quote:Originally posted by Timo: The turboshaft isn't that much of a problem, since later Trek lit suggests the lift cabs move to these nifty "alcoves" when letting people on or off. The main shaft would be on the centerline, the boarding alcove would be offset to port (perhaps to allow other cabs to continue straight up into a starbase docking tube). Works nicely if we move the bridge a few feet down, to get extra circumferential clearance.
The trouble with that is that bridge is already few feets down, and size ration doesn't allow for any alcoves (or, to be more precise, any of those alcoves would have to be visible from the outside)
Anyway, as one of the participants of TrekBBS proved, if we assume that rotated bridge is directly in the center of the dome, it causes turbolift to fit exactly in the external turbolift shaft.
So, we can either accept that bridge is directly in the center of the dome and is rotated 30 degrees, or it is facing forward and hugging foward dome wall.
Personally I prefer theory that bridge subcontractors missed memo that informed about saucer turbolift shaft relocation to the centerline of the dome and constructed several bridges with offset turbolift, forcing this odd rotation. The best part is, all top-brass admirals at commisioning ceremony didn't notice a thing!
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That definite article really is a bugger, isn't it?
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Also, the secondary exit is just starboard of the viewscreen, and diametrically opposite the turbolift. It makes sense to me that the two primary access points to the bridge are located along the centreline of the ship. And I've always attributed the rotated bridge to the fact that with inertial dampers, you won't feel any "tug" in the dierction of travel or planned maneuvers, so the bridge orientation is pretty meaningless.
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quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus: Also, the secondary exit is just starboard of the viewscreen, and diametrically opposite the turbolift. It makes sense to me that the two primary access points to the bridge are located along the centreline of the ship.
I assume you're referring to the TAS exit? If so, it's counterclockwise (port) from the viewscreen, and thus about 75-80 degrees off the centerline if you put the turbolift due aft.
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Ya know, "Relics" was just using a holographic representation of the bridge. The "exit" you speak of was just the real exit leading to and from the holodeck doors. If the producers wanted it, they could have just placed the "exit" right where the viewscreen was.
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