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=== Background Information===
  
=== Background Information===
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Most features here are derived from the ''Enterprise''-B master systems display production art, depicting the internal arrangement of all the decks of an ''Excelsior''-class starship with several locations labeled. The graphic was prominently featured in ''Star Trek: Generations'' on the ''Enterprise''-B bridge set. The legible version of the graphic was published in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies]]''.
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Most features here are derived from the ''Enterprise''-B [[master systems display]] (MSD) production art, depicting the internal arrangement of all the decks of an ''Excelsior''-class starship with several locations labeled. The graphic was prominently featured in ''Star Trek: Generations'' on the ''Enterprise''-B bridge set. The legible version of the graphic was published in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies]]''. The MSD was a creation by Scenic Artist [[Doug Drexler]], who recalled, "''I enjoyed laying cross sections out, and was proud that [[Michael Okuda|Mike ''[Okuda]'']] thought I was the guy for the job.''" {{DrexFiles|2009/02/24/panel-dancing-with-the-stars}}
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| colspan="1" align="center" |[[File:Excelsior-class turbolift control interface design.jpg|180px]]
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| colspan="1" align="center" |[[File:USS Enterprise-B turbolift control interface.jpg|180px]]
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| class="even" | <center>Design for an ''Excelsior''-class turbolift control interface...</center>
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| class="even" | <center>...partially seen in modified form in ''Generations''</center>
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A design for a [[turbolift control]] [[okudagram]] for the ''Excelsior''-class, done at Okuda's scenic art department, turned up later at [[Star Trek auctions|auction]] in 2011, that had an alternative deck specification. The graphic listed the decks as follows:
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* '''Deck 1'''
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** Main bridge
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* '''Deck 2'''
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** Upper [[Sensor]] Platform
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** Junior Officer's [[Quarters|QTRS]]
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* '''Deck 3'''
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** Junior Officer's QTRS
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* '''Deck 4'''
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** [[Science lab|Science labaratory]]
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** [[Environmental control|Environmental Systems]]
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** Sensor Maintenance
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* '''Deck 5'''
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** Upper Computer Core
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** [[Inertial dampener|Inertial dampening]] System
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* '''Deck 6'''
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** [[Gymnasium]]
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** Medical Intensive Care
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** Medical Diagnostic Unit
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** [[Mess hall|Dining Room]]s 1-3
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* '''Deck 7'''
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** Living Quarters
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** Dining Rooms 4-6
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The auction description did not specify for which production it was intended, though the configuration of the ship suggested it was intended for {{film|6}}. An annotation on the design read "Please Shoot 2 Film Negs 100%” in black ink. Item measures 30” x 13.5”", suggested the graphic was actually produced, but was not seen in the feature. Yet, in 1994 a modified graphic of the design, in order to represent the [[refit]]-configuration of the class, was partially seen in the [[turbolift]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-B|-B}} in the scene where [[Admiral]] [[James T. Kirk]] enters in order to save the ship in the beginning of {{film|7}}. The original design graphic sold as [http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/9238333 Lot 228] in [[Propworx]]'s ''[[Star_Trek_auctions#STAR_TREK_auction|Star Trek auction]]'' of 4 June 2011 for US$200, having had an estimate of US$100-$200.
 
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Revision as of 12:21, 19 August 2014

The decks of Excelsior-class Federation starship:

Master systems display of the Excelsior-class USS Enterprise-B
Excelsior communications officer

Outside the Captain's quarters on Deck 3

Excelsior quarters, Tuvok

Officer's quarters on Deck 7

  • Deck 16
    • Aft cargo bay doors (extends down to deck 18)
USS Excelsior firing torpedoes

Forward torpedo launchers on Deck 24

USS Enterprise-B hull breach

Hull breach to deflector control

Appendices

Notes

  1. ↑ During the encounter with the Nexus, the Enterprise-B suffered a hull breach in the engineering section, in sections 20 through 28 on decks 13, 14, and 15. Presumably the dialogue referred to "engineering section decks" where what would commonly called deck 15 would be "engineering section deck 1". This corresponds with the visual effects displaying the hull breach around what is commonly called decks 28, 29 and 30.

Background Information

Most features here are derived from the Enterprise-B master systems display (MSD) production art, depicting the internal arrangement of all the decks of an Excelsior-class starship with several locations labeled. The graphic was prominently featured in Star Trek: Generations on the Enterprise-B bridge set. The legible version of the graphic was published in Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies. The MSD was a creation by Scenic Artist Doug Drexler, who recalled, "I enjoyed laying cross sections out, and was proud that Mike [Okuda] thought I was the guy for the job." [1](X)

Excelsior-class turbolift control interface design USS Enterprise-B turbolift control interface
Design for an Excelsior-class turbolift control interface...
...partially seen in modified form in Generations

A design for a turbolift control okudagram for the Excelsior-class, done at Okuda's scenic art department, turned up later at auction in 2011, that had an alternative deck specification. The graphic listed the decks as follows:

The auction description did not specify for which production it was intended, though the configuration of the ship suggested it was intended for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. An annotation on the design read "Please Shoot 2 Film Negs 100%” in black ink. Item measures 30” x 13.5”", suggested the graphic was actually produced, but was not seen in the feature. Yet, in 1994 a modified graphic of the design, in order to represent the refit-configuration of the class, was partially seen in the turbolift of the USS Enterprise-B in the scene where Admiral James T. Kirk enters in order to save the ship in the beginning of Star Trek Generations. The original design graphic sold as Lot 228 in Propworx's Star Trek auction of 4 June 2011 for US$200, having had an estimate of US$100-$200.

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