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The viewscreen aboard the USS Excelsior displaying computer-enhanced images

A viewscreen (or main viewer) was an audio/visual device used as early as the 2150s aboard starships, space stations, and at planetary facilities by space-faring organizations including Starfleet, the Borg Collective, the Cardassian Union, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire.

These devices were used to display various types of images from sensor data and communications signals.

General specifications

Viewscreen refit Enterprise — The viewscreen aboard the USS *Enterprise* displaying red alert status in the 2270s

Generally consisting of a large screen located on the bridge of a starship (or operations center of a space station or starbase), the viewscreen was an almost universal facet of space exploration and colonization dating as far back as the 22nd century, surviving well into the 23rd and 24th centuries.

Viewscreen targeting, remastered — The viewscreen aboard the USS *Enterprise*-D with a targeting reticule, 2364

Typically used to display images of the area immediately around or in front of a starship, the viewscreen could provide views from all directions, as well as call up data from the library computer. It was also essential in ship-to-ship communication, allowing face-to-face conference if so desired, utilizing subspace and other communications systems. Visual contact, however, could only be achieved when in visual range. Intra-ship communications were also possible, though the main viewer was rarely used for this function. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier; TNG: "Ship in a Bottle"; VOY: "The Cloud")

When necessary, the image on the viewscreen could be magnified - 24th century starships easily gaining a magnification of 10⁶. The image could also be augmented, with the ship's computer displaying extrapolated images or graphics displaying sensor data. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; ENT: "Broken Bow")

Starfleet

NX-class

Installed as early as 2151 aboard Starfleet vessels including NX-class starships, the viewscreen was located on the front bulkhead of the main bridge. Rectangular in shape, the main viewer aboard these vessels provided a wide screen view of the space around the ship, as well as visual communications. They were capable of processing multiple inputs simultaneously, as was sometimes seen when two or more parties wished to have a joint conversation with Enterprise.

ViewscreenSplitScreen — Muroc and Telev in a multi-party communication on *Enterprise* viewscreen

In the year 2152, the crew of Enterprise NX-01 mounted a sophisticated sensor on the grappler arm allowing their sensors to detect and display onscreen cloaked Suliban and Romulan vessels. (ENT: "Shockwave", "Minefield")

Dialog in "Balance of Terror" suggests that 22nd century starships that fought in the Earth-Romulan War were without viewscreens, or at least incapable of visual communications. While this supposition was natural, Star Trek: Enterprise clearly established viewscreen technology present on United Earth vessels, as well as aboard Andorian ships, Klingon ships, and many others, while the Romulans seemingly did not (or chose to communicate through audio only).

Kelvin-type

Kelvin-type ships in service in the 2230s had viewscreens consisting of three windows, that could have computer data projected on it. The windows also had blinds. (Star Trek)

Constitution-class

Returning to the same basic shape of the 22nd century viewscreen, the main viewer utilized aboard such 23rd century Starfleet vessels as the Constitution-class USS Enterprise was mounted at the front of the main bridge and was generally rectangular in shape.

File:MainViewerRearProjection.jpg

Data from science station displayed on main viewer

Though a smaller viewscreen (utilized as early as 2254) would be supplanted by a larger one in 2266, the viewscreen aboard the Constitution-class vessel generally displayed images with a blue outline and featured a number of controls mounted to the left and right of the monitor. Capable of the same function as previous versions, this viewscreen model could also be used to display sensor data from within the starship, call up cross sectional diagrams of the ship itself, and display data re-routed from other stations. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part II", "Where No Man Has Gone Before"; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II"; TOS: "Spock's Brain")

The iconic viewscreen from The Original Series would be the basis for all other versions seen after in the movies or spin-off TV series. The chase lights seen at the bottom of the screen were not present during the two pilot episodes, but were present with the debut of the more standard viewer in "The Corbomite Maneuver".
One of the main foci of the remastering effort was the replacement of most images seen on TOS viewscreens.

Alternate reality

File:AR Enterprise viewscreen.jpg

Viewscreen of the alternate Enterprise

In the alternate reality caused by Nero, the USS Enterprise's viewscreen continued the Kelvin-type design. Its viewscreen was a single window the height of a crewmember, that could have images projected on it. (Star Trek)

Screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman created the combination window/viewscreen in order to justify the placement of the bridge at the top of the ship: "...it was based on the odd fact that, although the bridge didn't usually have a window, it was nonetheless situated, much like a naval ship, at a high look out vantage point (which, by the way, seems unnecessarily vulnerable to attack). Rather than move the bridge, we added a window to justify its location." [1]

Constitution-class refit

File:Constitution class viewscreen, refit.jpg

The refit viewer

During its refit in 2270, a new viewscreen was placed on the bridge of the Enterprise, this one much larger and sometimes utilized to display alert status. By 2293, refit Constitution-class starships incorporated a digital clock mounted at the top of the screen. When the ship was moored in spacedock, the inactive viewscreen displayed a generic graphic. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Movie versions of the main viewer aboard the Enterprise remained fairly consistent, until the destruction of the original starship and its replacement with the USS Enterprise. That ship again featured the familiar chase lights below the monitor as well as a somewhat anachronistic clock. For its appearance in Star Trek V, the screen (at times) utilized rear-projected images rather than post-production burn-ins. It was reused as the viewscreen aboard the USS Excelsior and USS Enterprise in The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek Generations with some cosmetic changes.

