Jon S. Berndt wrote:

> > > > That scene in Voyager is, (pardon the scientific terminology) absolute and
> > > > bloody nonsense.
> > > >
> > >
> > >     Um, is that supposed to be Saturn? I assumed it was some smaller ringed
> > > planet on the other side of the galaxy...
> >
> > Well, Smaller with the emphasis on the Small part... we're talking about a
> > teeny-tiny planet here...  Suppose the ratio of Planet size to Ring size is
>
> I noticed that, too, a while back. I corresponded with one of the
> Voyager illustrators on that. His response was (paraphrased): "Oh, I
> don't want to get dragged in to another discussion about scale!  ;-)"
> [his smiley, not mine]. I got the feeling they had heard that one
> before. The rest of the conversation was centered on artistic license.
>
> It would be render a more realistic version of that scene. If anyone
> does, I'll email it to the illustrator!

I agree with the original sentiment...

However, I think that this realstic image might be interesting... Often, in Trek, a
sense of scale is lost, that this is a tiny little ship in a planet filled with
humoungous structures.

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