One thing's for sure, Jim doesn't mind talking about the shipyard. It's not as uncomfortable as trying to discuss his family, more impersonal and professional. A part of Starfleet, not young Jimmy Kirk's life.
"It's kinda like a dry dock for sailing ships, but a hell of a lot bigger," he says, as he's seen historical shipyards once or twice before himself. "How many ships they can build at a time depends on the size of the ship. The Enterprise is the biggest ship in the fleet, seven hundred twenty-five meters long, so she's got the shipyard all to herself. The old NX-class ships were small enough they could've done four at a time, but they never did, so they could leave room to repair commissioned ships."
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"It's kinda like a dry dock for sailing ships, but a hell of a lot bigger," he says, as he's seen historical shipyards once or twice before himself. "How many ships they can build at a time depends on the size of the ship. The Enterprise is the biggest ship in the fleet, seven hundred twenty-five meters long, so she's got the shipyard all to herself. The old NX-class ships were small enough they could've done four at a time, but they never did, so they could leave room to repair commissioned ships."