Ever since I first saw Star Trek and the movies I have imagined the scale of the ship and what its like inside. To see interior space and how people would have moved around the ship fascinates me. The detail is incredible, your videos are incredible and I thank you as I am sure all your viewers are for your dedicated work.
Only in our imagination, ask any engineer will we able to ever build this, even to just drive it on sea?! Not possible the shape of those ships is not physically correct and cannot exist in reality, just in the movies! That alone break my imagination
@@outlawedTV88 I mean, they were built for space travel where structural integrity is based on zero-G and limited G environments. They don't need to be able to float or survive in atmosphere since they were never built for that. All things considered, I think the Constitution class is one of the least-egregious space ship designs for Star Trek behind the NX-01 and Miranda class.
@@moore2077 yes they did. Remember that Voyager actually landed on that planet. Spce shuttles are all built for atmospheric conditions. But all that is just for movies no basis in reality.
@@outlawedTV88 Voyager is also way more modern and designed with a unique exploration purpose. Most Starfleet ships would never do that because they'd be either immediately or slowly crippled by being on the planet. At the very least, Constitution class ships are never doing that because they are space ships built for space and don't go to land.
All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by. Such a beautiful lady she was. Thank you again my friend. I appreciate all the work you put into these.
There shouldn’t be. Those prints were drawn by people who had no idea how much space the power distribution, computer cables, fresh & not so fresh water handling and air handling takes up.
This is like a dream....to know better inside the 1701 A. It's like the real size model. The Star Trek Universe is my fav entertaiment for so long. Fantastic job. Thank you.
Oh man, look at the curves of that baby! There is just something so sweet about the Star Trek ship designs of the late 70s and 80s. The Excelsior, the Reliant, the Grissom, and the Bird of Prey. Above them all the Enterprise refit and Enterprise A. So beautiful!!!
You seem a bit confused about these two versions of the Enterprise. The original refit as shown in the first three movies was the original Constitution class Enterprise completely remodeled and upgraded. There was no 'A" as it still was the original ship. The Enterprise A did not come along until later. It was a completely new vessel from keel to bridge. Nothing of the original Enterprise was part of the A. In point of face the A was originally going to be have a different name but because of the heroics of Kirk and his crew the ship was renamed Enterprise-A and given to Kirk to command. Hope this helps the confusion. Your graphics are absolutely fantastic and I really enjoy watching your videos.
Personally, the design from a visual standpoint is almost the same with the exception of the bridge though I understand the refit and the A aren't exactly the same. Any differences for the viewers are minor.
right ....rooms are eh , hallways are long as shit . teleport or turbolift there in seconds . take the jefferies tube between decks and its ... oh shit the long way .....this epsiode " Traped "
Okay, I had a little chill just now… the original 1701 is around the same height as the Obel Tower in Belfast and I’ve abseiled that apartment block. But now I have a real world sense of scale. Thank you!
Thank you for the comment. By the way, I showed the video to my friend who is a very long time fan and he said the plans look like they're from the Star Trek:phase 2 Enterprise. Charles, that's my friend,says that's much more rare 🤯
The "A" was not destroyed over Genesis. That was the original Refit. The NCC-1701A flew all the way to the sign off at the end of The Undiscovered Country
Correct, the NCC-1701 -A that Kirk later commands was originally commissioned as NCC-1717 USS Yorktown and was re-commissioned after the original NCC-1701 destruction over Genesis( though this ship was like the Enterprise, a refit of the original Constitution class) . In fact we see both shake down cruises in the Movies,.... In the Motion Picture we see the original NCC 1701 shake down after refit while they are on their way to V'Ger. And we see the recommissioned NCC-1701-A shake down during Final Frontier, Star Trek V.
