A design oversight of the 1701-D bridge (not the wishbone railing)

[kitsune]

There was a food replicator on the bridge (labeled coffee/food dispenser in one pre-production plan). That's convenient, but where would the bridge crew set down their beverages? There's not a single level surface to be found!

Maybe the designers were sadistic?

At least Sulu had that angular coffee table on the Excelsior

 

[RAMA]

There was a food replicator on the bridge (labeled coffee/food dispenser in one pre-production plan). That's convenient, but where would the bridge crew set down their beverages? There's not a single level surface to be found!

Maybe the designers were sadistic?

At least Sulu had that angular coffee table on the Excelsior

Data has a built in cup holder/coaster as well as a flotation device.

RAMA

 

[Alrik]

Maybe they used Anti-Grav cups.

 

[kent]

this is a pretty simple thing to explain.

THe stations behind the main sail, where the science stations, mission operations, and engineering station are, have recessed seating that if you tap it, it pops out and you can sit down.

Logically speaking, if they installed replicators on the bridge, then there are probably flat surfaces/cup holders recessed into the paneling or the sides of chairs. This is done on cars today, like Mercede's and Subaru's. It keeps the holder/surface from being in the way.

 

[Myasishchev]

You could replicate a table along with your meal.

What I just don't understand is why Tactical doesn't get a chair. Everybody else gets a chair.

 

[Alrik]

You could replicate a table along with your meal.

What I just don't understand is why Tactical doesn't get a chair. Everybody else gets a chair.

Because when you are at Tactical, you should always 'be on your toes'. *rim shot*

*groan*

 

[kitsune]

You could replicate a table along with your meal.

What I just don't understand is why Tactical doesn't get a chair. Everybody else gets a chair.

I think Voyager's tactical and ops stations had the same fundamental deficiency. You couldn't pay me enough to stand for an entire duty shift...

 

[Myasishchev]

I mean, I've had jobs where I've stood for eight to ten hours at a time, but there was a point to it. I wasn't staring a computer screen the entire shift. And of these we only see the interesting ones. "Romulans decloaking! Ha, gotcha. Almost made you wake up there, Captain."

 

[Tomalak]

You could replicate a table along with your meal.

What I just don't understand is why Tactical doesn't get a chair. Everybody else gets a chair.

I think Voyager's tactical and ops stations had the same fundamental deficiency. You couldn't pay me enough to stand for an entire duty shift...

They had chairs, you just couldn't see them very often.

 

[Doug Otte]

this is a pretty simple thing to explain.

THe stations behind the main sail, where the science stations, mission operations, and engineering station are, have recessed seating that if you tap it, it pops out and you can sit down.

Logically speaking, if they installed replicators on the bridge, then there are probably flat surfaces/cup holders recessed into the paneling or the sides of chairs. This is done on cars today, like Mercede's and Subaru's. It keeps the holder/surface from being in the way.

Indeed, that's the way it should have been depicted, but we never saw the flat surfaces deployed. In fact, in (I think) Booby Trap, when Data and LaForge were analyzing the alien data storage device at a science station on the bridge, they constructed a little flat surface on top of the station. It looked odd and out-of-place, and was never shown again.

Doug

 

[kitsune]

In fact, in (I think) Booby Trap, when Data and LaForge were analyzing the alien data storage device at a science station on the bridge, they constructed a little flat surface on top of the station. It looked odd and out-of-place, and was never shown again.

Is this what you're referring to?

 

[T'Boggan]

Anti gravity mugs...you let go and they just float there. 'K?

 

[Christopher]

I think Voyager's tactical and ops stations had the same fundamental deficiency. You couldn't pay me enough to stand for an entire duty shift...

That's because you're a civilian. In the military, standing for hours on end is just part of the job. They're physically trained to handle it.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

I think Voyager's tactical and ops stations had the same fundamental deficiency. You couldn't pay me enough to stand for an entire duty shift...

That's because you're a civilian. In the military, standing for hours on end is just part of the job. They're physically trained to handle it.

Very true. Trek helmsmen had it easy -- they got to sit during their shifts. On a US Navy vessel, the helm operator, usually an enlisted rate, and the ship's driver, known as the officer of the watch, stand. There are no chairs for them on the bridge.

As for the lack of tables, if you look at Probert's early bridge designs there was a table in front of the captain's chair, between the conn/ops consoles which had curved seating built on the front of them. There were also side couches with tables where the turbolifts are in the production bridge. There was also a conference table ON the bridge, not off in the rear compartment.

See:

http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/images/TNG/entd_bridge_early3.jpg

http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/images/TNG/ent_bridge_early2.png

 

[kitsune]

See:

http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/images/TNG/entd_bridge_early3.jpg

http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/images/TNG/ent_bridge_early2.png

"Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /forgottentrek/images/TNG/ent_bridge_early2.png on this server."

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

^Oops.

How bout this:

http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/tng_6.php

Then click the first thumbnail on the lower right.

 

[Shatmandu]

Troi holds hers between her breasts.

Joe, with sugar

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Troi holds hers between her breasts.

Joe, with sugar

That's where Picard also sets his tea, just within reach.

 

[john titor]

In fact, in (I think) Booby Trap, when Data and LaForge were analyzing the alien data storage device at a science station on the bridge, they constructed a little flat surface on top of the station. It looked odd and out-of-place, and was never shown again.

Is this what you're referring to?

24th century computers take symbolism to a new level. Or its just the blue screen of death. I wonder how they get anything done when they are pressing one non descript yellow button after another.

 

[Doug Otte]

In fact, in (I think) Booby Trap, when Data and LaForge were analyzing the alien data storage device at a science station on the bridge, they constructed a little flat surface on top of the station. It looked odd and out-of-place, and was never shown again.

Is this what you're referring to?

That might be the scene, but it's hard to tell. I thought I remembered a little shelf sitting on the slanted workstation, with the device (like a kind of cylindrical jar with a wire sticking out) on it.

Maybe I'm thinking of another episode. When I have time tonight, I'll try to scan through Booby Trap.

Doug