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The first use of the term bearing to indicate a direction occurred in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Balance of Terror". The meaning of bearings has been further defined in the writer's guides and several [[reference books]], such as ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' (pg. 36). |
The first use of the term bearing to indicate a direction occurred in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Balance of Terror". The meaning of bearings has been further defined in the writer's guides and several [[reference books]], such as ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' (pg. 36). |
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| − | Bearing 000-mark-0 is directly in front of the ship and bearing 180-mark-0 directly behind the ship. Coming about to bearing 090-mark-0 would be a sharp turn to the right or [[starboard]]. Coming about to bearing 270-mark-0 would be a sharp turn to the left or port. The second figure after the "mark" is the elevation angle. Coming about to bearing 000-mark-90 would be tilting the ship directly upwards and 000-mark-270 directly downwards. |
+ | Bearing 000-mark-0 is directly in front of the ship and bearing 180-mark-0 directly behind the ship. Coming about to bearing 090-mark-0 would be a sharp turn to the right or [[starboard]]. Coming about to bearing 270-mark-0 would be a sharp turn to the left or port. The second figure after the "mark" is the elevation angle or {{w|azimuth}}. Coming about to bearing 000-mark-90 would be tilting the ship directly upwards and 000-mark-270 directly downwards. |
In a [[deleted scene]] from {{film|4}}, as the {{HMS|Bounty}} was leaving [[Earth]], [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] detected an unidentified [[aircraft]] in Earth's atmosphere at "''range 30 miles, bearing 010''". [http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature329/tvh.txt] |
In a [[deleted scene]] from {{film|4}}, as the {{HMS|Bounty}} was leaving [[Earth]], [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] detected an unidentified [[aircraft]] in Earth's atmosphere at "''range 30 miles, bearing 010''". [http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature329/tvh.txt] |
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Revision as of 04:30, 3 January 2015
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Romulan scoutship at relative bearing 270/mark 014
A bearing, sometimes referred to as relative bearing, was a common way to describe a specific direction in relation to a starship. (TOS: "Balance of Terror"; TNG: "The Defector" display graphic)
Uses
Bearings were commonly used to define the direction at which another object or the origin of a transmission was located in space, in relation to the current orientation of the ship. Bearings have also been used to indicate a direction on a planet by an away team on the surface or from the planet's atmosphere. Bearings were also used when the ship made a course correction in its current heading. (TOS: "Balance of Terror", "By Any Other Name"; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
In space, bearings were given in one or two 360-degree angles, sometimes with one or two decimal place accuracy, with various other information. For example:
- "05-mark-231." (TNG: "The Emissary")
- "0-mark-4." (VOY: "Once Upon a Time")
- "Mark-73-point-5." (TOS: "Elaan of Troyius")
- "23-mark-217. Range 31 hundred kilometers." (DS9: "Emissary")
- "001-mark-point-03. Range 300 thousand kilometers." (TNG: "Sins of the Father")
- "320 degrees-mark-2." (Star Trek)
- "240 degrees-mark-6, port." (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
- "123 degrees-mark-18. Range 90 thousand kilometers." (TOS: "The Changeling")
On a planet, bearings were also given in one or two 360-degree angles, with various other information. For example:
- "300-mark-7." (TOS: "By Any Other Name")
- "94-mark-7, angle of elevation 6 degrees." (TOS: "Obsession")
- "About 11 miles, bearing 121." (TOS: "Mudd's Women")
- "283 degrees. 15.2 kilometers." (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
- "327 degrees. Distance 600 nautical." (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Appendices
See also
Background information
The first use of the term bearing to indicate a direction occurred in Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Balance of Terror". The meaning of bearings has been further defined in the writer's guides and several reference books, such as Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (pg. 36).
Bearing 000-mark-0 is directly in front of the ship and bearing 180-mark-0 directly behind the ship. Coming about to bearing 090-mark-0 would be a sharp turn to the right or starboard. Coming about to bearing 270-mark-0 would be a sharp turn to the left or port. The second figure after the "mark" is the elevation angle or azimuth. Coming about to bearing 000-mark-90 would be tilting the ship directly upwards and 000-mark-270 directly downwards.
In a deleted scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, as the HMS Bounty was leaving Earth, Uhura detected an unidentified aircraft in Earth's atmosphere at "range 30 miles, bearing 010". [1]