| rdfs:comment | - In the 23rd century, the observation lounge within a Constitution-class starship was a recreational area, offering views of nearby stellar phenomena as the ship passed through space. (EV comic: "Our Dearest Blood") In the 24th century the observation lounge was the designation for the briefing room on Galaxy class and Sovereign class starships. Deep Space 9's Promenade had an observation lounge. (DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time)
- The term "observation lounge" was used, as well, for Ten Forward on the Galaxy-class starship USS Enterprise-D. On a schematic of the craft (viewed, in 2368, at Commander William T. Riker's station on the Enterprise-D bridge), the location of Ten Forward was labeled as an observation lounge. (TNG: "New Ground" )
|
| abstract | - In the 23rd century, the observation lounge within a Constitution-class starship was a recreational area, offering views of nearby stellar phenomena as the ship passed through space. (EV comic: "Our Dearest Blood") In the 24th century the observation lounge was the designation for the briefing room on Galaxy class and Sovereign class starships. Deep Space 9's Promenade had an observation lounge. (DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time)
- The term "observation lounge" was used, as well, for Ten Forward on the Galaxy-class starship USS Enterprise-D. On a schematic of the craft (viewed, in 2368, at Commander William T. Riker's station on the Enterprise-D bridge), the location of Ten Forward was labeled as an observation lounge. (TNG: "New Ground" ) The observation lounge was originally termed a "ready room". This was at a time, during preproduction of Star Trek: The Next Generation, when that set was named the "away cabin". (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion 3rd ed., p. 21) In the script for "Encounter at Farpoint" , the conference lounge was called a "lounge deck" and the only detail of its design which was described was that it had "huge windows" that provided a view of "the immense span of the Starship's outer surface." [1] Although space station Deep Space 9 wasn't depicted as having an observation lounge, the station did have an office for the facility's commanding officer and Production Designer Herman Zimmerman once likened it to an observation lounge. Pointing out the similarities, he said, "You can go in there and have private conversations. You can also have a fairly large group in there, 'cause it's a reasonably good-sized set. It has a window to space and you can watch the stars moving, out the window." ("The Deep Space Nine Scrapbook", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features)
|
