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This is information about the people who went "WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE".

Some of this information comes from the book "The Making of Star Trek" Published March 1969. Also from Newfield Publications "Star Trek Cards". Some information comes from the Star Trek Omnipedia.

U.S.S. Enterprise 1701
It is 947 feet long, 417 feet wide overall. It is eleven decks through the middle. It carries 430 crew member.

190,000 tons gross weight (compared to a displacement of 59,650 tons of twenty century's aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Forrestal).

Enterprise is divided into three main sections: Saucer-shaped primary hull, the cigar-shaped secondary (engineering) hull, and the twin engine pods.

The components were built at the Star Fleet Division of what is still called the San Francisco navy yards and assembled in space.

The Enterprise is not designed to enter the atmosphere or land on a planet. A standard orbit can range from 1,000 to 7,000 miles away, depending on the planets size and gravity, atmospheric envelope, size and proximity of sun or suns and moon or moons, with other factors.

Saucer of the Enterprise is designed to operate separately from the rest of the ship. The Propulsion for the primary hull is provided by impulse power. The impulse engine section is located at the bottom rear end of the saucer. This is also the headquarters for the engineering division. This includes main engineering control facilities plus sufficient repair, storage, and other facilities to service the primary section when detached from the star-drive sections of the vessel.

Deck one, which is the bulge in the top of the center of the saucer, is the bridge. It is a circular-shape and the nerve center of the Enterprise. This is where the Captain presides over the entire ship's complex operations.

The captain sites in the command chair in the inner, lower elevation, facing a large bridge viewing screen. Also facing the viewing screen is the Navigation station and Helmsman station. On the outer raised circular elevation of the bridge are eight individual stations.

They are: Communications station, Library-Computer station, Navigational subsystems Checkout, (this station provides information and readings on all navigational instruments and subsystems), Weapons Subsystems Check out, (this station provides data on the operation of all subsystems within the ship's weapons systems).

Also these stations are in engineering. Environmental Systems provides data on the functioning of fall components of the ship's environmental systems. Manual adjustments can be made at this station to affect ships gravity, air supply and composition, temperature, etc., Engineering subsystems Checkout, (this station provides information and readings on all engineering subsystems), Defensive Systems Monitor, (this station continually monitors the status of all defensive systems, deflector screens, etc.

Tied into the command position are the main controls for the vessel's vast computer complex which automates and affects every system aboard vessel. The system was invented by Dr. Richard Daystrom. The Library-computer station is tied into his viewers and screens and are more detailed cross-circuit regulation controls plus visual and audio information on the status of all systems and activities. From this station a report or command of override of the entire ship's functions can be done. The computer has voice-recognition circuits and is self-programming which allows it to respond to verbal orders; the computer in return can respond through a vocorder. The computer uses a female voice to respond. It was found in the 20th Century that a female voice could penetrate noise better and results in improved response by men.

Decks 2 and 3 are primarily research labs, work areas for various technicians, and related duty stations. Decks 4,5, and 6 are primarily crew quarters, with some provision for passenger quarters. There are no duty stations on these decks.

The captain's, first officer's, Head of Sickbay's, and Head of engineering's quarters are on deck 5. They consist of a two-room complex, evenly divided between an outer work room and inner bedroom/living area. Junior officers are assigned similar accommodations, though they are required, most of the time, to share them with one other fellow officer. The bedroom/living area therefore is correspondingly larger, while the outer work area is somewhat smaller.

Deck 7, the outer section is a "protective shell" complex of water and other bulk storage, the central section , includes the office of the ship's Surgeon, the entire sick bay complex, and all labs and related functions falling under the jurisdiction of the medical department. At the very center of deck 7 and extending down to deck 8 is the core of the ship's main computer system, its memory banks and primary controls.

Deck 8, primary hull contains four major facilities: a large recreation area, the main food preparation area (similar to the galley aboard 20th century ships), ship's laundry and a rather exotic entertainment center.

The galley is highly automated. No chefs in white hats. The mechanical functions of measuring and mixing spices, sauces, stews, and so forth have been transferred to the computer tape. In order to support this food preparation capability, the ship has extensive food storage areas with preservation techniques that maintain food in "garden-fresh condition" over extended periods of time. There is also a section where crew members can prepare individual dishes if they wish----an activity that comes under the heading of "recreation".

Decks 9 and 10 are primarily devoted to freight and cargo carrying space, some technician's repair shops, and other miscellaneous activities.

Deck 11, since the phasers are on the underside of the saucer hull, the controls for the phasers are on deck 11, as well as other related equipment and facilities. Phasers can also be fired from an area atop the saucer-shaped hull, in an area surrounding the bridge, but primary control facilities and equipment are located on deck 11.

The cigar-shaped secondary hull is 340 feet long, 112 feet in diameter, and is connected to the saucer by means of a large access pylon. The secondary hull is often referred to as the engineering hull, as much of the facilities and activities conducted in this area are devoted to that department. A number of the 16 deck levels are also devoted to fuel, supply, main repair centers, water and waste reconversion, and interplanetary freight. Minimal crew quarters are located in this hull, used by duty engineers and by the star-drive crew when the saucer section has detached and is operating separately.

The starship's main sensor-deflector (a parabolic sensor antenna and asteroid-deflector) is located at the front end of the secondary hull. The ship's hanger deck area, where the vessel's shuttle craft are stored, is located at the aft end. Huge hanger doors, 60 feet wide and 30 feet high, provide exit and entrance for the six shuttle craft. The shuttle craft are designed to carry seven persons. They have a limited distance range.

The twin engines are two long nacelles. They are a top the ship and attached to the engineering hull by slender pylons. The house the main ship's engines. The engines are each 504 feet long, 60 feet in diameter. They operate by controlled fusion of matter and anti-matter, creating the fantastic power required to run the ship and drive it at faster-than-light speeds. 

James T. Kirk

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