How big is a brig?

[Doug Burke]

Hmmmm. Wherever did I put my Constitution-class blueprints...?

Try here...

[tonyg]

Try here...

Gee, Doug, did the link kill the site? I know the site and it is one of the best places to go to find that sort of stuff on the net. Hope it wasn't taken down.

[Doug Burke]

Nah. I did the link wrong. Fixed now... *sigh*

[tonyg]

Ah, there is is.
I was worried for a minute.


I wonder if new crewmen would put these on an "Electronic Notebook" and color code the restrooms for quick reference.

[Doug Burke]

I would if I was them...

[tonyg]

I would if I was them...

I'm going to have to use that the next time I run a Trek campaign. It's just a great way for one of the players to meet an newly transferred NPC. Either the NPC is adopting a weired posture while searching for the facilities, or has been meticulous enough to have marked them all on plans stored in a PADD (A Vulcan would have memorized the locations, logically).

Could even be a nice "ice-breaker" for something like a Klingon, Naussican, or Gorn."

Funny if the Klingon goes to great lengths to find an "Officers" facilities, rather than using a more conveniently placed one for crew.

Funnier if the Klingon IS a soldier and accidentally uses the "Officer's Head" and then reports for summary punishment/execution.

[redwood973]

So, looking at that little section of blueprint that Tomcat posted. . .anyone else concerned by the placement of the brig so close to the Auxiliary Control Room?

[tonyg]

So, looking at that little section of blueprint that Tomcat posted. . .anyone else concerned by the placement of the brig so close to the Auxiliary Control Room?

Nah, It's good drama, and sort of fits the shows.

I was alway more bothered that on most Connie bluprints, Engineering isn't in the Engineering section.

Maybe the room marked "Aux Con" is really a secondary brig?

The REAL "auc Con" is probably marked "Raw Sewage Recycling Room"!

[redwood973]

HA HA. Well, if boarded by a hostile force which gets it's hands on the ships layout. . .at least you'll be safe controling the ship from the Raw Sewage Recycling Room as I doubt the invading force will go anywhere near it!

Okay, I have to know. . .where did they put engineering? And what was put in the engineering section in place of engineering?

[Doug Burke]

Okay, I have to know. . .where did they put engineering? And what was put in the engineering section in place of engineering?

Actually, they always had two Engineering Sections. Impulse Engineering in the primary hull and Main Engineering in the secondary (or Engineering) hull.

[tonyg]

Actually, they always had two Engineering Sections. Impulse Engineering in the primary hull and Main Engineering in the secondary (or Engineering) hull.

Depends on what source you use. Doug's answer makes the most sense, but there isn't anything official to support it.

The general impression from references on screen was that Engineering was in the back of the saucer section (the part where it flattens out, although that might have originally been intended to be shuttle bays). During the first season this was a single deck, but during the second season it got expanded to include an upper floor.

If you go through the decks mentioned or what's listed on wall plaques, it probably moves around a bit from episode to episode.


Deckplans have been inconsistent, placing Engineering in the rear of the saucer, or in the Engineering section depending upon who draw up the plans.



So Doug's answer makes the most sense.


But, most on-screen evidence tends to support the idea that Scotty is working in the same place each week.

[Doug Burke]

Doug's answer makes the most sense, but there isn't anything official to support it.

Maybe not anything official, but every set of deckplans for the Connie I've seen has it set up that way...

[tonyg]

Maybe not anything official, but every set of deckplans for the Connie I've seen has it set up that way...

I've seen some (and owned some) that haven't.

From what I've seen on TOS, I suspect that the engineering section in the back of the saucer is really "Main Engineering" but considering how a starship works, he could probably do the same from either location.

Guess he can't do much from his Bridge station though.



But I do like your solution the best.