And I am not going to chat this one up. I am just going to put it out there and let you kids check it out. I do want to warn everyone though: There have been a lot of changes to this deck so you shouldn’t be surprised. And most important, T’Pol and Archer’s quarters are the only ones that stayed in the same place. The rest of them have moved. Actually Trip and Phlox’s quarters switched sides! (And yes both are still cannon since the location was never established for either one. Actually Trip’s was shown being on both sides: starboard in the first season and port in the fourth.) I also want everyone to know that I reconstructed the tiny blue prints for the sets that I had found at a higher resolution. I then used my reconstruction to make sure that ALL of the character’s quarters were the same proportions they were on the sound stage. (And yes, Archer’s quarters were that tight. He barely had room to walk in there.) And now, on with the show.
Here is sickbay, which I completely redid from scratch. And if you look closely, you will notice the new lift shaft, dedicated sickbay toilet and isolation labs. If you look over on the left, you can see the corridor to access the lower level of Engineering. Since that area is higher than E Deck, you have to go up a ladder to get to it. (The new cross-section cutaway will explain this better!)
Here are the insides of the warp field governor. I have no idea what it does but I tried to make it look cool. (Actually that is a lie. I know what it does and even wrote about it on the warp tech page on the website. LOL)
This is the port airlock and forward of that is the sensor pallet. I also included a closet for EV suits, equipment and weapons just off the foyer. If you look closely you can see my new versions of the EV suits and helmets.
This is the bussard collector on the starboard warp nacelle. I designed the parts behind the cap to resemble what we saw on the “under construction” GC model of the NX-02. Aft of that you can see the catwalk and the access area that we saw in the second season episode “The Catwalk”. I also included the make-shift navigational console that Travis uses to steer the ship.
And here we have the mess hall, captain’s mess and serving kitchen. I know I am going to catch hell for this (but I don’t really care) but the captain’s mess is smaller than it appeared on the show. I chopped off the aft area and used it for a bathroom. It may not be what you folks saw on the show but it was screwing up the flow for the crew quarters. (And I am not changing it back so don’t bother asking.) And if you look forward, you can see the dishwasher.
This nifty little area is just starboard of the launch bay. We have the inspection pod docking bay, the decon chamber (that I know I am going to have to explain again and again) and a new addition, the bottle suits. Mr. Drexler posted a couple of shots of these on his blog and I was very taken with them. I just had to add them to the plans. (I also intend on doing a schematic of them as well.) They are housed in their own little docking berths/airlocks that can be accessed from the outer bay or from behind. If you access the berth from behind, the airlock can rotate around to allow access.
Next we have the impulse rockets. According to Mr. Drexler, fusion reactor technology is still in its infancy during this time period. The small impulse engines in the saucer are equipped with a small fusion reactor. But the main engines utilize warp plasma tapped directly from the plasma conduits. It is then fed through a series of magnetic constrictors similar to a Vasmir ion engine and vented aft through two magnetic exhaust funnels. You can also see the vertical access tube to the warp nacelles.
This is one of the hydroponics bays. These people need to eat! I even included a seed repository and a hydroponics lab in the aft section on the starboard side.
And last but not least, here is one of the maneuvering thrusters. It has tanks and nozzles and other stuff. I also drew inspiration for its workings from the “under construction” CG model of the NX-02. (Actually, much of the superstructure and support system were based on that model as well.)
And because I cleaned up the escape pod areas, I have had to revise my crew numbers. And they are:
Standard Crew Compliment: 120
Maximum Crew Compliment: 130
Emergency Capacity: 160
Maximum Life Boat Capacity: 134 (120 in Life Boats, 14 in Shuttle Pods)
Crew Quarters: 96 on D Deck, 36 on E Deck, 2 Guest Quarters on G Deck
Life Boats: 30 (4 person capacity)
Alright that is it for now. I am moving on to F Deck. I am also beginning the upgrade to the full deck plans as well. It will take me several weeks to get the decks I have completed so far up and running though. I am going to have to relabel a lot of stuff on the website. (Those pop up labels are a bitch to redo.) Then after that I will get to the generating new detail plans. And after I finish with G Deck, I am redoing the shuttle pod schematic and starting on a few new things like the EV suit, bottle suit, weapons and other props. I hate to say it but very soon… very very soon… this project will finally be done. (Then I can finally finish the episode companion!)
I have been cranky today and I might have to work you over.
And things have been rather slow lately so I have had A LOT of time to kill.
I just couldn't help myself. Besides, I couldn't think of anything else to put there. (I tried a beagle but the scale would have made it a blob.)
