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Piece of Star Trek set - which one?

Ron Hipschman

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I recently came into possession of a piece of a Star Trek set - a back-lit control panel - but I would like to identify where it came from. What set? What series? I have written Michael Okuda who graciously volunteered that he thinks it may be from a Voyager set, but was unsure (let's face it, he's created HUNDREDS of these!) So I open the question to the community. Here's the piece. Labeling seems to indicate it may be a navigational panel of some sort. I don't know if this forum will post the full resolution photo. Thanks in advance.

Nav_panel.jpg
 
This might be best suited for Fan Art, so I'll send it there. If I had to guess offhand, I'd assume it's most likely a VOY control panel but I may be wrong; it reminds me of the curved panels used for the engineering/science stations on the bridge.
 
I was also thinking it might be some sort of shuttlecraft panel. You can't see it in the photo, but it is not flat, but is slightly bent as if it was some sort of wrap-around console. I assume that Michael Okuda said "Voyager" because of the color scheme, but it is not from the bridge, as all those panels (as far as I can tell by watching the series...) seem square or rectangular. Keep the speculation coming!
 
Perhaps it's from that mini shuttle Paris pilots in the episode Threshold?
 
What episode "Threshold"?

;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)

From Wikipedia:

"Threshold" is the 31st episode...

...Voyager
's crew discovers a rare, more stable form of dilithium that they postulate could power a warp drive beyond Warp 10. This would allow Voyager to reach the Alpha Quadrant near instantaneously. Although holodeck simulations prove disastrous, Lieutenant Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) comes up with an idea after an off-the-cuff discussion with Neelix (Ethan Phillips). The next simulation is successful and a shuttlecraft, dubbed the Cochrane, is prepared for a full test flight. The Doctor(Robert Picardo) identifies a rare medical condition in Lieutenant Paris indicating a 2% chance that he will suffer lethal effects from the test-flight and recommends assigning Ensign Kim (Garrett Wang) as test-pilot. Paris convinces Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) to allow him to fly the shuttle despite the small risk.

Paris successfully breaks the Warp 10 barrier with the Cochrane, rapidly disappearing from Voyager's sensors. The crew begins to try to track the shuttle, but soon the Cochrane reappears, Paris unconscious at the controls. Once awake, Paris explains that he had seen everything at every point in space, and the shuttle's database similarly contains a massive amount of information about the Delta Quadrant. However, Paris starts to suffer allergic reactions, and he is raced to Sickbay, where the Doctor determines that Paris is now allergic to common water. Paris's body soon changes again, and no longer can process oxygen, forcing the Doctor to create a special environment that Paris can exist in.

Paris's body continues its strange transformations, the Doctor postulating that he is becoming a new form of life. Before the Doctor can use an "anti-proton" treatment to return Paris to his human form, Paris escapes, disrupts Voyager's internal systems, and kidnaps Janeway on the Cochrane. By the time the crew restore the damage Paris had done, the Cochrane has taken off to Warp 10. As Voyager follows the shuttle's trail, eventually coming to a planet covered with swamps, the Doctor explains that the mutation patterns in Paris' DNA are consistent with those of evolution. Near the shuttle, they discover two amphibian beings, with trace DNA of Paris and Janeway. The two have mated and have had three offspring. The crew recover their transformed crew-members to be returned to human by the Doctor, and leave the offspring behind.
 
I bow to your observational powers, knowledge and memory.

Now I just have to mount it in an appropriate light box!

Thanks 10E+06,

Ron
 
Think of it this way, Ron: you've got a piece of the only worthwhile thing that came out of that whole wretched episode -- the "speedboat" shuttle. :p
 
Cardinal Biggles,

Thanks. I guess that irony just doesn't come across in text-only. Although I don't want to start a flame war here, frankly, the whole Voyager series itself was not my favorite (though it does have its moments...) I'm more of a DS9 person (and, yes, I watched TOS when it first aired in the 60's, so I've been watching for many years. And it WAS a pioneering series for its time! The new Blu-Rays of TOS are really stunning - even WITH the new effects.)

All you guys and gals are amazing. I'll let Master Okuda know what you found!

Ron
 
Voyager has the advantage of being the most 'high-concept' of the Trek series, possibly more so than the animated series. With lots of far-out ideas as the basis of an episode's plot (including "Threshold"), the show certainly offered plenty of opportunities for a broad investigation of science fiction with Star Trek flavoring. I just wish the characters were written more consistently and they stuck to the original premise a little longer.
 
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