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I don't know if this has been discussed before, but when was the new type of runabout with the revised interior first introduced, and do we know its name? I first saw it with Kira, Odo, and the Cardassian Resistance in 'Tacking into the Wind.' I know I have a pic somewhere, but I can't access it right now.
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Well I have no idea what you mean, but I have noticed three different Danube Class interiors. The first one I saw was in the TNG episode "Timescape" with Picard, Data, LaForge, and Troi onboard. The next Danube Class I saw was in the DS9 pilot, "Emissary" but with a different interior than the one from "Timescape." I think that runabout was the Rio Grande. Then I saw the regular runabout interior that I have seen for seven years on DS9. The same version was altered to serve as the interior of the Yellowstone Class runabout on the Voyager episode "Non Sequitur."
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[This message has been edited by Michael_T (edited August 08, 1999).]
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I'm pretty sure that "Emissary" production predates "Timescape" by a bit. At any rate, I thought the runabouts were identical, save for the TNG episode actually showing us the aft section.
There are two flavors of runabout cockpit, however. The most notable difference between the two is the location of the transporter pad. One version has the pad located in a freestanding arch in the middle of the cockpit area, while the other has it set back at the aft of said area.
Example? O'Brien gets his coffee from the middle arch while he's running from everyone, not realizing he's a clone. Ezri gets her coffee from the back when Jake's trying to chat her up. (Before promptly discovering she hated it. The coffee, that is, not poor Jake.)
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My question is when did they begin covering up the side windows? Originally they were "open" to portray the starfield passing by. Later they were covered up by some kind of "hatch" design. Presumably to save money on effects shots. Speaking of runabouts, I still get a kick out of the crashed one in "Battlelines." The nacelle shown in the wreckage is not from a runabout.
As far back as I can remember, the free-standing console was in 'In Purgatory's Shadow', in Worf and Garak's cockpit, and , Jeez Louise, may even have been in 'Things Past'. This'd put the new interiors @ about the beginning of Season 5.
Hang on, the Yukon was first seen in the 'Sons of Mogh', am I right? I didn't notice anything untowards there, and didn't it have a free-standing console when we see the fake Bashir with it in 'By Inferno's Light'? Complisations abound.
Correct me if I'm wrong, someone. Please.
Chances are I probably am.
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When we were dicussing the Defiant class before DS9 ended we came to think no one class had the same interior design. The only refit I could think of would be from WIN 71 to WIN 74.
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