Spock's Office on the Enterprise. Where was it ?

[DumbDumb2007]

Granted Spock had the bridge station of the Library station at his disposal. And he was first officer of the ship. But wouldn't he have had an office onboard the ship to use for privacy in which to coordinate and watch over all te hship's science functions other than his Bridge station.
Even Mc'Coy had a desk in sickbay to do his duty.
i would imagine Spock would have had a duplicate Libray Computer station in another part of the ship to perform his dutys as science officer. He would also need to address the junior science officers from time to time privately apart from the Briefing Room.

 

[The Squire of Gothos]

McCoy (despite the amount of time he spent on the bridge) should have always been near sick bay to attend to patients and be ready for an emergency, Spock could have used the labs that other science officers did.

 

[Cary L. Brown]

Dumbdumb (God I hate calling people by their online names sometimes... this is one of those times... I feel like I'm calling you names!)...

Senior officer quarters (as held by each of the department heads) have a dedicated desk and workstation. We already know that Kirk spend lots of time in his quarters going over reports on his terminal. We saw Spock doing the same thing, and Scotty as well.

This is perfectly reasonable for a ship like Enterprise. It seems wasteful and pointless to have a dedicated "office" elsewhere.

Spock's primary duty station would be on the bridge. For his "department head" functions, he would work from his quarters. If he were engaging in research, he'd use lab space. But having an "office" would be a waste of the limited space available on board the ship... space that could better be used for other purposes.

 

[aridas sofia]

Deck two, between Planetary Sciences Lab 1 and the head.

Spock didn't spend much time there.

 

[Mallory]

Cary L. Brown said:
For his "department head" functions, he would work from his quarters. If he were engaging in research, he'd use lab space. But having an "office" would be a waste of the limited space available on board the ship... space that could better be used for other purposes.

I can see the value in having an office for such a purpose. It centralizes the function for those times when Spock would be unavailable (on leave, attending conferences, etc.) and someone else has to temporarily fill the role. OTOH, your argument about wasted space makes sense as well. Less evidence to the contrary, I'd tend to believe your explanation before the other.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

aridas sofia said:
Deck two, between Planetary Sciences Lab 1 and the head.

Spock didn't spend much time there.

Aridas,

Is that from your cross section of the Big E? Also, is the "Captain's Stateroom" supposed to be Pike's old quarters (seems the right shape)? If it serves as a retreat from the Bridge so the captain can be closer, then I suggest calling it the Captain's Day Cabin, which is a naval term for quarters provided as both a sleeping area and work place.( Day Cabin )

If it is from your plans, it's looking good.

 

[aridas sofia]

Thank you. Yes, it is from the cross section. I waver between calling it "day cabin" and "stateroom". It's my understanding that both terms were correct, at least through the last days of the age of sail. I believe, for example, that the U.S.S. Monitor had a "captain's stateroom".

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/monitor/tour07.html

By calling it "stateroom" I was trying to emphasize the fact that dignitaries (like the Romulan commander in "Enterprise Incident") could have been berthed there, as well as the place being the captain's day cabin.

It is based on Pike's room from "The Cage", but that room is circular. I think that given the fact the bridge (one level up) changes so dramatically in profile, that in Pike's day this cabin was directly under the bridge. When the bridge was changed, it was moved to the outer part of the deck.

Of course, this interpretation means Pike's porthole is really a viewscreen. For Kirk's non-circular room, it really is a porthole.

Hey, what works, works.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

^Sounds good. Okay, so we know what became of Pike's quarters but what about the old briefing room?

BTW, are the cross section and these deck plans available online?

 

[aridas sofia]

...but what about the old briefing room?

Moved to the middle of deck three.

are the cross section and these deck plans available online?

Not really. Yes... on Photobucket, but in the original form. they are undergoing constant revision as the deck plans get worked out.

http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n167/aridas_sofia/trek/?start=all

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

^Thanks! I really enjoy your interpretation of 1701, as it is well thought out. I hope that your plans get published in some form as well.

As for Spock's office, it makes sense that all the department heads have an office of somekind or another that is separate from their "living" space.

 

[Ronald Held]

I would think, just as Kirk, he would have a dedicated room/area in his cabin to perform his Firts Officer duties as well as Science coordination.

 

[indranee]

wow, that's really cool stuff, aridas sofia! very interesting. :thumbsup:

 

[Wingsley]

aridas sofia said:
Deck two, between Planetary Sciences Lab 1 and the head.

Spock didn't spend much time there.

Aridas,

Your "captian's stateroom" doesn't look like Pike's room from "The Cage":

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/0x00/thecage037.jpg

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/0x00/thecage038.jpg

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/0x00/thecage045.jpg

Are we talking about the same place? This is a "ready room" type setting, kinda like Archer's little office off the NX-01's bridge, right?

 

[Wingsley]

I don't think we ever saw anyone on the Enterprise have his/her own dedicated office suite.

Kirk seemed to use either his quarters or the briefing room for study or private discussions. Even McCoy's work desk seemed integrated into the Sickbay/Med Lab complex. Scotty certainly could've used one, but we never saw him at anything other than a workstation.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Wingsley said:

aridas sofia said:
Deck two, between Planetary Sciences Lab 1 and the head.

Spock didn't spend much time there.

Aridas,

Your "captian's stateroom" doesn't look like Pike's room from "The Cage":

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/0x00/thecage037.jpg

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/0x00/thecage038.jpg

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/0x00/thecage045.jpg

Are we talking about the same place? This is a "ready room" type setting, kinda like Archer's little office off the NX-01's bridge, right?

Wingsley,

Aridas already answered how it is somewhat-based on Pike's cabin (see quote below).

aridas sofia said:


It is based on Pike's room from "The Cage", but that room is circular. I think that given the fact the bridge (one level up) changes so dramatically in profile, that in Pike's day this cabin was directly under the bridge. When the bridge was changed, it was moved to the outer part of the deck.

Of course, this interpretation means Pike's porthole is really a viewscreen. For Kirk's non-circular room, it really is a porthole.

Hey, what works, works.