True. That being said, Enterprise A was not a Constitution Class refit. It was an entirely new ship from the keel up designed to test warp drive in smaller, more familiar nacelles than those used on the Excelsior. It states in the last part of Mr. Scott's guide to the Enterprise that she was the lead ship in what would have been the new Enterprise Class. She was originally Christened U.S.S. Ti- Ho and her registry number was NCC-1798, but was renamed Enterprise A with the registry number NCC-1701-A, and was given to Kirk and crew after they saved the planet in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. That's why Scotty couldn't figure her out in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, even with a Constitution Class refit manual. It was also the reason why when visiting the holodeck in Star Trek: The Next Generation when he wanted to visit the bridge of the Enterprise he told the computer just Enterprise. No bloody A, B, C or D.
@@classicgalactica5879 I have that book, and it's never been declared to be 100 percent canon, it kind of implied that they proposed the ship upgraded to Transwarp at the end. Besides does it really make sense to give a BRAND NEW SHIP to Kirk? I prefer the 1701-A was a refit Constitution, one done later than the TMP Enterprise, could have been the Yorktown. If your using the tech manuals as reference, the TNG tech manual says 1701-A was formerly Yorktown.
When did he say the A was destroyed over Genesis? You REALLY think someones going to research a video to this degree and make THAT kind of mistake? I think you misheard.
@@willgillies5670 he said the Refit was the A, which it was not. If the refit Enterprise was the A, yes it would have been destroyed over Genesis - but it wasn't and therefore didn't
I love your work and I LOVE this ship… The TOS Movie Era is MY Star Trek (what I grew up first seeing) and this is my favorite ship design ever… Thanks for doing this! One issue/thought. On Deck One you do a good job with that docking port (that confused me so much as a kid in ST:TMP), and you always find a logical space where the head could go. However, I paused and rewatched the various views and could see no way that one could get INTO or OUT OF that area… But it does seem that if the port turbo lift had a second door facing aft, it could access that area. And one could imagine putting that lift into standby mode, where both doors would hold open and it could serve as an access way to/from the bridge. I’m almost embarrassed about my level of interest in something so small, but then I think I’m just inspired by your work! 😊👍🏼
You're basically correct with the use of the port turbolift; according to the behind the scenes material, the portside turbolift would rotate on the spot to allow access to the docking area behind the Bridge. You can sort of see this in ST1 when Spock first arrives on the Enterprise with the direction that Chekov and Spock head on/off screen. You can see the turbolift doorway to the airlock staging area (it's a bit narrow but it's there) at 04:24
The ship looks absolutely beautiful on the outside, with so much detail packed into the inside! Good choice of video clips from the movies too - Kirk declaring "that's all we know" made me chuckle, as if he's responding to your commentary 😁
Okay, this is awesome. Great work! I will definitely be referencing this on the crazy day I actually break down and start writing one of my million fanfic ideas!
EDIT: Forgive me! I did not remember correctly. This does line up with the -A as it did not have a weapons station per movies 4/5/6, though Spock’s position is on the starboard side and not behind Kirk. The book Mr Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise does still show the -A bridge as having the Weapons & Defence console as per the Refit even though it is not there in the movies. 🖖 Amazing work! Though at 4:47 the science station location is correct for the Refit as shown in ST:TMP, but it was relocated to the starboard side as of ST:TWOK onwards. The weapons section is missing on the port side.
I thought the same, but he did mention that it was the Enterprise-A bridge and that one doesn't have the weapons station standing separate from the other consoles.
@@legrat6678 Quite right. I misremembered how much smaller the -A bridge was and more akin to the TOS version. Having rewatched to check, I hang my head in shame as a long time Star Trek fan for not remembering that 😩 🖖
Excellent, the best detailed information on the Enterprise I’ve ever seen .., Ever! Thank you! You’ve explained things that’s could never be explained before with a brilliant comprehensive digital animation!
By the extent of chances we can say with confidence that this "refit" was conducted by carefully detaching and lifting up the name and replacing the ship underneath. ;)
I have honestly struggled to see anything that could be remaining from the pre-refit ship. Maybe only a few of the core internal spaceframe parts but even that seems a stretch.
