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Old 01-01-2021, 03:59 PM   #45
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Hull size of Falcon...

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Originally Posted by RyanW View Post
I will warn anyone converting "canonical" numbers from fiction into game mechanics: science fiction writers usually do not know how numbers work. Things like ships apparently made out of balsa wood or the borders of alien empires being inside the orbit of Neptune.
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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin View Post
Before I offended acrosome with my interest in the subject I was posting observations based on my viewing of the props as compared to human beings i.e. the size of the Mandalorian's ship compared to humans walking down it's cargo ramp or standing next to it.

The limitations and biases of the medium greatly effect which numbers on which things are dependable and reliable. As the milenium falcon is a prop that appears multiple times in multiple places and needs to look consistent with humans standing next to it, I'd trust the length, width, height, and shape to be consistent, and you can extrapolate from there.
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