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