[FT]Star Trek rules - BIG thanks

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--- Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@austarmetro.com.au>
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> I know I wasn't asked, but the ones at

Yes, the Micromachine constitutions are the right scales, but most of the rest
of their ships aren't. The defiant is too big (as is voyager). The excelsior
is too small. The galaxy is WAY too small. The ambassador is way too small,
etc. There is no consistency.

Basically you can start with the task force and the FASA ships which are
basically in scale to
each other about ABOUT 1/3900 (or 1/3800 or 1/3788
or something). This is because they both have a constitution ship at the same
size.

THEN you can branch out to the rawcliffe ships which are the same size as the
FASA ships they
mimic. Then there are bits and pieces -- Rawcliffe's
Galaxy which isn't bad for scale. This Enterprise E which seems to me to be
pretty close. The Micromachines Constellation (Stargazer) which isn't bad. The
Nebula which *may* be ok, though it seems a bit small. From there, you have to
pretty much call a small excelsior another kind of ship to make it believable.

> --- Don M <dmaddox1@hot.rr.com> wrote:

Well it's a funny thing but the word Frigate has meant different things
thoughout history. FASA uses it in it's ship of the line meaning to mean a
bigger than cruiser sized ship designed for battle (actually a medium sized
sailing war vessel) rather
than a 5000-7000 ton vessel between a destroyer
and a cruiser. So, that part doesn't bother me. Task Force uses the second
definition and even makes them smaller than destroyers. The feds also like to
complicate things by trying to come up with
names that don't sound hostile -- explorer, starship,
and the like.

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> > I talked Drew Bergstrom into making the Falcon

I've got a few falcons, they're cute as buttons. I'd buy a pile of defiants if
they were available. I'm not sure exactly how big it SHOULD be, but I'm
guessing an inch to an inch & a half long? Actually, if we go by that scene in
First Contact even 1 inch would be kind of big, but I wouldn't make it much
smaller.

> David,

> Well it's a funny thing but the word Frigate has