We've seen some outrageously massive structures in Star Trek from both Humans and aliens alike. The largest of these structures exist on scales that our minds can barely even comprehend, from metres, to kilometres, to astronomical units and beyond. In this list we're going to count down the largest megastructures seen in Trek so far, and theorise their purposes and origins.
Along the way, we'll learn just how truly small we are in the grand scheme of things. Before we get started talking megastructures, we'd like to say a mega-thanks to Ex Astris Scientia for their list of the biggest artificial structures in Star Trek , which was a very useful resource when putting together our list, and helped us determine the precise sizes of some of the things we'll talk about. Also, just like in their list, we're gonna focus mainly on internal volume rather than length or height when ranking these examples.
Otherwise, the list would be full of extremely long, yet pathetically skinny space elevators and other things that don't really measure up. 10. The Whale Probe Considering it's entirely featureless hull, it's pretty difficult to determine the exact size of the whale probe from The Voyage Home , but it is undeniably massive.
Don Dow, the Effects Director Of Photography on the film has stated that the probe was meant to measure five miles long and a mile-and-a-half wide. However, many fans have noticed that this is way too small to be true, based mostly on shots from the film where the .
