I'm not sure what it is but I hope it is a star bathing deck, people on deck chairs, (get it?) lounge around there under the stars when not on duty
Strange thing about the hull
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IIRC, the Aeroshuttle was featured in a Voyager comic from 1996 or 1997. Since then it's been included in Ships of the Line calendars. The novels have come up with the explanation that Voyager left before their Aeroshuttle could be installed, with the spot where it would be covered up with a "dummy hull" to explain why we never see it on the show.
It always struck me as odd they never did use or, especially that they chose to create the new Delta Flyer instead of using the Aeroshuttle. According to talk from the designers, it's meant to be a runabout body with wings built around it, meaning they could just reuse the runabout interiors for it instead of building new sets for the interior of the Delta Flyer, saving time and money. Since the Delta Flyer was introduced in Voyager's fifth season (which is during DS9's seventh) they wouldn't have to worry about coordinating the filming schedules much, DS9 didn't use the runabouts very often in their seventh season. And since that was DS9's final season, the set could be saved and used on Voyager hassle free during the sixth and seventh seasons just like the Defiant's bridge was.
It always struck me as odd they never did use or, especially that they chose to create the new Delta Flyer instead of using the Aeroshuttle. According to talk from the designers, it's meant to be a runabout body with wings built around it, meaning they could just reuse the runabout interiors for it instead of building new sets for the interior of the Delta Flyer, saving time and money. Since the Delta Flyer was introduced in Voyager's fifth season (which is during DS9's seventh) they wouldn't have to worry about coordinating the filming schedules much, DS9 didn't use the runabouts very often in their seventh season. And since that was DS9's final season, the set could be saved and used on Voyager hassle free during the sixth and seventh seasons just like the Defiant's bridge was.
That would be pretty cool.
My only theory is that building a shuttle that would be designed by the characters and made for the Delta Quadrant was an actual viable story idea that could possibly help Voyager's ratings and open up new threads for new stories
Why does it make sense to have the bridge at the top of the ship where the enemy can easily see and target it?
Some choices made for Federation starships are arbitrary aesthetic preferences.
This is an unfair attack upon the dedication and professionalism of people who are literally making TV shows out of their homes to keep us all entertained during COVID.
If you did not enjoy Knives Out, you need to see a doctor immediately.
In fairness to the world of Star Trek, though, it does seem at this point as though Federation starships are designed with at least the theoretical possibility of atmospheric entry in mind. The 24th Century Prime Timeline's Intrepid class was established as capable of landing on planetary surfaces as far back as VOY Season Two, and Star Trek (2009) & Star Trek Into Darkness both established that the Kelvin Timeline's 23rd Century Constitution class is capable of atmospheric entry, oceanic entry, and atmospheric maneuvering before returning to orbit. And of course the 23rd Century Prime Timeline's B'rel-class Klingon bird of prey was capable of atmospheric entry, maneuvering, landing, and takeoff. To me that strongly implies that every major starship class we've seen is likely capable of at least some level of atmospheric entry and maneuver.
I have ambiguous feelings about Seth MacFarlane, but that is adorable.
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I like The Orville a fair bit. I've binged it multiple times. But its characters are definitely shallower and less-developed than DIS's or PIC's. And it's got some problematic elements; MacFarlane used episodes of The Orville Season 2 to advance some really disturbing ideas about what kinds of behaviors are acceptable from men with regards to their ex-girlfriends.
Per the blueprints, it was supposed to be an Aeroshuttle/Atmospheric Entry Shuttle. Enterprise D plans had a Captain's Yacht as well, but never used so not "teh canon".
Berman didn't want to compete with Insurrection, in theaters that summer, and featuring the Enterprise-E's captains yacht. The VFX guys have an interview in Eaglemoss's "Designing Starships: USS Voyager and Beyond" where they say he almost signed off on using it, and probably would have had it not been for Insurrection.
Another crime we can lay at the feet of that terrible, terrible movie.
The thing about that picture is that the scale looks off.. if the front of that "ship" is the size of a Runabout (two peopme) than Voyager is VERY small..
Might have looked like a Danube class front and been scaled up. A shame they never used the thing.
in all these shows i always think the scale is off particularly when they show actual people near the ship
That is cool AF. It still makes the Voyager ship look too small overall.
I just had a very quick look at Voyager's underside to compare. The Runabouts are apparently 23 meters long, and Voyager is apparently 345 meters. On an underside image of the ship, I found Voyager to be 13 (and a bit) aeroshuttles long. I'm despicably bad at maths, but that doesn't sound too far off to me (although the design of the aeroshuttle means it's probably not quite the same length as a runabout, but seems reasonably close). Hopefully someone who is good with math can chime in. 
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I agree that was very cool just a shame we didn't get to see it on the show.
Random question how big would a 747 be to the Enterprise D? Could you park one in the shuttlebay?
Yeah that is definitely a start. I'm always trying to picture corridors and decks when thinking about scale, and that is where I run into a problem. I love Orville.. but the intersection where there is an elevator and two extremely long straight hallways.. idk where that isI just had a very quick look at Voyager's underside to compare. The Runabouts are apparently 23 meters long, and Voyager is apparently 345 meters. On a bottom down image of the ship, I found Voyager to be 13 (and a bit) aeroshuttles long. I'm despicably bad at maths, but that doesn't sound too far off to me (although the design of the aeroshuttle means it's probably not quite the same length as a runabout, but seems reasonably close). Hopefully someone who is good with math can chime in.
Enterprise D: 642 meters
747: 71 meters.
