Great work, BolianAuthor!
I just wanted to chime in on a couple of things...
Regarding the Deck 1 / turbolift issue... One thing about TOS nagged me. In "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", Lokai escapes the Bridge into the turbolift. Within seconds, the chase is on... Bele leaps into another, empty turbolift. Where did the empty elevator car come from, so quickly, if that tubular thingy on the back of the ship's hull is the only housing for the lift car? If you take "Let..." as a canon indication, there must be a place for a reserve lift car to wait once Lokai's car is departed. So the whole tube idea doesn't make sense. I tend to like the notion of the lift tube being built-into the main dome, along with a reserve cell for a waiting car as well.
I do like your "ready room" addition to Deck 1, BTW. Makes a great deal of sense.
One thing puzzles me about your front elevation, posted above. if the saucer's running lights are mounted on the forward section's rim like that, they would not be visible from directly aft of the ship. Wouldn't that defeat their purpose? Maybe it's just me, but I'd move the topside saucer light aft a ways onto the thicker section.
Keep up the good work!
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Thanks,
Wingsley!
Regarding the turbolift thing, yeah... I'm thinking the whole Bridge turbolift issue is one of those things that may never be explained to anyone's liking, lol. But... in terms of the
U.S.S. Gemini, what I am going to do, is lower the level of the interior of the Bridge a bit, so it's sunken down more from the top dome, which will not only allow for the "Ready Room" space, but will allow room for two turbolift cars as well. I am going with
TOS Purist's idea, which I really like, that the little "turbolift nub" at the end of the Bridge module is actually an exterior connect point for when the ship is docked at a drydock or similar facility.
I'm glad you like the "Ready Room", though it really is literally nothing more than a small desk and a computer and chair... very minimalist. I figured that on a smaller ship like the
Gemini, which stays closer to home sectors, and may be on patrol missions more often, it would make sense for the Captain to have a small "office" for the express purpose of reviewing eyes-only transmissions, or for private words with a Commodore or Admiral, at various points during a mission. It's not really a place he would go to relax... but it offers a private space with direct and instant access to the Bridge.
Interesting point about the running lights. I know the aft hull addition has running lights of its own, if that's what you're concerned about. Wherever I need "fill" details, I'm basing things on the
Sinclair Enterprise plans, as well as using them to ensure accuracy of the various major components, like the main saucer, and warp nacelles.
Thanks again... kind words from a TOS purist as yourself means a lot to me... it also means I'm on the right track!
Okay... I decided to bite the bullet, and tackle the revised version of the Gemini's bottom plans.