Probably just the commissioning plaque. Maybe some melted-down metal, like the US Navy ship "New York" (LHD-17, I think) has some metal from the World Trade Center towers cast into its bow structure.
What interesting is that most fiction is based on fact and this certainly is the case with the USS Enterprise. All you have to do is look at retired naval ships like the USS Little Rock or USS Intrepid or USS Midway and you can’t even recognize them compared to their original WWII silhouettes and planforms. What’s interesting is that since those ships lasted longer than the designers ever intended them to.. more modern ships like the Spruance class destroyers were designed from the outset as modular designs meant for growth-but were then retired early after the Peace Dividend at the end of the Cold War.
I always put it down to life support shortcomings. A ship the size of Enterprise could hold thousands if you packed them in like modern military naval "wessels" such as a nuclear aircraft carrier.
Given that part of its mission profile is long range deep space exploration without resupply,large and relatively luxurious crew spaces are kinda a requirement to keep people from going insane on multiyear voyages. Dedicated warships like the Defiant or even the constitution derived Dreadnought class likely had internal arrangements much more akin to modern warships.
You know I still can't believe that the Constitution Refit Class was built with both dorsal and ventral phaser arrays on the saucer section and we only got to see the usage of the ventral arrays during Star Trek 2:The Wrath of Khan the first time was the forward arrays after Kirk and Spock were able to lower the Reliant's shields and during the Battle of the Mutara Nebula when the Reliant opened fire and damaged the Enterprise's port side torpedo bay the Enterprise returned fire with the port side ventral phaser arrays hitting the Reliant in the aft area of her bridge and we then saw the Enterprise use her forward ventral phaser arrays again when she snuck up on the Reliant from behind destroying the Reliant's port side warp nacelle before it was completely blown off from a photon torpedo.
The refit was my favorite even though I grew up watching TOS in its first syndication run in the 70s. I can’t wait to see the second part with the secondary hull and its cavernous hangar bay/cargo hold.
As someone who is a casual fan of the Star Trek universe (Fan of the the first six movies barring that one, actually likes the 2009 film and Beyond, watched episodes of The Original and Next Generation on Netflix before they became Nonceflix and rightfully blacklisted Kurtzman's Reign of Fucking Terror), The Enterprise Refit/Enterprise A is honestly my favourite design in the Enterprise series. I also like the D from Next Generation (which coincidentally was being made and aired around the same time as the last three TOS cast films), but dammit as a movie buff who considers Wrath of Khan the film that made him love films, the Refit is absolutely perfect.
in case anyone is interested, I leave my opinion here: The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 first appeared in the 1964 pilot chapter, in the 1966-1969 TOS, in The Motion Picture, T'he Warth of Kahn, and The Search of Spock on, after the argument suggested that the federation considers it a ship too old, it is sadly destroyed. The Voyage Home (1986) first features The Enterprise NCC-1701-A. replacing the modernity effect of the Excelsior ship only in the last scene. At that time Mr. Michael Okuda begins collaborating on the franchise. At the same time, in 1987, Gene Rodenberry, who was once again in power, pushed The Next Generation, which is slowly beginning to become familiar with a new Enterprise and new crew. In 1989, with a period of changes at the top of executives Paramount Pictures, The Final Frontier was finally released, with constant script changes and budget cuts; this is where we first see the U.S. Enterprise-A. ship of which we know very little. Only at the beginning of the film do we see that it has many operating problems. On a novel somebody explains that a team of engineers reconstructed a prototips on parallel Tomé to the ship "Excelsior", but it is Novel of the expanded universe, reliable to a certain extent- if we look at details of the 1989 production we see that they share corridors and sets of the set of TNG .. (with different lighting) Something similar happens with The Undiscovered Country .. where we see the Enterprise NCC 1701-A again In short, the Enterprise NCC 1701 has two eras: that of TOS, and that of the Movies of 1979, 1982 and 1984 where the internal distribution changes. (Memorable and sublime 7-minute scene from R.Wise's movie and Jerry Goldsmith's suite). and from the 1989 and 1991 Enterprise NCC-1701-A films, it is the least known spacecraft in the entire ST universe.
