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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] I'll call it a day after this one; I'll go find something else fun and enjoyable to obsess over while neglecting everyone and everything around me. [IMG]http://flareupload.pleh.net/uploads/29/tos-bridge4.gif[/IMG] I got inspiration for this one from the [i]TNG[/i] technical manual (the section where it talks about the [i]Galaxy[/i] shakedown cruise and, in particular, the special bridge module it used). I figure most of Starfleet's ships of that era will feature a round bridge with uniform ports to plug them into on the ship. For shakedown cruises, they use this special module that can be ejected from the ship during an emergency and function as a large escape pod. The concept I have for it is that the module can be split apart and the pieces inside can be shuffled around to fit the exact footprint of the ship ready for testing. I figure the upper dome of the module contains the communications array and sensors, a small disc under the module would have the thruster assemblies, and the middle part are a series of wedges wrapping around the center command area. For instance, if another class of ship has the turbolift at 72 degrees instead of 0 degrees, then the turbolift wedge can be pulled out, the three smaller wedges next to it can be slid over, and the turbolift wedge reinserted in the new position. In the case of multiple turbolifts, I'd say only one tube is connected to the module while the other(s) would be blocked off at the deck below. Currently, it is in the standard [i]Constitution[/i]-class configuration. In the outer ring around the bridge are life support equipment (waste reclamation, atmospheric processing, gravity, etc.), water tanks, deuterium tanks, power generators, communications equipment, and computer processors. The largest space there (the wedge consisting of the main viewer and a small station) is a storage locker for emergency spacesuits, meal rations, repair equipment, and a bathroom (behind the interior door). In the habitable portion of the module, starting at top dead-center and moving clockwise, we have: the turbolift, a linkup systems monitor, propulsion systems, power systems, auxiliary systems, environmental systems, door to the storage room/head, main viewer, damage control, internal security, offensive systems, defensive systems, sensory systems, computer systems, communications, mission operations, and the master situation/systems display. In the middle, as usual, are helm, navigation, and the command chair. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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