LAST EDITED ON May-18-09 AT 08:50 AM (EDT)
 
>Also, upon further review, I think I specified too drastic a
>scaling-down; at that size she's not that much bigger than a
>Defiant, and she's supposed to be a frigate to the
>Sovereign's line-of-battle ship, as it were. I think maybe 75%
>would be more like it.

Gryph, using figures I found at http://www.ditl.org and I am thinking 70% may be about right. Look at this comparison image I did up:

With the Sovereign Class at 680 meters and a Defiant Class at 170.68 meters, the Surprise Class would come out to be around 380 meters. That would make it longer than a refit Constitution Class at 305 meters. At 75% saucer scale, it would be around 407 meters.

What do you think?

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