Galaxy-class

Battle bridge viewscreen — The viewscreen on the battle bridge

As early as 2364, Federation vessels including Galaxy-class starships employed holographic viewscreens.

While not projecting solid holographic images, the viewscreen installed on the main bridge of such vessels as the USS Enterprise-D displayed three-dimensional images, as though observing the image with the naked eye.

Larger than that of the Constitution- or Excelsior-class starships, the viewscreen aboard the Galaxy-class starship featured touch-sensitive controls at the bottom of the screen. Using high resolution, multi-spectral imaging sensor systems and could also be controlled from a panel on the right arm of the command chair or at the ops or tactical stations. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")

While it is a subtle effect, the viewscreen seen throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation clearly displayed 3-D images. This effect was created in some scenes by providing multiple angles on the viewer, with the image on screen displayed at a corresponding angle, rather than a flat, single angle shot.

Galaxy-class starships also had a smaller viewscreen located on the battle bridge. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "The Arsenal of Freedom", "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II")

Defiant-class

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Intrepid-class

By the year 2371, Intrepid-class starships such as the USS Voyager were equipped with viewscreens also employing holographic technology.

Intrepid class viewscreen, damaged — The hologrid behind the viewscreen when damaged

Slightly smaller in size, the Intrepid-class viewscreen also differed from those of the Galaxy-class in that a hologrid was present behind the displayed image. When damaged or deactivated, a hologrid, much like that in the ship's holodeck, appeared on the bulkhead. (VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II")

While it most likely employed the same technology as the viewscreen aboard the Enterprise-D, the viewer seen on Star Trek: Voyager is the only screen to so apparently utilize a hologrid.

Sovereign-class

One of the more unusual viewscreen designs of the 24th century, the main viewer aboard the Sovereign-class USS Enterprise-E utilized a holographic image projected onto the front bulkhead of the main bridge.

While most viewscreens aboard Federation vessels of the era did use holographic technology, the images they displayed were generally projected within a clearly defined screen area. Not so aboard the Enterprise-E, with the viewscreen appearing from only a small area of projection systems near the floor of the forward bulkhead. When deactivated, the image projected disappeared, leaving only a blank wall in its place. (Star Trek: First Contact)

By 2375, however, such technology was replaced with a standard format viewscreen installed aboard the Enterprise-E, lasting through 2379 until the forward section of the bridge was destroyed during the Battle of the Bassen Rift. (Star Trek: Insurrection; Star Trek Nemesis)

One of the first and only steps forward from the fairly straight-forward screen first appearing in TOS, the viewscreen seen in Star Trek: First Contact seemingly appeared in mid-air. According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion however, the producers disliked the blank wall and opted to return the traditional viewer for Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek Nemesis.

Borg

Borg cubes were equipped with special viewscreen technology, projecting images onto a free-floating cube-shaped viewer somewhere within the ship.

Such a viewer was utilized by Locutus of Borg during the Borg incursion into Sector 001 in 2367. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"; DS9: "Emissary")

This was the only incident in which a Borg viewscreen was shown, all other occasions (such as in "Scorpion, Part II") portrayed smaller monitors within the Borg cube. It is likely that such a screen was erected for the newly assimilated Locutus, as the Borg collective consciousness seems to negate any need for one.

Cardassian

Viewscreen DS9 — A typical Cardassian viewer aboard DS9

Quark's viewscreen — A viewer in Quark's

During the 24th century, starships and space stations constructed by the Cardassian Union utilized unique, holographically projected viewscreens.

Installed aboard Galor-class warships and Terok and Empok Nor-type stations, these Cardassian viewers consisted of hollow, oval-shaped frames. Images were projected into these frames, then disappeared when the viewer was deactivated.

This same technology was employed in the construction of Cardassian-type viewers. (DS9: "Emissary")

The ops aboard Deep Space 9 featured a large viewscreen placed on a wall and allowed viewing from everywhere on ops. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Quark's had the option for a large Cardassian style viewscreen to be placed directly in front of the large glass mural in the bar. (DS9: "Rivals")

Dominion

File:Jemhadar hud view.jpg

Point-of-view of a Jem'Hadar virtual display device.

Jem'Hadar ships eschewed traditional viewscreens for a virtual display device. Instead of occupying the forward wall of the bridge, the "viewscreen" was in fact a display within a headset worn by the navigator. The device was not well-tolerated by Humans, who could typically wear it only for short periods. Cardassians, by contrast, were shown to have similar tolerances to Jem'Hadar and Vorta.

Klingon

K't'inga class viewscreen — Viewscreen on a *K't'inga*-class vessel

As with many things Klingon, viewscreens installed aboard Klingon starships including Birds-of-Prey, K't'inga-class warships, and Raptor-class vessels were distinguished by angular shapes.

