That diagram with the elevation and plan views of the Enterprise next to the turbolift... do we know what it's supposed to be for?
The diagram of the Enterprise next to the bridge turbolift
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Thanks. Does anyone know of a canonical or extracanonical source where we see crew members actually use it for anything? I mean, can they make sections light up or something?
No. Its simply set decoration to be ignored like the dedication plaque stating Enterprise is a Starship Class vessel.
Maybe it says where the restrooms and emergency exits are located. 
Maybe it says where the restrooms and emergency exits are located.
There are none.
Talk about an emergency!Maybe it says where the restrooms and emergency exits are located.
There are none.
Yeah. I always wished it was nicer and more accurate, but it still looks cool from a distance.
Large ships do have a wall panel, on or near the bridge, to display and control bulkhead doors:
The holorooms like they used in the TAS Practical Joker is the restroom. When needed the room shifts to that of a space for toilets. The computer then uses the transporters to convert whatever waste material is used into storage for repurposing. TNG holodecks would be more efficient 100 years later using the matter for any number of uses....
Sounds more like the Room of Requirement.
They should have an Excalbian on each ship to convert waste into food.
That would be cool if they could seal off areas of the ship from there.
Yeah. I always wished it was nicer and more accurate, but it still looks cool from a distance.
Large ships do have a wall panel, on or near the bridge, to display and control bulkhead doors:
In "Conscience of the King," when Kirk is searching for the about-to-blow overloaded phaser, he orders Spock to "block off this section." Spock goes to a wall intercom panel and says, "Evacuate this section. Seal it off. Clear section C4 and C5." Presumably he's speaking to someone on the bridge.
There don't appear to be any controls for fire/explosion bulkhead doors on or next to that diagram on the turbolift alcove (it would be an awkward place for them). Those controls would logically be at one of the bridge stations.
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If we apply today's real tech (or even TNG's fake tech), the wall panel would be a touch screen from which you could do a bunch of things.
It's funny how there are no phaser emitters on the 11-footer, but even the smallest bridge function has a dedicated mechanical button.
TrekBBS user Shaw has cleaned up the diagram a bit::
For what it's worth, ST:TMP didn't have this diagram on the bridge but did have similar elevation and plan views of the ship inside the turbo lift. A little moving dot on the map seems to indicate where the turbo lift is physically located within the turbo lift system.
Good stuff. Thanks!
For what it's worth, ST:TMP didn't have this diagram on the bridge but did have similar elevation and plan views of the ship inside the turbo lift. A little moving dot on the map seems to indicate where the turbo lift is physically located within the turbo lift system.
It's funny how overkill that lift network is.
For what it's worth, ST:TMP didn't have this diagram on the bridge but did have similar elevation and plan views of the ship inside the turbo lift. A little moving dot on the map seems to indicate where the turbo lift is physically located within the turbo lift system.
It's funny how overkill that lift network is.
I've never seen a really clear image of that display, but in the profile I think a lot of the lines are actually text. The lit dot is the lift location: you can see it start moving after Kirk says "Bridge," but while it starts moving immediately left on the side view it clearly can't do that if you look at its position on the top view.
For what it's worth, ST:TMP didn't have this diagram on the bridge but did have similar elevation and plan views of the ship inside the turbo lift. A little moving dot on the map seems to indicate where the turbo lift is physically located within the turbo lift system.
It's funny how overkill that lift network is.
I believe it was none other than Rick Sternbach himself holding the penlight in that scene. If memory serves, he noted that during principle photography the Paramount art department had only the faintest inkling of how the cargo/shuttlebay matte paintings would be configured in the final film hence the obvious mismatch (i.e., no horizontal turboshafts on that deck in either the Minor or Probert matte renders).
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