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Ship Lengths in Escape Velocity:
by Mike Lee

We've all heard the expression "It's only a game" a lot. And one thing it's always said about is the scaling of objects in EV. It's always weird when a ship eclipses a planet, and never did make sense that a Lightning could fit inside a Kestrel.

Of course, Matt Burch obviously didn't bother to make the ships to scale; the lengths you got in the Ship Info box didn't correspond to the sizes you saw. But, what if he did? This is what the ships would look like:

Chart by Mike Lee (1 pixel = 3.5 meters)	Escape Velocity is a trademark of Ambrosia Software All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
Independent Cargo Ships	Civilian Combat Vessels	Alien Ships
Shuttlecraft: 8 meters	Defender: 8 meters	Alien Fighter: 15 meters
Executive Transport: 10 meters	Hawk: 9 meters	Alien Cruiser: 120 meters
Courier: 15 meters	Lightning: 10 meters
Scoutship: 18 meters	Rapier: 12 meters
Clipper: 18 meters	Corvette: 30 meters
Light Freighter: 50 meters	Kestrel: 80 meters
Argosy: 52 meters
Luxury Liner: 180 meters
Bulk Freighter: 250 meters
Confederate Navy Vessels	Rebel Combat Vessels	Just for Comparison
Confed Patrol Ship: 10 meters	Rebel Manta: 8 meters	Boeing 747-400: 70.66 meters
Confed Gunboat: 12 meters	Rebel Destroyer: 52 meters	R.M.S. Titanic: ~269 meters
Confed Frigate: 80 meters	Rebel Cruiser: 280 meters
Confed Cruiser: 250 meters		Star Trek -- Galaxy-class: 642.5 meters

Unless EV was played on a very, very large monitor, if ships were modeled to scale, we'd have to deal either with nearly invisible fighters and transports or warships covering multiple screens. Here's one place where we're glad "it's only a game."

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If you felt something was left out of this article, or you just want to comment on it, feel free to e-mail me at mikelee@cyml.cjb.net.

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