Klingon Bird-of-Prey viewscreen — Viewscreen on a Bird-of-Prey

Performing the same basic function as their Federation counterparts, 23rd century Klingon viewscreens aboard such ships as the IKS Amar were able to display tactical information in graphic and photographic formats. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; ENT: "Sleeping Dogs")

Romulan

Khazara-viewscreen — The main viewer aboard the IRW *Khazara*

Narada viewscreen — A viewscreen on the *Narada*

Viewscreens aboard Romulan starships, including D'deridex-class warbirds functioned very much like their alien counterparts during the 24th century.

Consisting of screens smaller than those used by the Federation and Klingon Empire, Romulan viewscreens (like that of the IRW Khazara) were rounded-off square shapes, accented with green rectangles at the top of the monitor.

As with most starships, the viewscreen was mounted on the forward bulkhead of the main bridge aboard Romulan vessels. (TNG: "Face of the Enemy")

The Narada, a Romulan mining vessel, did not appear to have a centralized viewscreen. (Star Trek)

Vulcan

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Appendices

Background information

In early design drafts for both the USS Voyager and the USS Defiant, the designers contemplated eliminating the viewscreen entirely. Attempts such as the holo-communicator in DS9 and the suspended-in-mid-air viewer in First Contact were made, but ultimately gave way to tradition. The viewscreen was considered an important staple of the Star Trek universe.

