Is it just me or has there been a profound rescaling of the Aurora-Class ships this season?
Up until very recently it has been widely assumed and excepted that the Auroras are approximately 1,400m in length. But then comes Season 4 (and most notably the episode "Be All My Sins Remember'd") and then all the sudden the Auroras have been scaled up to anywhere from 50% to 90% of the length of a Hive ship, depending on exactly which FX shot your looking at.
As I see it there are four possibilities:
1. Early estimates for the Auroras were WAY off, and these ships are in fact more like 4,000m to as much as 10,000m long (depending on exactly which measurement you use for the Hive ships).
2. Its not the Auroras' lengths that have been changed, but rather its our estimates for the Hive ships' lengths that were way off. Maybe we've all gotten it wrong, and Hive ships are really a mere 2,000m (or less) in length.
3. What we think are Hive ships in "Be All My Sins Remember'd" are really some other type of Wraith ship - ones that are larger than a Cruiser, but smaller than a Hive ship (despite looking EXACTLY like Hive ships and being directly referred to as a "Hive ships")
4. "Be All My Sins Remember'd" is basically nothing more than a repeat of "Camelot", and another prime example of the Stargate FX department's propensity for ignoring little things like scale if it gets in the way of their artistic license. As such, we should largely ignore this episode when discussing ship scales, and should stick to the original estimates of 1,400m for the Auroras.
Personally I would go with option 4. What do you all think?
Up until very recently it has been widely assumed and excepted that the Auroras are approximately 1,400m in length. But then comes Season 4 (and most notably the episode "Be All My Sins Remember'd") and then all the sudden the Auroras have been scaled up to anywhere from 50% to 90% of the length of a Hive ship, depending on exactly which FX shot your looking at.
As I see it there are four possibilities:
1. Early estimates for the Auroras were WAY off, and these ships are in fact more like 4,000m to as much as 10,000m long (depending on exactly which measurement you use for the Hive ships).
2. Its not the Auroras' lengths that have been changed, but rather its our estimates for the Hive ships' lengths that were way off. Maybe we've all gotten it wrong, and Hive ships are really a mere 2,000m (or less) in length.
3. What we think are Hive ships in "Be All My Sins Remember'd" are really some other type of Wraith ship - ones that are larger than a Cruiser, but smaller than a Hive ship (despite looking EXACTLY like Hive ships and being directly referred to as a "Hive ships")
4. "Be All My Sins Remember'd" is basically nothing more than a repeat of "Camelot", and another prime example of the Stargate FX department's propensity for ignoring little things like scale if it gets in the way of their artistic license. As such, we should largely ignore this episode when discussing ship scales, and should stick to the original estimates of 1,400m for the Auroras.
Personally I would go with option 4. What do you all think?
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