Eaglemoss Starship Comparison Chart – Middle Scale Aliens
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Alien Middle Scale Comparison Chart Size Analysis for alien Ships of Scale 2 to 9 This is my Scale estimates of the ships in the Eaglemoss Alien Starships picture (posted on the Wixiban website as of March 2021). The ships below are listed in rough order by horizontal order, starting from the top left of the page (so left-to-right, line-by-line, just like reading a page of text). My rough sense of Scale is as follows: Ship Length Scale 0 to 20 meters 1 20 to 100 meters 2 100 to 240 meters 3 240 to 400 meters 4 400 to 600 meters 5 600 to 800 meters 6 800 to 1400 meters 7 1400 to ~1800 meters 8 More than 1800 meters 9+ Keep in mind, these are NOT exact numbers! (Y’know, obviously.) I had to eyeball each and every ship in all three pictures and decide if they had sufficient mass to qualify as a particular Scale or another. A few ships had a thin, needle-like design that, while they had a sufficient length to qualify as a higher Scale, they didn’t look as if they had the sufficient mass for that Scale; thus, I had to downgrade them in Scale. I found a number of ships that struck me as being right on the borderline of adjacent Scales, so I had to make a judgment call (sometimes based on additional factors where available) as to which Scale those ships belonged. A detailed discussion of my approach to Scale is in the Federation Middle Scale document. What’s with the Warbird? You’ll likely notice a supposed discrepancy right off: the Romulan D’deridex-class Warbird and its Scale of 7 instead of 6 in the corebook rules. This is for several reasons: 1. The original corebook assumed the D’deridex was roughly only 1,000 meters long, rather than its official length of 1,353 meters which is almost twice the length of a Galaxy-class. 2. Even though the D’deridex has a lot of empty space in its center, it still seems to outmass a Galaxy-class, so much so that I was never convinced that a fight between a Galaxy and a D’deridex would be an even fight. 3. A D’deridex is almost as large as Deep Space 9, so claiming a fight between a Galaxy and a ship almost large enough to match a space station known to fight off entire fleets would be an even fight seems particularly ridiculous to me. Analysis by Christian “Su-tehp” Fernandez-Duque Klingon Bortasqu’-class (Star Trek Online) Romulan Science Vessel Scale 7 Scale 4 1,126m in length 300m in length Klingon Battlecruiser D7-class (TOS) Klingon Battlecruiser D7-class (ST: Discovery) Scale 4 Scale 5 228m in length 503m in length Technically, this is under 240 meters which Beacon of Kahless should make it Scale 3, but it does seem to have Scale 3 enough mass to rate Scale 4. Besides, I don’t want 120m in length to downgrade such an iconic Star Trek ship. Its published stats say it’s Scale 4 and thus a match for a TOS Scale 4 Constitution. It’s more trouble Klingon IKS Negh’Var to change than it’s worth. Scale 6 682.32m in length Klingon D4 Battlecruiser (John Eaves Concept) Goroth s Klingon Ship Scale 3 ’ 145m in length Scale 2 88m in length Klingon Bird-of-Prey (22nd C) Klingon Chargh-class Scale 3 145m in length Scale 5 418.26m in length Klingon Qugh-class Klingon Cleave Ship Scale 7 1,360.5m in length Scale 7 934.5m in length Klingon Raptor Klingon D5-class Scale 3 145m in length Scale 3 155m in length Klingon Batlh-class Klingon Transport Scale 5 418.26m in length Scale 2 55m in length Romulan Warbird D’deridex-class Romulan Bird-of-Prey (22nd C) Scale 7 Scale 3 1,353m in length 130m in length Romulan Scout Romulan Bird-of-Prey (23rd C) Scale 3 Scale 3 89m in length 131m in length Analysis by Christian Fernandez-Duque Klingon IKS Mogh-class (Star Trek Online) Orion Interceptor Scale 7 Scale 3 1,126m in length 150m in length Klingon Qoj-class Klingon DaSpu’-class Scale 7 Scale 5 1,108.7m in length 527.3m in length Klingon Augments Ship ’ Klingon IKS Mat’ha (Star Trek Online) Scale 2 Scale 4 70m in length 312m in length Klingon K’t’inga-class Battlecruiser Cardassian Galor-class Scale 4 Scale 4 214m in length 371.88m in length As with the TOS D-7 Klingon cruiser, this is under 240 meters which should make it Scale Cardassian Keldon-class 3, but it does seem to have enough mass to rate Scale 4 Scale 4. Besides, as with the D-7 