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Contents

General specifications

Starfleet

NX-class

Kelvin-type

Constitution-class

Alternate reality

Constitution-class refit

Galaxy-class

Defiant-class

Intrepid-class

Sovereign-class

Borg

Cardassian

Dominion

Klingon

Romulan

Vulcan

Appendices

See also

Background information

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-[[Image:Constitution class viewscreen, original.jpg|thumb|The viewscreen aboard the ''Enterprise'' showing open space]]
-[[Image:Viewscreen targeting.jpg|thumb|The more advanced viewscreen of the ''Enterprise''-D]]
+[[File:Excelsior Bridge 3.jpg|thumb|The viewscreen aboard the USS ''Excelsior'' displaying computer-enhanced images]]
-A '''viewscreen''' (or '''main [[viewer]]''') is an audio/visual device used as early as the [[2150s]] aboard [[starship]]s, [[space station]]s and at [[planet|planetary]] facilities by space-faring organizations including [[Earth]] [[Starfleet]] and the [[Federation]] [[Starfleet]], the [[Borg Collective]], the [[Cardassian Union]], the [[Klingon Empire]] and the [[Romulan Star Empire]].
+A '''viewscreen''' (or '''main [[viewer]]''') was an audio/visual device used as early as the [[2150s]] aboard [[starship]]s, [[space station]]s, and at [[planet]]ary facilities by space-faring organizations including [[Starfleet]], the [[Borg Collective]], the [[Cardassian Union]], the [[Klingon Empire]], and the [[Romulan Star Empire]].
 These devices were used to display various types of images from [[sensor]] data and [[communication]]s signals.
-==General Specifications==
+==General specifications==
-[[Image:Excelsior Bridge 3.jpg|thumb|And one aboard the ''Excelsior'' displaying computer enhanced images]]
+[[File:Viewscreen refit Enterprise.jpg|thumb|The viewscreen aboard the USS ''Enterprise'' displaying [[red alert]] status in the [[2270s]]]]
 Generally consisting of a large screen located on the [[bridge]] of a [[starship]] (or [[operations center]] of a space station or [[starbase]]), the viewscreen was an almost universal facet of [[space]] exploration and colonization dating as far back as the [[22nd century]], surviving well into the [[23rd century|23rd]] and [[24th century|24th centuries]].
-[[Image:Viewscreen refit Enterprise.jpg|thumb|left|A viewscreen displaying [[red alert]] status, [[2272]]]]
-Typically used to display images of the area immediately around or in front of a starship, the viewscreen could provide views from all directions, as well as call up data from the [[library computer]].  It was also essential in ship-to-ship communication, allowing face-to-face conference if so desired, utilizing [[subspace communication|subspace]] and other communications systems.  Visual contact, however, could only be achieved when in visual range.  Intra-ship communications were also possible, though the main viewer was rarely used for this function. ({{film|5}}; {{TNG|Ship in a Bottle}}; {{VOY|The Cloud}})
+[[File:Viewscreen targeting, remastered.jpg|thumb|left|The viewscreen aboard the USS ''Enterprise''-D with a targeting reticule, [[2364]]]]
-When necessary, the image on the viewscreen could be magnified - 24th century starships easily gaining a magnification of 10<sup>6</sup>.  The image could also be augmented, with the ship's computer displaying extrapolated images or graphics displaying sensor data.  ({{film|6}}; {{ENT|Broken Bow}})
+Typically used to display images of the area immediately around or in front of a starship, the viewscreen could provide views from all directions, as well as call up data from the [[library computer]]. It was also essential in ship-to-ship communication, allowing face-to-face conference if so desired, utilizing [[subspace communication|subspace]] and other communications systems. Visual contact, however, could only be achieved when in visual range. Intra-ship communications were also possible, though the main viewer was rarely used for this function. ({{film|5}}; {{TNG|Ship in a Bottle}}; {{VOY|The Cloud}})
+When necessary, the image on the viewscreen could be magnified - 24th century starships easily gaining a magnification of 10<sup>6</sup>. The image could also be augmented, with the ship's computer displaying extrapolated images or graphics displaying sensor data. ({{film|6}}; {{ENT|Broken Bow}})
-==Earth Starfleet==
+==Starfleet==
 ===NX-class===
-[[Image:Viewscreen NX-class.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard ''Enterprise'', NX-01]]
+[[File:NX class viewscreen.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard ''Enterprise'' NX-01]]
+Installed as early as [[2151]] aboard [[Starfleet]] vessels including {{class|NX}} starships, the viewscreen was located on the front [[bulkhead]] of the main bridge. Rectangular in shape, the main viewer aboard these vessels provided a wide screen view of the [[space]] around the ship, as well as visual communications. They were capable of processing multiple inputs simultaneously, as was sometimes seen when two or more parties wished to have a joint conversation with ''Enterprise''.
+[[File:ViewscreenSplitScreen.jpg|thumb|left|[[Muroc]] and [[Telev]] in a multi-party communication on ''Enterprise'' viewscreen]]
+In the year [[2152]], the crew of {{EnterpriseNX}} mounted a sophisticated sensor on the [[grappler]] arm allowing their sensors to detect and display onscreen [[cloak]]ed [[Suliban]] and [[Romulan]] vessels. ({{ENT|Shockwave|Minefield}})
+{{bginfo|Dialog in {{e|Balance of Terror}} suggests that 22nd century starships that fought in the [[Earth-Romulan War]] were without viewscreens, or at least incapable of visual communications. While this supposition was natural, ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' clearly established viewscreen technology present on [[United Earth]] vessels, as well as aboard [[Andorian]] ships, [[Klingon]] ships, and many others, while the Romulans seemingly did not (or chose to communicate through audio only).}}
-Installed as early as [[2151]] aboard [[Earth]] [[Starfleet]] vessels including [[NX class]] starships, the viewscreen was located on the front [[bulkhead]] of the main bridge.  Rectangular in shape, the main viewer aboard these vessels provided a wide screen view of the [[space]] around the ship, as well as visual communications.  They were capable of processing multiple inputs simultaneously, as was sometimes seen when two or more parties wished to have a joint conversation with ''Enterprise''.
