@KennyMadison: Thanks!
@Lt. Washburn: Yeah, I agree, supposedly the conduits aren't there because Richard James wanted the crew to be able to walk around the warp core with the camera following them, for more dynamic shots. I guess I understand that but they could've added them to the second floor or something.
@Orbing Master: I agree to that as well regarding the pool table, the center of the room always felt too empty on Voyager without something there.
As for the raised area at the back, I've added more details to the aft wall mirroring some on Voyager, but I don't intend to add any sort of displays or LCARS there, it's mostly just there for crewmemebers to move from one side of the core to the other if necessary without cluttering a single way.
@Macintosh: Yep. Some of the early concept pieces for Voyager
like this one already have the intermix chamber on the deck below engineering (as I said before, it was allegedly a directive from Richard James to have the warp core free of obstructions on the set, so Sternbach designed around that). While not strictly canonical it's clear to me that was the intention at least during the design phase.
Added a small metallic grate texture on top of all the floor lights, just as the Voyager ones had. I tested some sort of elevated grate for crew members to walk on above the plasma conduits,
similar to these on the Defiant, but I didn't like how any of them looked.
I reversed the colors on the aft walls, so the plasma conduits now end on dark walls, with a lighter segment at the center (you'll notice it was the other way around on the previous renders). I intend to add detailing on these darker walls to indicate some sort of engine component on top of the plasma conduits.
On the remaining empty wall opposite the door I added yesterday, I placed two standing consoles which were used all through TNG and on Voyager's engineering. I've been meaning to model these ages ago, but I never did, so now they're finally done. I obviously plan to now use them on several TNG era ships going forward.