Im doing a Star Trek story, but i was wondering about this. IN all of the Star Trek episodes, especiall TOS the crew eat resenquensed food that look like foam jjnsulation, and in the movie "Undiscovered Country" you have actual chefs preparing a turkey, so betweenwhat years did the fleet go from foam food to real food?
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^There was a cooking staff in TUC, as well. For some reason, they cooked a turkey.
Yeah, I didn't mention that because the OP did
A chef, as in singular. One person who is in charge of food service operations: making the menus, ordering supplies, etc. Just like a restaurant that serves hundreds of people a day. There would be a staff, following the chef's directions, to feed the crew.
If we are to believe that in StarTrek we have the PA's the small combat ships that was mentioned in a post some years ago, then I'd like to throw in another idea. Why would a combat ship need a "bed"? Though we have bunks for the sailors on every naval vessel to date, in the old days of steam and sail, the beds were just hammocks strung across a room for the crew to sleep.
In a combat ship, getting out of bed half naked, and trying to put on your clothes when the enemy is attack is kind of a bad idea, so I was just thinking. For the ships of the Defiant class or the Perimter Action Class ships, why couldn't the regulations have it to where the crew does sleep in hammocks, and is dressed in Jump suits, instead of a regular Starfleet uniform.
Sleeping in a hammock and the klaxon goes makes it easier to jump out and get to your station instead of having to worry about running into a bed in the middle of the night when you only have battle lamps shining, or having to worry about finding your uniform when you're sleeping in skivies, and trying to dress in a hurry.
In a combat ship, getting out of bed half naked, and trying to put on your clothes when the enemy is attack is kind of a bad idea, so I was just thinking. For the ships of the Defiant class or the Perimter Action Class ships, why couldn't the regulations have it to where the crew does sleep in hammocks, and is dressed in Jump suits, instead of a regular Starfleet uniform.
Sleeping in a hammock and the klaxon goes makes it easier to jump out and get to your station instead of having to worry about running into a bed in the middle of the night when you only have battle lamps shining, or having to worry about finding your uniform when you're sleeping in skivies, and trying to dress in a hurry.
Thanks for all of your answrs, but what I was driving at was this. Since starships inth 24th Century have Food repliators, and we know in the "Undiscovered Country that they had an entire galley with food srvice personnel to include waiters, I was wondering did the smaller vessels, such as the PA, destroyers, and other ships have a food service division like they do in the current US Navy. What I'm looking for is information that shows that the food service department was left out,as the ships went to food replicators.
My head canon is that the kitchen in TUC was mostly used for recreational purposes or for special occasions.
Even in a future where you can get a chicken sandwich by pushing a button, there are still going to be people who enjoying cooking as a hobby.
And "handmade" food may still be considered classier than computer-generated stuff--and thus more suitable for state dinners.
(Pretty sure they don't serve microwave dinners at White House banquets these days.)
Even in a future where you can get a chicken sandwich by pushing a button, there are still going to be people who enjoying cooking as a hobby.
And "handmade" food may still be considered classier than computer-generated stuff--and thus more suitable for state dinners.
(Pretty sure they don't serve microwave dinners at White House banquets these days.)
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I suppose the chef doesn't actually need to be on the ship in the era of replicators. He or she could just send out new replicator patterns over subspace every so often.
I'd guess there's one main Starfleet kitchen somewhere where it all gets cooked scanned and programmed in.
I'd guess there's one main Starfleet kitchen somewhere where it all gets cooked scanned and programmed in.
Would not this also be a problem on a galaxy class? According to my old uncle who was in the navy, in the event of battle stations (he called it something else) you run to your duty station dress however you are.
Hammocks were used to save space and allow sailors to set up their sleeping area almost anywhere due to lack of space. Old Naval Sailing vessels were crammed full of supplies and had limited space for things such as bunks.
Starfleet is able to build ships with enough room for everything required. Even the smaller vessels are still big enough to accommodate everything, including bunks.
Depending on a ships mission, every ship has enough crew members to effectively use shift rotations so that in an emergency or being attacked, there will be enough people ready to take positions at a moments notice, should others be in bed. However, smaller tactical ships will sometimes operate with less crew members if the mission is short enough where the primary crew does not need to sleep. Regulations will not allow a crew members or Officer to continue to work after a certain length of on-duty time.
Crew and Officers train for emergency situations and know how to get out of their bunks and bunk rooms quickly without bumping in to anything. And combat/battle lighting is still plenty bright enough that no one should have any issues seeing.
Starfleet is able to build ships with enough room for everything required. Even the smaller vessels are still big enough to accommodate everything, including bunks.
Depending on a ships mission, every ship has enough crew members to effectively use shift rotations so that in an emergency or being attacked, there will be enough people ready to take positions at a moments notice, should others be in bed. However, smaller tactical ships will sometimes operate with less crew members if the mission is short enough where the primary crew does not need to sleep. Regulations will not allow a crew members or Officer to continue to work after a certain length of on-duty time.
Crew and Officers train for emergency situations and know how to get out of their bunks and bunk rooms quickly without bumping in to anything. And combat/battle lighting is still plenty bright enough that no one should have any issues seeing.
It is dependent on the ships size.
Smaller Tactical vessels do not allow for a traditional Galley, or a Chef. And relies on replicators.
It is still always preferable to eat fresh cooked food rather then replicators.
You can think of it as how the Army on Earth would eat MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) in the field. While they contain all the nutrients one would need, you are not supposed to live off of them for extended periods of time.
Engineering training includes replicator systems.
Smaller Tactical vessels do not allow for a traditional Galley, or a Chef. And relies on replicators.
It is still always preferable to eat fresh cooked food rather then replicators.
You can think of it as how the Army on Earth would eat MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) in the field. While they contain all the nutrients one would need, you are not supposed to live off of them for extended periods of time.
Engineering training includes replicator systems.
Nah, Trump just orders a family sized bucket from KFC.
I would disagree with this. Non-combat sure, but during combat and other emergency situations you're on duty until the emergency over.
You would get brief breaks to eat, and if the emergency is protracted the crew would be rotated to allow some sleep before returning to duty.
Of course, Emergency and Combat situations would call for different measures. I was trying to keep my responses short, so I was sticking with Standard Operating Procedures.
However, even during emergency and combat situations, there can still be shift rotations going on. However again, that is also dependent on optimal operating conditions during such situations. And even then, shifts can run longer, or people can be asked to do double shifts during these events.And it can depend what ship you are on. Smaller ships don't always have the numbers to run enough shifts as the larger ones do. Or you could be down on crew members...
It goes on...
My apologies.
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Every Starfleet ship operate a 3/4 shift rotation, with skilled officers and crew working 24 hours a day. Should any ship find itself faced with a combat situation, red alert would be called and the shift staff would respond as trained to deal with the hostile, until the Captain and other senior officers can reach their post in whatever state of dress they may be. When the ship is threatened and lives are at risk no one is going to care about the Tactical Officer being in their fluffy pink bunny slippers or the Captain wearing a leather harness.
There was a Voyager episode where Red Alert was called while Tom Paris was in the holodeck running a 1960s garage program, meaning he had to go to the bridge wearing mechanic's coveralls. Chakotay chewed him out for this.
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