Will the New Enterprise's Bridge Dome be Transparent ?

[TransporterBeam]

Will the New Enterprise's roof to the Bridge be see through like in the first episode/Pilot ?

 

[M'Sharak]

That remains to be seen, I'd say.

 

[WendellM]

Hey, that's a really good question. I grew up with the Franz Joseph blueprints, so I never thought that the TOS dome was transparent (I assumed the Menagerie/Cage effect was merely dramatic license). But then came TNG, where the set implied that the D's dome was transparent (and Generations confirmed it post-crash). So, this issue does hold interest.

 

[Starlock]

Y'know... By looking real carefully at the Enterprise in the "Under Construction" sneak preview I'd swear I can see the faint outline of a transparent dome there. It seems to show the outline of the bottom of the crane boom that is behind the Bridge.

 

[Jon1701]

I'm going to say no.

 

[Kryton]

Will it matter with the sombrero on?

 

[shapeshifter]

I say it will be.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

No.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

It won't be transparent, but it will be bigger on the inside.

 

[number6]

I think it will be translucent.

 

[Luke Lightsaber]

It will have a tiny window on it like the Enterprise D did.

 

[Psion]

Why should it be transparent in the first place? Doesn't that just put the bridge crew at increased risk? Make it transparent, but put sensors under it.

 

[number6]

Why should it be transparent in the first place? Doesn't that just put the bridge crew at increased risk? Make it transparent, but put sensors under it.

I hope they can make an airtight sombrero in the 23rd century.

 

[JuanBolio]

Dunno - could go either way. Aesthetically it would look cool, but windows anywhere on a starship are a huge liability, letting in all kinds of dangerous EM radiation and being a weak point on the hull.

 

[Kryton]

Transparent aluminum, dude.

 

[Jon1701]

Transparent aluminum, dude.

Transparent aluminum?...

 

[MacGyvr]

Transparent aluminum, dude.

Transparent aluminum?...

Umm, never seen Star Trek: The Voyage Home???

http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Transparent_aluminum

 

[Gepard]

No.

But it will detach as an escape module, with its own auxiliary engine room run by Gary Mitchell and Finnegan.

 

[M'Sharak]

Transparent aluminum, dude.

Transparent aluminum?...

Umm, never seen Star Trek: The Voyage Home???

I think he was quoting from it, to tell the truth.

See: "The keyboard. How quaint."

 

[Jon1701]

Not now, Madeline!!!!