A weird thing about ship design
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:52 am
So this is something I notice now and again. Some Trek ships seem to have decks that aren't flat.
The one that always jumped out was the Ambassador :
![Image](http://www.ditl.org/Images/sizecomp/ambassador.jpg)
Trace the lines of the windows on the front of the engineering hull. They curve downwards with the lines on the hull.
Then here's the Intrepid.
![Image](http://www.ditl.org/Images/sizecomp/intrepid.jpg)
Look at the back of the saucer - the decks curve noticeably up.
So is this just an artifact of those particular models, and not a reflection of the actual models? Or are we to believe that Starfleet engineers make ships with sloping decks? What would be the point of that?
The one that always jumped out was the Ambassador :
![Image](http://www.ditl.org/Images/sizecomp/ambassador.jpg)
Trace the lines of the windows on the front of the engineering hull. They curve downwards with the lines on the hull.
Then here's the Intrepid.
![Image](http://www.ditl.org/Images/sizecomp/intrepid.jpg)
Look at the back of the saucer - the decks curve noticeably up.
So is this just an artifact of those particular models, and not a reflection of the actual models? Or are we to believe that Starfleet engineers make ships with sloping decks? What would be the point of that?