The USS Enterprise NCC 1701 was the first
federation vessel to carry the famous name she served with great distinction on the second
half of the 23rd century and was on active duty for longer than any other enterprise during
her 40 years of service she was commanded by some of Starfleet's most famous captains
including Christopher pikes and James D Kurt. If you haven't seen my first video of the original
enterprise check out the description box below for more information in this animation, I'll be
using the 1973 Franz Joseph design blueprints which is the much more accurate representation
of the ship, this is a much more in-depth look at the interior of the ship and personally
I find the interior much more interesting and let's face it most of us have probably seen
the exterior already.
This is a rare glimpse into the original enterprise in a fully realized 3d
model furthermore the 3d monitor is to scale since the measurements are in the blueprints however
elevation is not provided. Even though the profile view is great as an overall view of the enterprise
it hides about 75 percent of the internal space and detail of the ship by displaying each deck
you will get a better understanding of the design philosophy and characteristics that made this
iconic ship unique and special to the sci-fi genre. it is probably the most detailed 3d model
you will ever see of the original enterprise. In this comparison, we're going to start
off with the Klingon butter prey which is 157 meters or 515 feet in length and 20 meters
or 66 feet in height the original enterprise is around 288 meters are 980 feet in length and
is around 88 meters or 289 feet in height. While the much larger Enterprise D is around 642
meters or 2160 feet in length and 138 meters are 453 feet in height. As you can see from this
top view even though the Enterprise D is twice the length of the original Enterprise D is
much larger in terms of volume in living space with 42 decks and covering 3.5 million
square meters.
In my previous animation there were many disagreements regarding
the original enterprise ability to separate but after extensive research and looking
at many different manuals in various schematics the ship can disconnect. Which was
confirmed in this paragraph from the book on paragraph 4 the primary and secondary hall
can separate and can operate independently as a lifeboat under emergency conditions, in addition,
our deck have built-in gravity anti-acceleration and anti-radiation force fields these are also
individually built into each turbo elevator. I decided to break the video into two parts part
one would deal specifically with the primary hull deck one through eleven and part
two will be the secondary hull and the interconnecting dorsal
which would cover deck 11 to 22. As a frame of reference, the figure on the
ship is about 1.8 meters or 6 feet tall and the wall will be around
2.73 meters or 9 feet tall the main bridge of the enterprise NCC 1701 was
located at the very top of the saucer section. It took up the entire deck and was served by a
single turbo lift that delivered personnel to the back of the room a second turbo lift was added
in the 2270 refit all the ship major systems were controlled from the bridge though in an emergency
they could be accessed by the auxiliary control room located in the engineering hall the circular
room was dominated by a primary visual display the majority of the console was positioned around
the edge of the room on a raised platform with the operator facing the wall.
The captain's chair was
in the center of the room together with the helm and navigation console at the back of the consoles
and hidden from view were the head and gangway. The station on the other side of the turbo lift
relating to engineering and environmental system one always manned during routine operation the function being primarily
controlled from main engineering. In an emergency, our bridges function could be
routed to the main engineering or the auxiliary manual monitor control station and finally, we have the ship's communication navigation
subsystems and defense and weapon console. On deck 2 was the science laboratory
an area set up to work in experimental or observation science this laboratory
include the chemistry lab high energy room the biology lab geology lab science officer's office ion
study and the physics lab.
Deck 3 was very similar to deck 2 with
many different science laboratories including the physics lab at the
back cosmology and special studies At the front was the photon torpedo bank
a botany lab and a general utility room. Deck 4 was a junior officer's quarter the
majority of the ship's living quarters were located in the saucers section with the
senior officers and VIP guest quarters on decks 4 5 and 6. every crew member on the enterprise was
provided with their own quarters which consisted of a single room separated into two distinct
areas the quarter could be configured according to the crew's member's personal preference but
always consists of a sleeping area in a work area a small bathroom and shower was located off the
sleeping area another thing to consider was that each room has either a share or independent
bathroom with a bathing tub a bath vanity and a toilet the work area feature if
desks with computer access terminal each crew member was provided with a safe in the
partition behind the desk that could be accessed by touching a series of buttons in addition to
the living quarters were the freshwater tanks.
