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Windows is the secret!

Thomas Riker

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I've been thinking (dangerous I know). I think one of the biggest things they could do or add is windows to the enterprise. Its the most obvious difference between TOS and TNG. It will be all about which sets they have chosen to build but I am hoping for some kind of observation deck or room and paramount of all - windows in the quarters. I always liked that about TNG, makes living in space bearable where on TOS your in some claustrophobic quarters with no windows whatsoever.

What do you think?
 
Never stopped the Enterprise D! And we know that the Enterprise Refit definitely had them. Even Star Trek V had an observation deck.
 
An arboretum or other such indoor facility would make sense. Indeed the refit Enterprise and Enterprise-D had one.

As far as windows goes, I think they're an out-of-universe addition to give at least some sense of scale to the viewer of the starship.

In universe, a few observation windows make sense. A place for crew to hang out when there is something to see outside the ship. Otherwise, on a starship spending most of its time in deep space, there isn't going to be much to see outside a window except black. Whether we like the "submarine feel" or not, that's essentially what a starship in space is.

I could imagine quarters having some kind of window-like viewscreen on a wall that showed incredibly realistic (think 3D and HD-like) landscapes and such (like views out a window, including weather changes and the progression of a day). Sound effects could even be produced (wind, rain, birds).
Or, much like today's webcams, a crewmember could call up a realtime shot of an area. Like looking out a window on a view of San Francisco or Paris or any place else.

But windows? More windows? Probably don't need many or any old-fashioned windows on a real starship.
 
Possibly.

I'm no expert in things of that nature, but we already have a transparent metal in trek lore so I'm going with that. I've never really looked into the tensile strength of metals.

What are Starships made out of anyway? Duranium? Transparent duranium then...
:D
 
I started thinking, but I started smelling smoke. Time to pause.

No, I think windows are a near certainty. What kind, what shape is up for discussion.
 
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