19 Aug 2018

The size of the Vulcan Cruiser from Star Trek Discovery

The Vulcan cruiser was a type of small starship used by the Vulcans in the 23rd century. It was capable of landing on a planetary surface.

The Starship Collection magazine indicates a length of 142m for the Vulcan Cruiser. This seems surprisingly big in relation to what you see in the DIS episode "Lethe".

screencapture by startrekvulcanology.blogspot (DIS "Lethe")
Sarek is 1.81m tall. Applying this size on the side view of the Vulcan Cruiser, then you get a length of 43.35m for the ship.

schematic by Starship Collection

Considering that the ship can land and can be flown by only one person, this seems much more plausible than 142m.

Due to the height of 1.81m I have drawn a normal room height of 2.5m. This fits very well with the visual appearance of the cockpit and implies that the shuttle could have two decks.

screenshot by memory-alpha.fandom.com (DIS: "Lethe")

screenshot by memory-alpha.fandom.com (DIS: "Lethe")