-[[Image:ViewscreenSplitScreen.jpg|thumb|left|[[Muroc]] and [[Telev]] in a multi-party communication on ''Enterprise'' viewscreen]]
-In the year [[2152]], the crew of [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'' (NX-01)]] mounted a sophisticated sensor on the [[grappler]] arm allowing their sensors to detect and display onscreen [[cloak|cloaked]] [[Suliban]] and [[Romulan]] vessels.  ({{ENT|Shockwave|Minefield}})
+===''Kelvin''-type===
-:''Dialog in {{e|Balance of Terror}} suggests that 22nd century starships that fought in the [[Earth-Romulan War]] were without viewscreens, or at least incapable of visual communications.  While this supposition was natural, ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' clearly established viewscreen technology present on [[Earth]] vessels, as well as aboard [[Andorian]] ships, [[Klingon]] ships and many others, while the Romulans seemingly did not (or chose to communicate through audio only).''
+<div style="float:right;"><gallery>
+File:Kelvin type viewscreen, left.jpg|[[Port]] viewscreen
+File:Kelvin type viewscreen, right.jpg|[[Starboard]] viewscreen
+</gallery></div>
+{{type|Kelvin}} ships in service in the [[2230s]] had viewscreens consisting of three windows, that could have computer data projected on it. The windows also had blinds. ({{film|11}})
+{{clear}}
+===''Constitution''-class===
-==Federation Starfleet==
+[[File:Constitution class viewscreen, remastered.jpg|thumb|A standard orbital scan of [[Psi 2000]] on the ''Enterprise'' viewscreen]]
-===Constitution-class===
+Returning to the same basic shape of the 22nd century viewscreen, the main viewer utilized aboard such 23rd century Starfleet vessels as the {{class|Constitution}} {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was mounted at the front of the main bridge and was generally rectangular in shape.
-[[Image:Viewscreen Constitution-class.jpg|thumb|left|A standard orbital scan of [[Psi 2000]] on ''Enterprise'' viewscreen]]
+[[File:MainViewerRearProjection.jpg|thumb|left|Data from [[science station]] displayed on main viewer]]
-Retaining the same basic shape of the Earth Starfleet viewscreen, the main viewer utilized aboard such 23rd century Federation Starfleet vessels as the {{ShipClass|Constitution}} {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was mounted at the front of the main bridge and was generally rectangular in shape.
+Though a smaller viewscreen (utilized as early as [[2254]]) would be supplanted by a larger one in [[2266]], the viewscreen aboard the ''Constitution''-class vessel generally displayed images with a blue outline and featured a number of controls mounted to the left and right of the monitor. Capable of the same function as previous versions, this viewscreen model could also be used to display sensor data from within the starship, call up cross sectional diagrams of the ship itself, and display data re-routed from other stations. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part II|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}; {{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}; {{TOS|Spock's Brain}})
-[[Image:MainViewerRearProjection.jpg|thumb|Data from [[science station]] displayed on main viewer]]
-Though a smaller viewscreen (utilized as early as [[2254]]) would be supplanted by a larger one in [[2266]], the viewscreen aboard the Constitution-class vessel generally displayed images with a blue outline and featured a number of controls mounted to the left and right of the monitor.  Capable of the same function as previous versions, this viewscreen model could also be used to display sensor data from within the starship, call up cross sectional diagrams of the ship itself, and display data re-routed from other stations.  ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part II|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}; {{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}; {{TOS|Spock's Brain}})
-:''The iconic viewscreen from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]'' would be the basis for all other versions seen after in the [[Star Trek films|movies]] or spin-off TV series.  The chase lights seen at the bottom of the screen were not present during the two pilot episodes, but would be present with the debut of the more standard viewer in {{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}.''
+{{bginfo|The iconic viewscreen from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]'' would be the basis for all other versions seen after in the [[Star Trek films|movies]] or spin-off TV series. The chase lights seen at the bottom of the screen were not present during the two pilot episodes, but were present with the debut of the more standard viewer in {{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}.|One of the main foci of the [[TOS#Remastered|remastering]] effort was the replacement of most images seen on TOS viewscreens.}}
+====Alternate reality====
-:''One of the main foci of the [[TOS#Remastered|remastering]] effort has been the replacement of most images seen on TOS viewscreens.''
+[[File:AR Enterprise viewscreen.jpg|thumb|Viewscreen of the alternate ''Enterprise'']]
+In the [[alternate reality]] caused by [[Nero]], the {{USS|Enterprise|alternate reality}}'s viewscreen continued the ''Kelvin''-type design. Its viewscreen was a single window the height of a crewmember, that could have images projected on it. ({{film|11}})
+{{bginfo|Screenwriters [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] created the combination window/viewscreen in order to justify the placement of the bridge at the top of the ship: "''...it was based on the odd fact that, although the bridge didn't usually have a window, it was nonetheless situated, much like a naval ship, at a high look out vantage point (which, by the way, seems unnecessarily vulnerable to attack). Rather than move the bridge, we added a window to justify its location.''"'' [http://trekmovie.com/2009/05/22/orci-and-kurtzman-reveal-star-trek-details-in-trekmovie-fan-qa/]}}
-===Constitution-class refit===
