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"Inner Space II" (2020) — Part 1: Saucer Deck Interior Build [Star Trek FASA]
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6/30/2024
The second series of "Inner Space" tackles the question of what to do with those mystery decks on the upper saucer section of the Loknar-class frigate starship.
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Hello DP community and welcome to a new segment of Innerspace, where together we explore virtual
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interior spaces and work out realistic design ideas to bring them to life.
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For Innerspace 2, we're going to continue creating interiors for the Lachnar-class starship.
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The specific instance is DP's USS Phobos, which I have living in the period roughly
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2290 to 2310.
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It's the transition from 23rd to 24th century and the period between Captain Kirk's Starfleet
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and TNG's Starfleet.
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The first Innerspace series concluded last month with a new viewing room replacement to
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the original starboard arboretum.
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I've been tweaking Kevin Reilly's original work since 2018, but all DP updates to this
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model have targeted the peek-through spaces.
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These are the interiors that often afford extra, relevant detail when the camera is
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outside the starship, for example, during a tight flyby shot.
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These include Kevin Reilly's original officer's lounge, located beneath the bridge section.
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DP's port-side engineering lounge, which also replaced an arboretum.
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And yes, if you've been following the channel, the E-lounge did get a recent renovation.
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I brought in some more pedestal tables, a large plant, and the bar was upgraded with
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a pair of replicators.
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The shuttle bay, DP's second major update to this starship model.
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And the aforementioned starboard viewing room.
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Of these four rooms, the shuttle bay is the only space that never existed when Kevin Reilly
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released his original mesh.
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And this is why Innerspace 2 is kind of important.
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In this series, we are going inside an empty cavity and creating a new interior from scratch
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rather than redesigning an existing interior.
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With the holiday season fast approaching, I'm tasking myself and the DP community to
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wrap the next episode in time for Christmas.
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We've got about a month, so let's get busy.
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For this build, I've arbitrarily selected the starboard section of these mystery decks.
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We'll turn to the port side counterpart for the next Innerspace series.
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Thus, right off the bat, all your ideas and plans should be premised on the fact that
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we have two of these sections to play with.
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So, if your preferred room isn't realized here, there will be another opportunity.
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Now from this point on, things get complicated, but in a good way.
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First, our floor plan is potentially huge.
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You'll recall from Innerspace 1 that we were working within a space that was essentially
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9 square meters, but this space begins with a generous floor width of 13 meters.
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Second, we are completely free to envision a space that is relatively narrow, or a 13
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by 13 square, or something quite deep, and anything in between.
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If you're random bystander, I think you just found your bowling alley.
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Now take all these floor plan options and multiply, because we also have three height
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options for this interior build.
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Yep, there's nothing stopping you now from suggesting an expanded recreation deck like
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the one on the Enterprise.
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My understanding of the saucer design on these starships is that they comprise two decks
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of interiors along the edge.
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Now it's true that the movies and television series established interiors that were often
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physically incompatible with the exterior models, but using our 1.75 meter reference
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human, we can see it's perfectly reasonable to imagine two decks here, each with 3 meter
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high ceilings.
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Switching back to the USS Phobos, the situation changes a bit, because now we have this vertical
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extension to the standard saucer.
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As you can see, it's not quite enough for a third deck.
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However, if we are willing to accept 2.5 meter decks, then we can rethink this space as functioning
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as an isolated third deck at the rear of the saucer.
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The last issue I want to address is the windows.
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Don't let the existing windows constrain your imagination.
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We can remove windows, we can add windows, and we can resize windows.
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Remember that the Enterprise uses larger windows for its recreation deck.
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In fact, when I think about windows, I'm imagining some type of skyview window on top, and I
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wonder if this is where we should be thinking about an arboretum.
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Don't you think it's a much better space for tall trees and a walking path?
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If I were to build the ship's arboretum here, I think I would go with two decks.
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A completely different idea, one premised on a single deck construction, is a dedicated
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wing of VIP quarters.
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In this case, I'm imagining a corridor leading to a few suites for dignitaries and alien
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guests.
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We've been thinking about this new build at the DP Patreon site.
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Here is a list of some early ideas as we move forward to Episode 2.
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An arboretum.
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A dining hall.
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Five-back lounge.
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This would be a recreation space like TNG's Ten Forward, but possibly multi-deck.
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A gymnasium.
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A recreation deck.
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VIP suites.
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Now it's your turn, as I don't want to bias your creativity too much.
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Give it some careful thought, and share your ideas with the community.
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The one thing I do want to emphasize is to also consider the type of vessel we're working on.
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Frigate starships tend to be mission-based, not exploration-based, so this fact should
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be brought to bear when you're thinking about interior facilities.
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In the next episode, I'll announce the final build plans and begin blocking out the new interior.
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Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving in advance.
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Until next time, this is Antimatter.
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