Description[]
- Written by Rich Sternbach and Michael Okuda, the technical advisors to Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual takes you on a guided tour through the new USS Enterprise. From the bridge to the shuttlebays, from the transporter room to crews' quarters, this book provides a never-before-seen glimpse at the inner workings of the most incredible Starship ever conceived by two of the designers who helped create it.
- Full of diagrams, technical schematics, and ship's plans, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual also takes a detailed look at the principles behind Star Trek's awesome technology — from phasers to warp drive to the incredible holodeck!
- A must for all fans, this is the one book that examines the full spectrum of technology behind the fantastic Star Trek: The Next Generation universe — and gives fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpses into the making of the hit television show!
Contents[]
- 1.0 USS Enterprise Introduction
- 2.0 Spacecraft Structure
- 3.0 Command Systems
- 4.0 Computer Systems
- 5.0 Warp Propulsion Systems
- 6.0 Impulse Propulsion Systems
- 7.0 Utilities and Auxiliary Systems
- 8.0 Communications
- 9.0 Transporter Systems
- 10.0 Science and Remote Sensing Systems
- 11.0 Tactical Systems
- 12.0 Environmental Systems
- 13.0 Crew Support Systems
- 14.0 Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems
- 15.0 USS Enterprise Flight Operations
- 16.0 Emergency Operations
- 17.0 Conclusion
References[]
Characters[]
Robert April • Robert Bussard • Zefram Cochrane • Rachel Garrett • James T. Kirk • Jean-Luc Picard • Christopher Pike
Starships and vehicles[]
USS Ambassador • USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A • USS Enterprise-B • USS Enterprise-C • USS Enterprise-D • USS Enterprise-E • USS Excelsior • USS Galaxy • USS Hokkaido • USS Yamato • USS Yorktown
Starship classes[]
Ambassador-class • Constitution-class • Excelsior-class • Galaxy-class • Ferengi marauder • Nova-class • Oberth-class • Cardassian enhanced penetrator • Renaissance-class • Romulan warbird
Starship categories[]
cargo carrier • cruiser • explorer • scout • surveyor • tanker
Auxiliary craft[]
ASRV • Captain's yacht • personnel shuttle • shuttlecraft • shuttlepod • Sphinx workpod • Type-6 shuttlecraft • Type-7 shuttlecraft • Type-9A shuttlecraft • Type-15 shuttlepod • Type-15A shuttlepod • Type-16 shuttlepod
Equipment[]
class-1 probe • class-2 probe • class-3 probe • class-4 probe • class-5 probe • class-6 probe • class-7 probe • class-8 probe • class-9 probe • type-IV phaser • type-V phaser • type-X phaser
Locations[]
Alpha Centauri colony • Antares Ship Yards • Earth • Earth Station McKinley • Epsilon Quinonez sector • Gourami sector • Mars • Milky Way Galaxy • Mutara sector • Narendra • Pluto • Rangifer II • Rigel IV • San Francisco Fleet Yards • Sol system • Starbase 326 • Starfleet Headquarters • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards • Velikan V
Races and cultures[]
Borg • Cardassian • dolphin (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin • Pacific bottlenose dolphin) • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Romulan • Takaya's whale
States and organizations[]
Advanced Starship Design Bureau • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Regulatory Agency • Starfleet Spacecraft Design Advisory Commission • United Federation of Planets
Science and classification[]
- augmented personnel module • emergency pressure garment • Heisenberg compensator • library computer • LCARS • linguacode • low pressure environment garment • matter/antimatter reaction assembly • radiation shield • standard extravehicular work garment • subspace tranceiver • universal translator
Other references[]
- away team • battle bridge • battle section • Cerenkov radiation • connecting interhull • Doppler compensator • Earth-Romulan War • engineering hull • External Support Mode • extravehicular activity • Federation Starfleet insignia • first contact • frumium monocarbonite • Khitomer Conference • Planck time • Prime Directive • probe • red alert • sarium krellide • saucer section • Starfleet Life Contact Policy Directive • starbase • starship • Transwarp Development Project • Whale Probe • yellow alert
Appendices[]
Chronology[]
- 1930s, the existence of antimatter was confirmed.
- 2061, Zefram Cochrane and his engineering team produced a fluctuation superimpeller, a precursor to warp drive.
- 2215, development of the photon torpedo began.
- 2245, the USS Enterprise was commissioned.
- 2271, a different type of photon torpedo was introduced. The basic configuration was still in use until the late 24th century.
- 2277, the Enterprise emblem was adopted as the official insignia of Starfleet.
- 2284, the Enterprise was assigned to Starfleet Academy as a training vessel.
- 2285, the Enterprise was destroyed in the Mutara sector.
- 2286, the USS Enterprise-A was commissioned.
- 2337 the USS Hokkaido was the first starship to be fitted with ASRVs.
- 2243, the Galaxy Class Starship Development Project was officially approved.
- 6 July, the original warp propulsion system specifications for the Galaxy Class Project were transmitted to Utopia Planitia.
- 2344, the USS Enterprise-C was lost at Narendra III defending a Klingon outpost from a Romulan attack.
- 24 December, revised propulsion, systems and structural specifications for the Galaxy Class Project were sent to Utopia Planitia designers.
- 2350, 3 June, the first two spaceframe components of the USS Enterprise-D were gamma-welded together.
- 2356, 16 April, the first complete computer model of the Enterprise was tested at Utopia Planitia.
- 2363, 4 October, the USS Enterprise-D was offically commissioned.
Images[]
Connections[]
| Star Trek: The Next Generation reference works | |
|---|---|
| In-universe | Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual • USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints • Q's Guide to the Continuum |
| Real-world | Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion • Make-Up FX Journal • The Making of Star Trek: First Contact • Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission • Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies |
External link[]
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.