Donny's B'rel-Class Bridge
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An excellent start. Will this version have Klaa's periscope or the helm with giant steering wheel from TUC?
I had a hard time deciding exactly which BOP bridge I was going to depict, but I finally settled on how it looked as the Rotarran's bridge from DS9. Partly because I have more reference for this particular bridge than the others (set schematics).
My memory sucks is what it is. In TUC, Nick Meyer had them take out the periscope, but added a small standing helmsman's station right behind Chang's command chair. There's no wheel though, because that would be silly, even for all the nautical flourishes Meyer likes to add to his Trek movies.
I do! But I'm using it for reference for the bridge less that I thought I would. I'm heavily relying on some set schematics of the DS9 era set of the BOP bridge, and screenshots (all low-res, unfortunately) from DS9.
However, I have one of those old Quicktime VR files from The Captain's Chair CD-ROM of the bridge as it was featured in Generations for some of the up-close details.
I'd love to throw in the periscope for this bridge, but unfortunately the way the ceiling is set up, it doesn't really allow for it's storage.
I never could get it, or the Interactice TNG Technical Manual, running on my modern computer. However, I was able to copy the QuickTime VR files from the CD and open them in QuickTime. They just aren't interactive.
I don't think so. We don't get a very good look at the crew chairs in IV, but they appear at least similar. The backs of the chairs have an additional slant in them, and the "car seats" they contained were different. It would appear that the chairs used in IV were seen in some random Klingon locations in TNG.
Skimming over my references, it would appear this exact model of the chair didn't appear until the Generations depiction of the BoP bridge, as we don't get a good look at any crew chairs in V or VI, if there are any present at all (in V it would appear there are some basic stools used for seating). The DS9 BoP bridge set was a redress of the Generations bridge, however the set was considerably shortened and all brought down to one flat level, instead of the multiple levels seen in Generations. My guess is that the chairs used in Generations were based off of the previous model built in IV, but with one slant for the back of the chair and additional greebles planted on.
Ugh. I just realized I looked WAY too into your question. ;-)
Well, there's the personal flotation device, the emergency airtank, the hardlight holographic girlfriend...
Ha! I appreciate it. I assumed it dated from either TVH or TFF, as I thought most Klingon bridges were at least partly based off those.
Don't forget the waste reclamation device and electric ass-wiper.
Why? Maybe I was trying to. Those Klingon guys are weird, not having bathrooms separated from their duty stations.
Well, seeing that the only toilet we've ever seen in Trek was once in TFF (maybe Enterprise?) it's clear to me that all species of the galaxy have had their rectums genetically removed by the 24th century. 
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