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Actually, the port door once led to a turbolift, which was then replaced with a Jeffries Tube junction. The starboard door was never used at all, but since the port door was once a lift, I assume they intended the starboard door for a lift as well. I don't think any set extension was made behind those doors and I don't think they were ever relabeled when the port lift became a Jeffries Tube junction. I'd like to think they would have kept the starboard door leading to a lift since it would still provided direct access to and from other decks on a normal basis.
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I'm sure that the starboard door has been seen as a lift, especially after the portside one was coverted to the tube set. People often just walk around the corner to enter the set, but I'm positive we've seen the other door as a lift.
Since we're in "New Frontier" bridge territory, I'm wondering if anyone has read the stories featuring the fanboy spoogefest Excalibur-A? All I've heard of her is that she would have been considered a "hot rod" version of a Galaxy-class ship. Have any details of the bridge ever been described in books?
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No details except warp capablilty for the saucer (I think that's NF, anyway!).
Some hotrod: from all the illustrations I've seen, the ship doesnt even have the nacelle phaser pods (like the Venture does).
Unfortunately, "fanboy spoogefest" sums up the series.
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quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: Have any details of the bridge ever been described in books?
i've not read the bulk of the series since then, but i always imagined the layout being like a cherry GCS, E-D bridge, although with the extra Generations stations, but styled as a Sovereign or other post TNG bridge.. maybe i should do up specs to test style schemes ....
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The computer is now sentient. Specifically, Robin Lefler's immortal mother has been fused to the computer. Sorta like what Graves did only with an "Andromeda" twist.
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and for those that haven't shit themselves yet, make note that Lefler's mother was Pike's first officer on the Enterprise, known mysteriously only as 'Number One'
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quote: and for those that haven't shit themselves yet, make note that Lefler's mother was Pike's first officer on the Enterprise, known mysteriously only as 'Number One'
Maybe I should read one of these before the next time I reread Strangers From The Sky. You know, just for contrast.
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Sovy style Helm/Ops consoles would be a good adition aswell, they would match the shape of the consoles on the Generations section
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quote:The aft console could be anything but is only mentioned in ths script as a transporter console.
One bit of that console is dedicated to the shield systems.
BTW: Did anyone else notice the model of the "B5: Crusade" Excalibur in the Excalibur's observation lounge?
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BTW, those Generations section consoles don't really look like the way they do in the picture. Often, Fact Files and Star Trek: The Magazine usually gets a few details wrong, and it is not totally accurate. Sean Robertson never uses them for reference due to this.
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Do you mean the displays or the ops/conn stations? Tell me what exactly you find wrong in the Generations bridge drawing. I already know there should be handbars that flank all the doors, but what else?
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I was looking closley at the "Sovereignized" picture closely and all that was done was a differeent color scheme on the carpet and consoles, no actual rearrangement or addition or subraction of details. While I agree the Fact Files/Magazine is not 100% accurate, it is at least the best guide one has until someone else creates better, more accurate diagrams. At least all of the vidcaps can at least see parts of where a certain console or chair is, the diagrams give an overall view to give where things are in relation to one another. Just me batherling.
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