At the center was the briefing
room officers quarters and the hydraulic pump system On deck 5 was the officer's quarters
it can accommodate up to 43 officers or 15 supercargo there were about
26 singles or 16 double staterooms. In many ways, the captain's quarters were
similar in designs to the crew quarter with a small bed and a desk with a computer terminal.
Deck five was the officer's lounge three air conditioner room
circuit breaker and switching room three emergency battery bank room two upper phasor bank rooms
on the port and starboard and a total of three water pressure system as we head down to Deck 6 or the
crew quarters the vast majority of the enlisted crew and junior officers share
the quarters and the bunk area on this deck. Deck 6 has a radius of 63 meters or 270 feet
and at the center was the mess room with a max capacity of 178 people in total there
were about 112 doubles and 9 quad staterooms, on the starboard was a briefing room. At the back of deck six were the two
heat exchangers 2 energy converters and 4 twin impulse power units there were a total
of 4 lounges 2 located on each side of the vessel.
It is also considered one of the largest decks on
the ship and can accommodate up to 260 crewmember or 205 crew members and 55 supercargo
furthermore it can easily accommodate another hundred people if the liver's base or
workspace was converted into a sleeping quarter. Similar in size to deck 6 but
more interesting was deck 7. The main deck at the front was
the search sensors and deflectors the visicon room and the mess room the
mess room has a max capacity of 44 people. Right next to the mess room was the library
lounge the medical research lab and sickbay. As we take a closer look at the emergency bridge
or battle bridge was at the center of this deck. The battle bridge duplicate the function at
the main bridge with the ability to command communicate navigate and with the technical
station oriented toward the main view and display however, it lacked the science and
engineering stations, in addition, there were several other rooms including the
examination operating room and doctor's office. Near the back was the engineering computer
the engineering maintenance shop in the chapel.
In addition, four transporters for
six people are located on this deck Deck 7 can accommodate up to 112 crew
members with 54 doubles in one quad stateroom. On deck 8 was the entertainment recreational
facilities off-duty crew members will find a variety of games and pass them from which
to choose from within its walls including the entertainment center, the recreational area,
and a gymnasium with a locker room and showers. Ship where the crew member could socialize
play music three-dimensional chess, or cards At the center was the ship main computer
which continued from the center of deck 7. Along the outer walls were
the ship's fresh water tanks two hydraulic pump systems and two
air conditioning for the primary hall on the back of deck 8 was the ship's laundry
and food preparation the food preparation area has two convoys which send the food up
into the mass room located on decks 5 and 6. In addition, there were also 3
22 person emergency transporters On the back was the automated shaft to the
secondary hull and the interconnecting door so attachment section which allowed the
ship to disconnect in case of an emergency On deck 9 was the fabrication facilities it
was stated that the material reclamation and fabrication was located on this deck at the
center of deck 9 was the material reclamation facilities basic raw materials storage
and sanitary waste recovery system With the control console on the walls, the
ship was capable of fabricating non-organic non-metallic materials organic materials,
and non-organic metallic materials On deck 10 was the cargo and supplies
which includes the cargo transporter and basic raw material storage.
At the bottom of the primary hall was
deck 11 the auxiliary fire control which includes the auxiliary fire control room, the four phasor banks, and extra storage for raw materials. I hope you enjoyed this in-depth look into the
original enterprise why the Franz Joseph design and schematics are interesting to look at they are
not canon since some of the designs don't follow the series exactly but I had to appreciate the
attention to detail being made by the designer. Having modeled both the Star Wars and Star
Trek capital ships the ships on Star Trek are more believable since they have made an effort to
make sure the design layout has a purpose in mind, making it far more interesting
but functional at the same time. Part 2 which will cover the secondary hull
should be completed in a few more weeks, and if you want to see more animation regarding
the Enterprise D and voyager check out my playlist on the right-hand corner thanks
for watching and I'll see you guys next time.
