Donny’s Late TOS Movie Era Interiors

[TOMFAN]

The red doors alone already make it look much better!

As for the yellow back-lit panels, I always thought the hexagonal panels, with their changing light patterns behiind them, from TMP/TWOK, looked pretty cool.

Also, if you do change the yellow panels, do you think that the two large, upright panels, on either side of the transporter bay, would look good in a different colour, maybe a pale blue?

 

[Jedman67]

The red doors alone already make it look much better!

As for the yellow back-lit panels, I always thought the hexagonal panels, with their changing light patterns behiind them, from TMP/TWOK, looked pretty cool.

Also, if you do change the yellow panels, do you think that the two large, upright panels, on either side of the transporter bay, would look good in a different colour, maybe a pale blue?

I second that. I'd suggest a bluish-silver, although maybe change the backlit yellows to a blue/green color scheme, kind of like the Jenolen?

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I always thought the screen was a bit of an odd addition, since they didn't need one in TOS or TNG. Maybe it's a HUD type thing, scanning the people being materialised?

From what I understand, the rationale behind that was to shield the transporter operator from excess radiation. It's the same reason your dentist leaves the room when he's taking your x-rays: The low amount of radiation you get is basically harmless, but the cumulative effect of constant exposure is less so.

 

[Galileo7]

Started working on the Transporter Room.... I think I'll keep the rest of the room the same, and I can't wait to build the enclosed glass around the console as seen in TFF and TUC.

Glad you are including the glass around the console in TFF and TUC. A different version was established in TMP.

 

[Tomalak]

From what I understand, the rationale behind that was to shield the transporter operator from excess radiation. It's the same reason your dentist leaves the room when he's taking your x-rays: The low amount of radiation you get is basically harmless, but the cumulative effect of constant exposure is less so.

I know that's the theory, but it doesn't make much sense when virtually all other transporters in Star Trek manage without them. Maybe there was something specific about late-23rd century Starfleet transporter technology?

 

[137th Gebirg]

Yeah, like scrambling their molecules to the level that they returned to their point of origin as puddles of molten slag.

 

[Mytran]

The explanation in MSGTTE was that is was the machinery in the floor that gave off the dangerous cumulative radiation effects, with the Transportees being protected by an invisible forcefield that popped on just prior to transport.
Which really begs the question: WHY LEAVE THE MACHINERY EXPOSED IN THE FIRST PLACE????

 

[danellis]

The explanation in MSGTTE was that is was the machinery in the floor that gave off the dangerous cumulative radiation effects, with the Transportees being protected by an invisible forcefield that popped on just prior to transport.
Which really begs the question: WHY LEAVE THE MACHINERY EXPOSED IN THE FIRST PLACE????

Maybe the designer was going through a steam-punk phase?

dJE

 

[Donny]

As for the yellow back-lit panels, I always thought the hexagonal panels, with their changing light patterns behiind them, from TMP/TWOK, looked pretty cool.

I can change that very easily, since I've already made that material for my TWOK transporter:

Also, if you do change the yellow panels, do you think that the two large, upright panels, on either side of the transporter bay, would look good in a different colour, maybe a pale blue?

I think I'll keep them as they are, since they were already different design and color from the TNG version:
http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/season-4/4x26/redemption-hd-407.jpg

...although maybe change the backlit yellows to a blue/green color scheme, kind of like the Jenolen?

I'll give that a try as well. Might be more logical since the Jenolen was a ship closer to TUC's era.

 

[Jedman67]

I'll give that a try as well. Might be more logical since the Jenolen was a ship closer to TUC's era.

ref:

Spoiler

 

[uniderth]

What if these transporter rooms are designed for alteration of the internal atmosphere to accommodate beaming of beings not native to oxygen-nitrogen atmospheres. The booth would protect the operator.

 

[Donny]

Here's tonight's quick test with the color pallete from the Jenolen:



And the original for quick comparison:


Thoughts?

[EDIT] The more I look at the new version, the more incorrect the filmed version looks!

 

[Tomalak]

Looks perfect! Matches with the blue/green colour pallette of the TUC Lcars, rather than the yellow/orange look from TNG.

Let's just take a moment to appreciate the brilliance of that transporter room set, which appeared in Trek virtually unchanged from 1979 to 2001!

 

[cardinal biggles]

Just the color change makes a world of difference! I'd be curious to see how it turns out if you swap in the honeycomb panels (with the moving light pattern from TWOK, but in the Jenolen palette).

 

[TOMFAN]

I can change that very easily, since I've already made that material for my TWOK transporter:

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That is absolutely incredible! Brilliant work!

 

[TOMFAN]

Here's tonight's quick test with the color pallete from the Jenolen:

Brilliant, looks so much better like that, a lot better than they made it look in the film!

Also, thinking about it, the blue colour fits in better with the blue effect they used for the transporter beam in the film.

 

[Tallguy]

I could have sworn the "dentist office shield" was in TUC. I only say that because I remember remarking when I saw it that I hadn't seen it since TMP.

It was one of those "let's be more realistic" touches (like the security guard's armor) that disappeared quickly never to be seen in another era of Star Trek. (Unlike wearable communicators which were just an idea before their time.)

 

[Tallguy]

This thing, right?

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=52975&fullsize=1

 

[Donny]

I could have sworn the "dentist office shield" was in TUC. I only say that because I remember remarking when I saw it that I hadn't seen it since TMP.

It was one of those "let's be more realistic" touches (like the security guard's armor) that disappeared quickly never to be seen in another era of Star Trek. (Unlike wearable communicators which were just an idea before their time.)

Yep! Just haven't gotten that far in the modeling process yet.

 

[Tallguy]

I think I'll keep the rest of the room the same, and I can't wait to build the enclosed glass around the console as seen in TFF and TUC.

AH! I misread this.

So the original screen is there in TMP. Is it in TWOK? TSFS? I had no idea there was one in TFF because, well, it's TFF. But it's the same as TUC? Is the TUC xporter a redress of TNG?

Complicated business you're in, sir.