Oops, thought I was posting this in ships/tech. Can it get moved over?
I didn't see mention of it anywhere, here so in case anybody is interested, Andy Probert is at last updating his website with a lot of new stuff on TMP (mostly placemarks, but two new sections are already up on the TMP ENT cargo deck and the vulcan shuttle.)
There are tidbits of interest that show how Probert thought the cargo bay and engineering fit into the ship, though he does not name the 'designer' who proposed a 30 foot+ tall window in the side of the engineering hull.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Great stuff. It's nice to get a little insight into the cargo bay's design, I never even noticed that big door before. Also good to get a little insight into the lifeboat arrangements.
Posted by MrNeutron (Member # 524) on :
Seeing that cargo bay stuff again reminds me of one of my big complaints with the Trek TV shows, inasmuch as they're go on for years and yet we'll NEVER see some parts of the ships. For example, in seven years the 1701-D main shuttlebay was NEVER shown (yes, I show we saw a teensy bit of it in Cause and Effect). Instead, we get dozens of forgettable matte shots of alien planets and so forth. I'd much rather see a new area of the ship than yet another alien city du jour.