above, it’s 371.88m in length too much trouble to change such an iconic ship. Klingon Bird-of-Prey (ST: Discovery) Scale 3 Klingon Vor cha-class 188.7m in length ’ Scale 5 Cardassian Hideki-class 481m in length Scale 2 Klingon Battlecruiser D7-class (Kelvin Timeline) 85.78m in length Scale 4 350m in length Baran’s Raider Scale 3 Klingon B’rel-class Bird-of-Prey 220m in length Scale 3 139m in length Romulan Warbird “Valdore” Valdore-type Scale 6 Romulan RRW Vastam (Star Trek Online) 605.5m in length Scale 7 974.4m in length Reman Warbird “Scimitar” I was wavering between Scale 6 or 7 for the Scale 8 Vastam since it’s significantly larger than a 890m in length Galaxy (Scale 6) but not quite as large as a The Scimitar doesn’t have the length D’deridex (Scale 7). What convinced me that for Scale 8, but it is wide enough and the Vastam was Scale 7 is the fact (according massive enough to rate as Scale 8. to Memory Beta) that it has the same crew complement as the D’deridex: 1,500 crewmembers. Analysis by Christian Fernandez-Duque Voth Research Vessel Promellian Battlecruiser Scale 3 Scale 6 130m in length 600m in length I was wavering between Scale 5 and 6 for the Orion Scout Ship (23nd C) Promellian Battlecruiser. This ship seems to Scale 3 just straddle the border between scales. It 110m in length doesn’t quite strike me as massive enough as a Galaxy (Scale 6) but its length of 600 meters Void Ship just puts it over the top to reach Scale 6 in my Scale 2 humble opinion. 75m in length Nightingale Jem Hadar Fighter ’ Scale 4 Scale 3 320m in length 95m in length Borg Sphere Bajoran Solar Sailor Scale 7 Scale 2 600m in length 49m in length Technically shorter than a Scale 6 Galaxy, but Bajoran Assault Vessel it’s a sphere, so it outmasses a Galaxy, thus Scale 7. This matches its published stats in the Scale 3 Delta Quadrant Sourcebook anyway. 140.72m in length Merchantman Bajoran Freighter Scale 3 Scale 4 150m in length 250m in length Jem’Hadar Battleship Deep Space 9 (Cardassian Nor-class Space Station) Scale 8 Scale 8 1,500m in length 1,451.82m in length Scale 8 because this thing is at least as See DS9’s entry in the Massive Comparison massive as Deep Space 9. Chart for further explanation of its Scale. Cardassian Groumall Ferengi Marauder D’Kora-class Scale 3 Scale 4 256m in length 366m in length Long and thin hull making up all of its length and doesn’t have the mass to be Scale 4, so Ferengi Ship (22nd C) Scale 3. Scale 2 55m in length Cardassian Orbital Weapons Platform Jem Hadar Vanguard Carrier (Star Trek Online) Scale 3 ’ 120m in diameter Scale 8 1,433m in length Analysis by Christian Fernandez-Duque Andorian Battlecruiser USS Dauntless NX-01-A Scale 4 Scale 3 360m in length 204.82m in length Assimilated Arctic One Gorn Ship Scale 2 Scale 3 80m in length 220m in length Borg Probe Breen Warship Scale 3 Scale 4 180m in length 330m in length Tsunkatse Arena Starship Nausicaan Fighter Scale 2 Scale 6 90m in length 710.7m in length Hirogen Warship Son’a Flagship Scale 3 Scale 4 150m in length 354m in length Tamarian Deep Space Cruiser Jem’Hadar Battle Cruiser Scale 6 Scale 6 700m in length 639.75m in length Borg Queen’s Ship Hirogen Holoship Scale 7 Scale 3 820.4m in length 200m in length This is not the Borg Octahedron depicted in Karemma Starship the Delta Quadrant Sourcebook (page 78). That book gives the Octahedron a Scale of 14 Scale 4 and states that it is ten kilometers long on its 380m in length longest axis. Modiphius likely screwed up. Tarellian Starship Why? According to The Official Starships Collection Magazine, Issue 109, the Borg Scale 5 Queen’s Ship is much smaller than a Borg 560m in length Cube and is slightly larger than a Borg Sphere. As such, with its official length of 820.4 Kazon Raider meters, I’ve rated it Scale 7. Of course, there’s Scale 3 nothing stopping anyone from using the 160m in length Octahedron depicted in the Delta Quadrant Gomtuu book as a Borg field command vessel or something similarly sinister.... Scale 6 600m in length Malon Export Vessel Sheliak Colony Ship Scale 5 Scale 4 515m in length 330m in length Analysis by Christian Fernandez-Duque Husnock Warship Axanar Cargo Ship Scale 8 Scale 2 1,300m in length 92m in length Roughly the same length as a Scale 7 D’deridex, but is at least twice the mass, so Devore Warship Scale 8.