-[[File:IKS Kronos One on viewscreen.jpg|thumb|left|The {{IKS|Kronos One}} on another refit viewer]]
+===''Constitution''-class refit===
-During its [[refit]] in [[2270]], a new viewscreen was placed on the bridge of the ''Enterprise'', this one much larger and sometimes utilized to display [[red alert|alert status]].  By [[2293]], refit Constitution-class starships would incorporate a digital [[clock]] mounted at the top of the screen.  When the ship was  moored in [[spacedock]], the inactive viewscreen would display a generic graphic.  ({{film|1}}; {{film|6}})
+[[File:Constitution class viewscreen, refit.jpg|thumb|left|The refit viewer]]
+During its [[refit]] in [[2270]], a new viewscreen was placed on the bridge of the ''Enterprise'', this one much larger and sometimes utilized to display [[red alert|alert status]]. By [[2293]], refit ''Constitution''-class starships incorporated a digital [[clock]] mounted at the top of the screen. When the ship was moored in [[spacedock]], the inactive viewscreen displayed a generic graphic. ({{film|1}}; {{film|6}})
-:''Movie versions of the main viewer aboard the ''Enterprise'' remained fairly consistent, until the destruction of the original starship and its replacement with the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A}}.  That ship again featured the familiar chase lights below the monitor as well as a somewhat anachronistic clock.  For its appearance in ''Star Trek V'', the screen would (at times) utilize rear-projected images rather than post production burn-ins.  It was reused as the viewscreen aboard the {{USS|Excelsior}} and {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-B}} in ''The Undiscovered Country'' and {{film|7}} with some cosmetic changes.''
+{{bginfo|Movie versions of the main viewer aboard the ''Enterprise'' remained fairly consistent, until the destruction of the original starship and its replacement with the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A}}. That ship again featured the familiar chase lights below the monitor as well as a somewhat anachronistic clock. For its appearance in ''Star Trek V'', the screen (at times) utilized rear-projected images rather than post-production burn-ins. It was reused as the viewscreen aboard the {{USS|Excelsior}} and {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-B}} in ''The Undiscovered Country'' and {{film|7}} with some cosmetic changes.}}
-===Galaxy-class===
+===''Galaxy''-class===
-[[Image:Viewscreen Enterprise-D.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard the ''Enterprise''-D]]
+[[File:Galaxy class viewscreen.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard a ''Galaxy''-class starship]]
+[[File:Battle bridge viewscreen.jpg|thumb|The viewscreen on the battle bridge]]
+As early as [[2364]], [[Federation]] vessels including {{class|Galaxy}} starships employed [[hologram|holographic]] viewscreens.
+While not projecting solid holographic images, the viewscreen installed on the main bridge of such vessels as the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} displayed three-dimensional images, as though observing the image with the naked [[eye]].
-As early as [[2364]], [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] vessels including {{ShipClass|Galaxy}} starships employed [[hologram|holographic]] viewscreens.
+Larger than that of the ''Constitution''- or {{class|Excelsior}} starships, the viewscreen aboard the ''Galaxy''-class starship featured touch-sensitive controls at the bottom of the screen. Using high resolution, multi-spectral imaging sensor systems and could also be controlled from a panel on the right arm of the [[command chair]] or at the [[Operations manager|ops]] or [[tactical]] stations. ({{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}})
-While not projecting solid holographic images, the viewscreen installed on the main bridge of such vessels as the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} displayed 3-dimensional images, as though observing the image with the naked [[eye]].
+{{bginfo|While it is a subtle effect, the viewscreen seen throughout ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' clearly displayed 3-D images. This effect was created in some scenes by providing multiple angles on the viewer, with the image on screen displayed at a corresponding angle, rather than a flat, single angle shot.}}
-Larger than that of the Constitution or {{ShipClass|Excelsior}} starships, the viewscreen aboard the Galaxy-class starship featured touch-sensitive controls at the bottom of the screen. Using high resolution, multi-spectral imaging sensor systems and could also be controlled from a panel on the right arm of the [[command chair]] or at the [[Operations manager|ops]] or [[tactical]] stations. ({{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}})
+''Galaxy''-class starships also had a smaller viewscreen located on the [[battle bridge]]. ({{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint|The Arsenal of Freedom|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}})
-:''While it is a subtle effect, the viewscreen seen throughout ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' clearly displayed 3-D images.  This effect was created in some scenes by providing multiple angles on the viewer, with the image on screen displayed at a corresponding angle, rather than a flat, single angle shot.''
-===Intrepid-class===
+===''Defiant''-class===
+{{Pna-incomplete}}
-[[Image:USS Voyager viewscreen.jpg|thumb|left|The main viewer aboard the USS ''Voyager'']]
+[[File:Defiant class viewscreen.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard the USS ''Defiant'']]
-By the year [[2371]], {{ShipClass|Intrepid}} starships such as the {{USS|Voyager}} were equipped with viewscreens also employing holographic technology.
+{{clear}}
+===''Intrepid''-class===
-Slightly smaller in size, the ''Intrepid''-class viewscreen also differed from those of the ''Galaxy''-class in that a [[hologrid]] was present behind the displayed image.  When damaged or deactivated, a hologrid, much like that in the ship's [[holodeck]], appeared on the bulkhead.  ({{VOY|Year of Hell, Part II}})
+[[File:Intrepid class viewscreen.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard the USS ''Voyager'']]
