Regarding Black Knight's comment:
Thank you.
When I was a teenager (oh yeah - I'm an old original fan!), I remember the release of the Franz Josef (FJ) plans and Tech Manual. The level of detail at that time was riveting. However, as time progressed, I assumed that these products would as well. The Galaxy Plans were an TREMENDOUS disappointment. I believe the artist's professed reason for the lack of detail was that his computer could not handle it all, and so he was forced to utilize small scraps of printed paper - oriented by hand.
When I created the Ent-A blueprints some 10 years ago (to which Starbuck so graciously referred), I had no problem achieving a greater level of detail and line precision/shading - with an old PowerMac (Although I have since gone over to the Dark Side (P3)).
So in a way, these Intrepid deck plans are an attempt to push the envelope as far as possible with today's software/hardware capabilities. When I saw the Defiant deck plans in the back of the DS9 Manual, I fell in love with the colors (even though the plans were as confusing as heck).

Has anyone found an updated listing of compartments?

They look like they're turning out really nice. I guess I'm going on the assumtion that you plan to have these printed up. It sounds like that's what you did with the E-A plans.

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1) Paramount has a dog-in-the-manger policy
[yes, your homemade product is better than ours (or we don't even have one), but HOW DARE YOU] And they will track you down. They spend far more money and effort on this than on writing scripts. And believe me, in my youth I did try to get them to publish my Ent-A plans (which you will note they still haven't competed with). Fortunately, I did it under a pseudonym. The Lawyer-rant letter I received would curl your hair.

2) Printing requires money.

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"Do we have any experienced 3d modelers in the group? Most of the vessel types involved in the Battle of Wolf 359 appear to be established types - with a few "kitbashes" included in the mix. So...

After downloading the official ones, and 3d cut-&-pasting a few more (which would allow a role for the nit-pickers who know what model pieces were utilized), it would it be possible to reconstruct the junkyard, using as many different parallax-views as possible. By rotating the POV, the 3d modeller could make sure that the layout does not conflict with the known screenshots. Then, by placing/rotating the 3d models, we could slowly eliminate the unknowns - or at least identify same AS unknowns.

This project (once cleaned-up and rendered) would probably be of value to Mr. Okuda (who might use it in his book) - and it would be a fan-generated piece of research which could serve as a pay-back for his many contributions and patience. For an insight into the rabid fanaticism of techo-fans, he could include the text of this 9 page discussion.

It would also allow fans to see the junkyard from several POV's - the only way to actually visualize a 3d space properly (although I would certainly love to have the finished 3d file for viewing).

Given proper assistance (X/Y/Z coordinates, Pitch/Rool/Yaw values, scale, etc), this could be done fairly easily.

And an animated rotating movie file of same would be so fine!"

If you have surplus copies of the E-A plans, try offering them on www.trekrpg.net I know at least one person on there who is despaerate to get hold of them and there are other deckplan junkies on there.

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Greg

I just searched for Star Trek blueprints at ebay. No one is selling copies of yours. There were 52 items for sale, mostly Franz Joseph TOS sets, Ent-D sets, and Jackill's stuff. I suggest you try putting one of your sets up for sale and see what kind of response you get. The danger, of course, is that Paramount might find you. ebay is pretty neat; last year I bought a set of Star Trek Maps and the TOS Medical book.

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You could always get them done through a discount printer. You know, Bob's Discount Printing. It may not be the best quality (a step up from color photocopies) but it'll be cheaper and it'll be harder for them to track you down (presumably). How did they find you last time?

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"You don't tug on Superman's cape.
You don't spit into the wind.
You don't pull the mask off the ole' Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim."
Aban's Illustration www.alanfore.com

Regarding the Intrepid deck plans, yes, I have thought of printing them in color at a local printer. Unfortunately, since they are multi-colored, I would have to either pay to have them printed in process CMYK (21st century technobabble), or I would have to convert them to Grayscale (no way). The plans consist of 4 posters, 24x36 inches. As soon as I get someone to handle the quality-control/proofing, I will decide what to do.

Meanwhile, I am going to dig up my old (circa 1990) deck plans for the Excelsior. I will be converting them to PDF and posting them. As soon as I can get access to a Zip drive...

As I understand it, his books are fairly low-key as far as Paramount's watchdogs are concerned. No large distribution, no "Star Trek" in the title (of course), and all black & white except for the covers. If I was to produce the poster set I've got, in process color, I would have to produce (and sell) thousands just to break even. Since I'd like to make a profit, I would probably sell even more. This would create a large "profile" which would be noticed by Paramount.

I also came up with a companion piece to the current Tech Manuals, more oriented to the Strategy & Tactics of Starfleet. Same restrictions apply, so it may never see the light of day either. When I can download same from archives, I will post a few pages for review.

"I have the Sovvie cut away poster, but I don't know where you're going to find any deck info on the Prommie."

Would there be a listing of the compartments (hopefully deck-by-deck)? Even if not, could you compile & post same? This would be a good check to see if I'm missing any compartments.