a bunch of screenshots of my fleet escort from different angles and wanted to make complete RP-stats for it. (And I wanted to find out the exact size of the bridge module to see if the Star Cruiser bridge would fit in there, yes, I'm that much of a nerd.) However, does anybody know how long a fleet escort is approximately? The specs of the dervish are classified, and there's no data to the Gryphon or Hermes on the website.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I would hazard a guess that a Fleet Escort is roughly the same length as a Prometheus class, about 1,360 feet (414 meters) in length, give or take a couple hundred feet or so. I would safely say it could roughly be about 1,500 feet if the ship appears longer than a Prometheus
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    About 6 inch... Ahem...

    Hard to even guesstimate the sizes of the ships in game because they are all in conflict with each other.
    Especially the Recon Science vessel... There even the variants are speaking for vastly different sizes.

    Your best bet would be using Suricatas ship chart and compare it to the more canon classes there.
    But maybe like... Between 300 and 400 meters maybe? 350...ish
    mizarone wrote: »
    I would hazard a guess that a Fleet Escort is roughly the same length as a Prometheus class, about 1,360 feet (414 meters) in length, give or take a couple hundred feet or so. I would safely say it could roughly be about 1,500 feet if the ship appears longer than a Prometheus
    Something like that yes. Would also depend on which variant it is you want. (nacelles are either way way back or almost above depending on configuration)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Thanks :), I guess I have to hunt the next canon Prometheus I see for a size comparison. :D
    Chat wrote:
    Your best bet would be using Suricatas ship chart and compare it to the more canon classes there.
    But maybe like... Between 300 and 400 meters maybe? 350...ish

    Hm, no idea how Suricata got his sizes, but I'll try.:)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    K-Tar wrote:

    Hm, no idea how Suricata got his sizes, but I'll try.:)
    The ships on the chart seems to be the correct size relevant to each other in game. So while they are off scale in most cases a Fleet Escort is pretty much the same size as a Advanced Escort.
    And being an owner of both ships... The va... Fleet Escort is a bit shorter.

    But it all depends on the configuration. Some nacelles are giant.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Soo, thanks to a screenshot made with Chat's Prometheus (thanks again Chat, I owe you :) ) and my kitbashed fleet escort, and a bit of math I figured out that my ship is 344,5 meters long. The bridge module is 21,6 m long 9 m wide. So fitting the Alliance bridge in there is already a stretch, the new command center would break it.:D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    K-Tar wrote:
    Hm, no idea how Suricata got his sizes, but I'll try.:)

    The 'Canon' ships were all done to scale, for the non-canon variant ships I took screenshots of them ingame in the ship editor whilst going though the configurations to get thier relative sizes. For the brand new designs, screenshots taken of them from above next to the drydocks around Earth were used, they were then compared to screenshots of canon ships at the same locations, this allowed them to be scaled next to the canon ships.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Ah, okay, so essentially the same I did, (and I had to do it anyway because it's a kitbash), but I will doublecheck the bridge module with your chart to make sure that I didn't go wrong anywhere. Thanks.:)

    Edit: Okay, according to the star chart and the top view of the Dervish on the Website the bridge is 22,3 m long, and 10 m wide. Calculated back on my ship that would mean it's 355, 5 m long.
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