+By the year [[2371]], {{class|Intrepid}} starships such as the {{USS|Voyager}} were equipped with viewscreens also employing holographic technology.
+[[File:Intrepid class viewscreen, damaged.jpg|thumb|left|The hologrid behind the viewscreen when damaged]]
-:''While it most likely employed the same technology as the viewscreen aboard the ''Enterprise''-D, the viewer seen on ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' is the only screen to so apparently utilize a hologrid.''
+Slightly smaller in size, the ''Intrepid''-class viewscreen also differed from those of the ''Galaxy''-class in that a [[hologrid]] was present behind the displayed image. When damaged or deactivated, a hologrid, much like that in the ship's [[holodeck]], appeared on the bulkhead. ({{VOY|Year of Hell, Part II}})
+{{bginfo|While it most likely employed the same technology as the viewscreen aboard the ''Enterprise''-D, the viewer seen on ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' is the only screen to so apparently utilize a hologrid.}}
-===Sovereign-class===
-[[Image:Viewscreen Sovereign-class.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard the USS ''Enterprise''-E]]
-One of the more unusual viewscreen designs of the 24th century, the main viewer aboard the {{ShipClass|Sovereign}} {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} utilized a holographic image projected onto the front bulkhead of the main bridge.
+===''Sovereign''-class===
-While most viewscreens aboard Federation vessels of the era did use holographic technology, the images they displayed were generally projected within a clearly defined screen area.  Not so aboard the ''Enterprise''-E, with the viewscreen appearing from only a small area of projection systems near the floor of the forward bulkhead.  When deactivated, the image projected would disappear, leaving only a blank wall in its place. ({{film|8}})
+[[File:Viewscreen Sovereign-class.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard the USS ''Enterprise''-E]]
+One of the more unusual viewscreen designs of the 24th century, the main viewer aboard the {{class|Sovereign}} {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} utilized a holographic image projected onto the front bulkhead of the main bridge.
+While most viewscreens aboard Federation vessels of the era did use holographic technology, the images they displayed were generally projected within a clearly defined screen area. Not so aboard the ''Enterprise''-E, with the viewscreen appearing from only a small area of projection systems near the floor of the forward bulkhead. When deactivated, the image projected disappeared, leaving only a blank wall in its place. ({{film|8}})
-By [[2375]], however, such technology would be replaced with a standard format viewscreen installed aboard the ''Enterprise''-E, lasting through [[2379]] until the forward section of the bridge was destroyed during the [[Battle of the Bassen Rift]].  ({{film|9}}; {{film|10}})
+By [[2375]], however, such technology was replaced with a standard format viewscreen installed aboard the ''Enterprise''-E, lasting through [[2379]] until the forward section of the bridge was destroyed during the [[Battle of the Bassen Rift]]. ({{film|9}}; {{film|10}})
-:''One of the first and only steps forward from the fairly straight-forward screen first appearing in [[TOS]], the viewscreen seen in {{film|8}} seemingly appeared in mid-air.  According to the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'' however, the producers disliked the blank wall and opted to return the traditional viewer for {{film|9}} and {{film|10}}.''
+{{bginfo|One of the first and only steps forward from the fairly straight-forward screen first appearing in [[TOS]], the viewscreen seen in {{film|8}} seemingly appeared in mid-air. According to the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'' however, the producers disliked the blank wall and opted to return the traditional viewer for {{film|9}} and {{film|10}}.}}
-===Alternate reality===
-In the [[alternate reality]] caused by [[Nero]], the ''{{alt|USS Enterprise|Enterprise}}''{{'}}s viewscreen was a window which could have images projected on it. ({{film|11}})
-:''Screenwriters [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] created the combination window/viewscreen in order to justify the placement of the bridge at the top of the ship:''
-::''"...it was based on the odd fact that, although the bridge didn’t usually have a window, it was nonetheless situated, much like a naval ship, at a high look out vantage point (which, by the way, seems unnecessarily vulnerable to attack). Rather than move the bridge, we added a window to justify it’s location."'' [http://trekmovie.com/2009/05/22/orci-and-kurtzman-reveal-star-trek-details-in-trekmovie-fan-qa/]
 ==Borg==
-[[Image:Borg viewscreen.jpg|left|thumb|A Borg viewscreen]]
+[[File:Borg viewscreen, remastered.jpg|left|thumb|A Borg viewscreen]]
 [[Borg cube]]s were equipped with special viewscreen technology, projecting images onto a free-floating cube-shaped viewer somewhere within the ship.
-Such a viewer was utilized by [[Locutus of Borg]] during the Borg incursion into [[Sector 001]] in [[2367]].  ({{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}}; {{DS9|Emissary}})
+Such a viewer was utilized by [[Locutus of Borg]] during the Borg incursion into [[Sector 001]] in [[2367]]. ({{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}}; {{DS9|Emissary}})
-:''This was the only incident in which a Borg viewscreen was shown, all other occasions (such as in {{e|Scorpion, Part II}}) portrayed smaller monitors within the Borg cube.  It is likely that such a screen was erected for the newly [[assimilate]]d Locutus, as the Borg collective consciousness seems to negate any need for one.''
+{{bginfo|This was the only incident in which a Borg viewscreen was shown, all other occasions (such as in {{e|Scorpion, Part II}}) portrayed smaller monitors within the Borg cube. It is likely that such a screen was erected for the newly [[assimilate]]d Locutus, as the Borg collective consciousness seems to negate any need for one.}}
+{{clear}}
 ==Cardassian==
-[[File:Viewscreen DS9.jpg|thumb|A typical Cardassian viewer aboard DS9]]
+[[File:Viewscreen DS9.jpg|thumb|left|A typical Cardassian viewer aboard DS9]]
