bridges
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Old, old, REALLY old. But I dun 'em. 
http://www.geocities.com/practical_unicorn/bridges/bridges.html
Mark
http://www.geocities.com/practical_unicorn/bridges/bridges.html
Mark
Here's a couple of mine:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa155/Wesson_album/Endeavour_Bridge_Revised3_Labeled.jpg
I think the idea of puttin CONN and OPS in little wells is cool, but the rest of the bridge is very much conventional.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa155/Wesson_album/Zee_Bridge.jpg
2-d and crummy for now, but this design is being refined and, well-
Un-2d-ed.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa155/Wesson_album/Endeavour_Bridge_Revised3_Labeled.jpg
I think the idea of puttin CONN and OPS in little wells is cool, but the rest of the bridge is very much conventional.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa155/Wesson_album/Zee_Bridge.jpg
2-d and crummy for now, but this design is being refined and, well-
Un-2d-ed.
Here is my QUEST bridge, in TNG style:
http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=questbridgefinalyx2.png
And colored/detailed:
(The rest of the ship is on temporary hold, for anyone wondering.)
http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=questbridgefinalyx2.png
And colored/detailed:
(The rest of the ship is on temporary hold, for anyone wondering.)
Why did they do all of those things in the first place?
Frankly, I'm rather enthralled by Ancient's design as is. Always seemed to me like Conn and Ops should be right next to each other, since Conn is the pilot of the ship and Ops would be the eyes and ears, the first to know when the sensors pick up a random quantum hyperbole for the conn to avoid.
Why does the counselor need to be on the bridge?
If you're going to add any chairs, you should add one for the first officer on the right, communications officer on the left. Especially since the first officer's station should (and I believe, usually does) double as a damage control station run by the Exec.
If the counselor is on the bridge at all, it's because he or she doubles as the ship's comm officer. Otherwise, she's better off hanging out belowdecks in the ship's funny farm.
If you're going to add any chairs, you should add one for the first officer on the right, communications officer on the left. Especially since the first officer's station should (and I believe, usually does) double as a damage control station run by the Exec.
If the counselor is on the bridge at all, it's because he or she doubles as the ship's comm officer. Otherwise, she's better off hanging out belowdecks in the ship's funny farm.
It may not so much be a case of the Ship's Counselor being normally assigned to bridge duty, but that Deanna Troi was specifically assigned bridge duty by Picard because of the abilities her Betazoid genealogy brought.
It was the '80s. The therapist was super important.
Fans designing bridges should probably tag a seat for "mission specialist" or "visiting personnel expert" or something if they are going to do a close cluster of three central seats a la Enterprise-D bridge. I don't (want to) subscribe to the idea that every ship with that bridge module fills that particular seat with a counselor, but I do believe it gets filled with someone.
Not all ships even had that seat. The Yamato bridge apparently lacks it, Voyager's bridge only has a seat for the first officer where the Defiant, Equinox, Saratoga, Stargazer and Enterprise-C all lacked the additional seat.
I'd like to think the bridge configuration is customizable depending on the Captain's personal tastes (as Jellico started reassigning bridge stations during his stint as Enterprise' CO) and that the extra seats on the E-D was just Picard's personal preference. In any case, though, only conn, ops, tactical and captain seem to be essential positions; all others, it appears, are totally optional.
I'd like to think the bridge configuration is customizable depending on the Captain's personal tastes (as Jellico started reassigning bridge stations during his stint as Enterprise' CO) and that the extra seats on the E-D was just Picard's personal preference. In any case, though, only conn, ops, tactical and captain seem to be essential positions; all others, it appears, are totally optional.
I tried to keep my Quest bridge as simple and elegant as possible. I find that when one starts throwing in all the awesome! elements from every bridge design ever seen, it ends up looking like a ridiculous mess.
When designing a bridge, or any Trek thing, I recommend NOT throwing in everything plus the kitchen sink.
When designing a bridge, or any Trek thing, I recommend NOT throwing in everything plus the kitchen sink.
Good example. What a mess of crap that thing was.
Good example. What a mess of crap that thing was.
Amen, brother.
Why the hell did they think depth = clutter and vice versa? Eaves had some nicer designs that weren't quite so cluttered.
To be perfectly honest, nothing about the Enterprise-E has ever been quite satisfactory as a replacement for its galaxy-class counterpart. The bridge is entirely forgettable, the engine room looks like an alien-of-the-week Voyager set and the Captain's Yacht, while fascinating, has no detailed interior sets and gets less screen time than the freaking holoship. I'm not even sure I understand the logic of replacing the E-D in the first place, it's not like the fans were getting tired of it.
I hated the engineering set because the warp core's midsection was too high for the engineering crew to be able to reach the dilithium chamber. I realize that the set was designed primarily to look cool when Borgified for Star Trek: First Contact, but I had hoped that the set would have been redesigned for the next film. Alas, twas not to be.
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