24 Aug 2019

The size of the USS Buran - Cardenas class

The Cardenas class was a 23rd century Federation starship in service during the 2250s. The USS Yeager NCC-1437 fought in the "Battle at the Binary Stars" of 2256.
Gabrel Lorca was the commanding officer of the mirror universe ISS Buran NCC-1422.

  • The premise for all my deck calculations: a deck is 2,5m + 0,5m for EPS cables, power cables, ... = 3m height for a deck.
  • My calculations follow a purely mathematical approach. I do not compare bridge modules or disk heights with each other. I always pull in decks based on the rows of windows and then calculate a physically plausible room height.

This is the side view of the Cardenas class:

schematic by Starship Collection
With a height of 3,0m per deck, the Cardenas class has a total length of 440,7m.
This is one of the few examples where the official length of the ship coincides with the mathematical "real" ones.