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[edit] Length of a Galaxy class starship

I'd like to contest the listed length of 642.51 m. I have not seen a source anywhere that states this as the length of a Galaxy class starship.

The Star Trek Encyclopedia says 641 m (so do Wikipedia and Memory Beta). – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 79.246.77.103 (talk).

Indeed those lenght figures seem to come from DS9 TM. But I too don't remember anyone mentioning the exact size of the ship onscreen or on any computer graphic --Pseudohuman 12:58, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

None of the published lengths are canon, so the number should be removed from the infobox, but the 642.51m figure does come from the DS9 tech manual. The text in that book was written by Rick Sternbach, and he has made a number of statements in the newsgroups saying that the size is 2108 feet (which converts to 642.5184m). In addition, the 2108-foot figure can be seen on the early TNG size comparison chart which I linked to on the Ambassador page, on Ed Whitefire's unpublished blueprints which were made with access to the early TNG art department, and a variety of other early sources. Thus the evidence is much more in favor of the 2108-foot figure coming from Andrew Probert's orthos, although there is no definite confirmation either way - Andrew Probert wasn't sure offhand when I emailed him. – NotOfTheBody 13:19, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Looks to me like a conversion error. Sad to know these still exist in the 23rd century... – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 79.246.58.103 (talk).

[edit] Blue lights at main shuttle bay

If you look out of the main shuttle bay onto the saucer's hull, just some 30 meters away, there are two... erm... "signs" with an estimated diameter of 10 meters, consisting of a number of smaller parts. Sometimes they are glowing pale blue, sometimes they are dull black.
What are they? What function do they fulfill?
Under which circumstances do they glow and don't?
A buddy told me those are approach lights for the shuttles. This makes sense to me, but: In a movie picture the pattern are all black but two smaller parts of it, which are illuminated in white, as if they were windows (though this picture looked CGI to me). Kleinalrik 11:50, February 5, 2010 (UTC)

I've always thought they were some kind of gym or Arboretum, like the large blue lights on the side of the A were. – Fadm tyler 13:11, February 5, 2010 (UTC)

They are indeed the arboretum, according to Rick Sternbach's blueprints. [1] --Pseudohuman 12:16, February 6, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you both! And thank you Pseudohuman for the blueprints-link. Literally, it is just an opaque window of a blue illuminated hall? Are there movie-pictures of the arboretum? 84.138.24.143 22:14, February 6, 2010 (UTC)

Arboretum interior was seen in TNG: "Dark Page". --Pseudohuman 12:42, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, dude! 84.138.8.118 18:15, February 8, 2010 (UTC)