 [[File:Cardassian viewer, not in use.jpg|thumb|A Cardassian viewer, not in use]]
+[[File:Quark's viewscreen.jpg|thumb|A viewer in Quark's]]
 During the 24th century, starships and space stations constructed by the [[Cardassian Union]] utilized unique, holographically projected viewscreens.
-Installed aboard {{ShipClass|Galor}} [[warship]]s and [[Terok Nor|Terok]] and [[Empok Nor]]-type stations, these Cardassian viewers consisted of hollow, oval-shaped frames. Images were projected into these frames, then disappeared when the viewer was deactivated.
+Installed aboard {{class|Galor}} [[warship]]s and [[Terok Nor|Terok]] and [[Empok Nor]]-type stations, these Cardassian viewers consisted of hollow, oval-shaped frames. Images were projected into these frames, then disappeared when the viewer was deactivated.
 This same technology was employed in the construction of Cardassian-type [[desktop monitor|viewer]]s. ({{DS9|Emissary}})
-The [[operations center|ops]] aboard [[Deep Space 9]] featured a large viewscreen, placed on a wall and allowing view from everywhere on ops. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'')
+The [[operations center|ops]] aboard [[Deep Space 9]] featured a large viewscreen placed on a wall and allowed viewing from everywhere on ops. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'')
-<br clear=all>
+[[Quark's]] had the option for a large Cardassian style viewscreen to be placed directly in front of the large glass mural in the [[bar]]. ({{DS9|Rivals}})
+{{clear}}
 ==Dominion==
+[[File:Jemhadar hud view.jpg|thumb|right|Point-of-view of a Jem'Hadar virtual display device.]]
-[[Jem'Hadar]] ships eschewed traditional viewscreens for a [[virtual display device]].  Instead of occupying the forward wall of the bridge, the "viewscreen" was in fact a display within a headset worn by the [[navigator]].  The device was not well-tolerated by [[Human]]s, who could typically wear it only for short periods.  [[Cardassian]]s, by contrast, were shown to have similar tolerances to Jem'Hadar and [[Vorta]].
+[[Jem'Hadar]] ships eschewed traditional viewscreens for a [[virtual display device]]. Instead of occupying the forward wall of the bridge, the "viewscreen" was in fact a display within a headset worn by the [[navigator]]. The device was not well-tolerated by [[Human]]s, who could typically wear it only for short periods. [[Cardassian]]s, by contrast, were shown to have similar tolerances to Jem'Hadar and [[Vorta]].
+{{clear}}
 ==Klingon==
-[[Image:Viewscreen Klingon.jpg|thumb|left|A Klingon viewscreen]]
+[[File:K't'inga class viewscreen.jpg|thumb|left|Viewscreen on a ''K't'inga''-class vessel]]
-As with many things [[Klingon]], viewscreens installed aboard Klingon starships including [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey|Birds-of-Prey]], {{ShipClass|K't'inga}} warships, and {{ShipClass|Raptor}} vessels were distinguished by angular shapes.
+As with many things [[Klingon]], viewscreens installed aboard Klingon starships including [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey|Birds-of-Prey]], {{class|K't'inga}} warships, and {{class|Raptor}} vessels were distinguished by angular shapes.
+[[File:Klingon Bird-of-Prey viewscreen.jpg|thumb|Viewscreen on a Bird-of-Prey]]
-Performing the same basic function as their Federation counterparts, 23rd century Klingon viewscreens aboard such ships as the {{IKS|Amar}} were able to display tactical information in graphic and photographic formats.  ({{film|1}}; {{film|4}}; {{ENT|Sleeping Dogs}})
+Performing the same basic function as their Federation counterparts, 23rd century Klingon viewscreens aboard such ships as the {{IKS|Amar}} were able to display tactical information in graphic and photographic formats. ({{film|1}}; {{film|4}}; {{ENT|Sleeping Dogs}})
+{{clear}}
 ==Romulan==
-[[Image:Khazara-viewscreen.jpg|thumb|The main viewer aboard the IRW ''Khazara'']]
+[[File:Khazara-viewscreen.jpg|left|thumb|The main viewer aboard the IRW ''Khazara'']]
+[[File:Narada viewscreen.jpg|thumb|A viewscreen on the ''Narada'']]
-Viewscreens aboard [[Romulan]] starships, including {{ShipClass|D'deridex}} [[warbird]]s functioned very much like their "alien" counterparts during the 24th century.
+Viewscreens aboard [[Romulan]] starships, including {{class|D'deridex}} [[warbird]]s functioned very much like their alien counterparts during the 24th century.
 Consisting of screens smaller than those used by the Federation and [[Klingon Empire]], Romulan viewscreens (like that of the {{IRW|Khazara}}) were rounded-off square shapes, accented with green rectangles at the top of the monitor.
-As with most starships, the viewscreen was mounted on the foreward bulkhead of the main bridge aboard Romulan vessels.  ({{TNG|Face of the Enemy}})
+As with most starships, the viewscreen was mounted on the forward bulkhead of the main bridge aboard Romulan vessels. ({{TNG|Face of the Enemy}})
-<br clear=all>
+The ''[[Narada]]'', a Romulan [[mining vessel]], did not appear to have a centralized viewscreen. ({{film|11}})
+{{clear}}
+==Vulcan==
+{{Pna-incomplete}}
+[[File:Vulcan High Command viewscreen.jpg|thumb|The viewscreen at the Vulcan High Command]]
+{{clear}}
-==See also==
+== Appendices ==
+=== See also ===
 *[[Holo-communicator]]
 *[[Viewer]]
 *[[Desktop monitor|Desktop viewer]]
-==Background==
+=== Background information ===
-In early design drafts for both the {{USS|Voyager}} and the {{USS|Defiant|NX-74205}}, the designers contemplated eliminating the viewscreen entirely.  Attempts such as the holo-communicator in [[DS9]] and the suspended-in-mid-air viewer in ''First Contact'' were made, but ultimately gave way to tradition.  The viewscreen was considered an important staple of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe.
+In early design drafts for both the {{USS|Voyager}} and the {{USS|Defiant|2370}}, the designers contemplated eliminating the viewscreen entirely. Attempts such as the holo-communicator in [[DS9]] and the suspended-in-mid-air viewer in ''First Contact'' were made, but ultimately gave way to tradition. The viewscreen was considered an important staple of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe.
-==External link==
+=== External link ===
 * {{NCwiki}}
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