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Edited by Omnitron310:
9/11/2015 2:33:42 PM
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I calculated how big Oryx's Dreadnaught is (spoiler: it's HUGE).
It's pretty easy to do. You can see how big it is in relation to Saturn's rings during the arrival cinematic for the new Crucible map, The Dungeons.
Saturn's rings are 73,000 km wide. From the cinematic, the Dreadnaught is about 0.07 times as long, and in the same plane as the rings. That makes the Dreadnaught...
[b]5110km long![/b]
That's over 5 million metres.
From other, better quality images of the Dreadnaught, I've calculated that one side of one of its square ends is about 0.3 times as long as it's length. Therefore, that gives a total volume of...
[b]1.2 x 10^10 (12000000000) cubic kilometres![/b]
So, yeah. It's pretty damn big.
[b]Edit:[/b]
Obviously, I am not expecting that we will be able to visit even a tiny fraction of this. Just like how we cannot visit all of the Earth, Venus, etc.
Also, I find it likely that Bungie does not actually intend for it to be this big, and instead either didn't realise (or expected other people not to realise) just how big Saturn's rings are. That, or it's just to make it look more badass.
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5 RepliesPhenominal cosmic power....itty bitty living space. [spoiler]I know i spelled that wrong, been a long week so i could care less right now :)[/spoiler]
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1 ReplyWell done, but can you figure out why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
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Well yeah its just shy of Earth's diameter in length.
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Well he is a god... lol
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Well it is supposed to be like the Hive's home and world, and millions of years old... so Bungie probably did intend for it to be that big.
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Is that about how big the infinity is?
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Isn't that about the length of the U.S.? Horry sheet
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1 ReplyBut how do you know where ship is relative to the rings?
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Pause
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Giggity
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You, sir, are a nerd. And it's -blam!-ing beautiful. Thanks for this.
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That's what she said.
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Oh boy...sure hope we have a map! Shame they said no sparrow access on the Dreadnaught...
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1/5th the size of Mercury....Daaaauuuuum
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This is the kind of content I like to see.
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2 RepliesReading this makes me think of the teenage fan from Galaxy Quest that knew everything about the ship.
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Give me your lunch money nerd!
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4 RepliesI wonder how many thralls can fit in there.
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Well, Oryx is a literal god so it's not surprising that he'd have a huge -blam!-ing ship.
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1 Replyhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/saturn/saturnrings.shtml Your numbers are off
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2 Replies*reads post title* That's what she said.
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3 Repliesyou don't know how far the rings are from the ship. that's like saying I am as tall as the leaning tower of Pisa because I have a photo of me Standing with my back to it!
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2 RepliesExcellent! Nice math :)
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That's a BIG ship
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