[LoGH] Technical Data
Justin Ho (jhh14@cornell.edu)
Fri, 13 Oct 2000 00:25:06 -0400
At 08:58 PM 10/12/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Out of curiosity, did you base your numbers off of one of the games (board,
>computer, etc), or did you create them just based on diagrams as you
>mentioned below?
>
>Also, have you considered just using one of the Japanese site's information
>as a starting point?
>
>Rob
The ship dimensions were pulled from the Mechanical Photo File and also
from the Data Book. Ship mass will be an estimate to the nearest 100,000
tons based on the volume of the ship and a speculative density. The thrust
is based off of this mass to produce the necessary acceleration. The
acceleration values are an estimate based off of how long it took two
fleets to close a specified distance to each other in a given amount of
time in a particular episode (in which one fleet was initially at
rest). Crew sizes were from the Data Book were possible or estimated based
on crew sizes of similar vessels. Valkyrie complement is from the Photo
File and the number of shuttles is an estimate based off the numbers of
shuttles seen simultaneously docking with various ships.
Armament is based off of the Photo File photos, frame captures, and
Data Book entries. Thruster number and position will be based off of frame
capture where possible. Internal missile magazine size was based off of
game V.
Ship design notes will be based off of entries in the aforementioned
two books plus any personal thoughts. Historical meaning of ship name will
be found where possible. www.pantheon.org has been most helpful in this.
I hope I haven't missed anything?
Justin
