Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33
posted
Mark: Regarding the Bridge of the Promethius (Second Sight). I believe that it is common knowledge that the bridges are in modules that can be easily changed. Wonder if the Captain chooses them.
Wartime may see ships like the Galaxy, Sovereign, Nebula, etc. sacrificing family quarters and non-essential rooms to store more tactical equipment like phasers, torpedoes, shield generators... etc.
But that would probably make the ship a flying timebomb. That super-armed ship with lots of weaponry stored in "Unification I" blew up with one phaser hit.
------------------ "My Name is Elmer Fudd, Millionaire. I own a Mansion and a Yacht." Psychiatrist: "Again."
posted
I too, think that lower ranks have to share quarters, as a moral/bonding/comradery thing and so the newbies can make friends etc, instead of them just running off to the Holodeck...
------------------ "This is cooling, faster than I can..." Tori Amos "Cooling"
posted
"...making junior officers and enlisted double up so that Worf can have three bedrooms plus a study/rumpus room just doesn't seem right."
And that's only the Junior Officer's quarters. (Actually, were Worf's quarters that big? I only remember a bedroom and living area).
On a related topic, did anyone else think it weird that Geordi and Data also had the small JO quarters? Sure, Worf was a lowly lieutenant, but Geordi and Data were both lt commanders, one was Chief Engineer, and the other was third in command of the ship. Are there so few quarters-with-windows that the second officer can't get one? Hmm?
------------------ "And Mojo was hurt and I would have kissed his little boo boo but then I realized he was a BAD monkey so I KICKED HIM IN HIS FACE!" -Bubbles
posted
I wondered that too, at least until I got the E-D blueprints. Apparently, Worf, Data and LaForge had quarters on deck two, with windows in the ceiling. As for size, yes, they were smaller than those granted Picard, Riker, Troi, Crusher and others, who were all down on deck eight.
Data never really *needed* huge windowed quarters, so his digs make sense despite his rank. Worf and LaForge started out aboard ship as Lieutenants junior grade and single, so them starting out there makes some sense (as bridge officers without family, I guess they're entitled to stick close to the bridge). And despite promotions (and Geordi moving down to Engineering), they remained in their usual quarters. 'Cuz they wanted too, perhaps? Jenna D'Sora and Robin Lefler, both Ensigns, got full-size quarters...
Mark
------------------ "Why build one, when you can build two at twice the price?"
- Carl Sagan, "Contact"
[This message has been edited by Mark Nguyen (edited January 27, 2001).]
Printer-friendly view of this topic
