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There's no reason it couldn't be both. Though I've never seen a good close up of the lower one.
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Well, I think it's the opposite of what The359 said, I think the thing on the top of the drive section is a cargo bay, and the shuttlebay would be opposite the deflector.
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Yes, but John Eaves designed that to be the imppulse engines on the Ent-B. I think they'reboth shuttlebays, the lower one used for cargo storage as well.
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Well, the thing on top has doors like the shuttlebays on the Const'n, and C-II, so I'd have to say it was probably intended to be the shuttlebay.
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Yeah, well so does the one at the back, except more so. Why woudl the shuttlebay doors be lit up? Also, when there is more than one shuttlebayon a ship, there are numebr on the door. Don't see them...
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Erm... I don't think the E-D had numbers on the shuttlebay doors. The E-E doesn't. The Ambassador doesn't. Granted, the Akira seems to, and I think the Miranda might have. But that doesn't mean they all do.
And I was talking about the thing at the back. On top, at the back.
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Mirandas do have the numbers, and I think I know why. The Miranda shuttlebays are at appr. the same place on the hull, giving confusion as to which one would be 1 and 2 (depends on if you think of it left and right or right and left). On other ships like the Sovereign and Ambassador, the upper/farthest forward shuttlebay would be #1, and the one at the back would be #2. Unfortunatly, the Excelsior's forward shuttlebay is below. Of course, if Voyager really has 2 shuttlebays, then her second shuttlebay is below the first one (most likely). So Shuttlebay 1 would be the one in the back, and Shuttlebay 2 would be the one below.
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For the Enterprise-D, I don't think the doors had the numbers on them, but the lip of the deck that stuck out from under the shuttle bay doors had numbers on them in yellow.
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I haven't seen the Galaxy shuttlebay door numbers except for those on the AMT model. I doubt they would be of much use for orientation when opened for an incoming shuttle!
No matter if it is called shuttlebay or cargo bay, the lower opening in the Excelsior hull is supposed to accomodate shuttles. I don't remember where, but I've read the Excelsior has 20 shuttles, and that's quite a lot.
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