Thank you for showing us where the Toilet is on the Enterprise. They never show it in movies or on TV shows. People always wondered where the crew go to the washroom or maybe they just hold it.
@@Halfscreen yeah I’m a idea person I can break down any idea or any concept if you try to tell me how to imagine what something looks like I will give you a look like”huh” we all have our strengths and weaknesses. I know mine.
Wow, just this already is freaking awesome. I have such a love of this ship (built two lighted models and have this ship literally tatted to my arm) and I genuinely enjoy these videos where I can tell the love is universal. This will always be the superior Enterprise for me.
This is a great 'explanation' of just "why" the federation kept it's 'saucer' main-crew are in a bunch of concentric circles. Officers, even while 'in bed', were but a few seconds (or, maybe minutes, by way of Jeffries Tubes) from their Bridge Stations. Any crew needed for Weapons, Shields, Environmental Control, or Sensor/Nav/Science were also able to 'get across' from one end to the other of the Saucer by way of 'pie-cut' corridors. Always near a Station, always able to move aside-of Light Damage done. This uses your Manpower assets in 'bad times' the best, where, a Klingon D-6 or K'Tinga D-7 would have, um, whom-ever there-is-left, in the Bridge Boom Section after hard fire. Also, since the Saucer, if reasonably Intact, can be a separate Sub-light space vessel, and, again-if-intact, be an Atmospheric Glider/Lifeboat. While frail-looking at first glance, the Federation design ethos has some validity in dealing with the harsher realities of space travel, while being 'just comfy-enough' for long-haul journeys.
I loved Star Trek I read all the books when I was a kid back in the early 70s and I find this video fascinating with all the detail and involved it brings me back to the original book I had way back then called the making of Star Trek how they gave dimensions of the ship and everything like it was real I find the author of this video fascinating in the way he narrates this as though it were real keep in mind it's all just fantasy
the most beautiful spaceship of all time. the first time i saw the refit, i thought the outer saucer rim was 4 decks; a deck above and below the windows. so many transporters. phaser banks are so small, you think they would have more
Great stuff! Constructive recommendation: you should make the little white lines used to point out features thicker and a different color (maybe green) so they are easier to spot quickly. Often, the video would move on while I was still trying to locate the previous thing being pointed to!
On Deck A, The Emergency Atmospheric Systems block all access from the Docking Port Hatchway staging area and the Head, to and from the Bridge. This is a design flaw. Unless there is a magic portal between the DPH staging area to give access to and from the Bridge, no access point can be seen in the CGI diagram schematics provided. The drawings are amazing, giving an IRL appearance. The author's skill as a 3D CGI designer is exemplary. Kudos!
You know it's funny that until I heard that area on the underside of the saucer section of the Constitution Refit Class was for planetary scanners I originally thought it was like a meeting room or the ships dining area or like an early Captain's Yaht.
Dang, refit 1701 has WAY more transporter rooms than I expected. I wonder how many people they could transport per minute, we'd occasionally see mass use of ship's transporters like that in the TNG era.
The motion picture showed so much internals of the ship. Though, I do like the design choices and colors of twok. Having grown up with the refit it will always be my favorite ship.
@@Halfscreen Very True. I am damn good at substance though and am very weak on texturing and animation. So I am working at balancing them out. I love that so many talented people can acheive things that they could only do in Hollywood 30 to 50 years ago.
@@TwistedSisterHaratiofales Yeah. I typically don't texture because it is such a time-consuming process. I try to be as efficient as possible to keep up with my YT deadline.
Theres a couple of fundamental areas of confusion within this video, based solely around the bridge. It was the bridge of the Consitution Class Refit (NCC -1701) In ST:TMP that brought the twin turbolifts to the left and right rear behind the captains chair. Prior to that on the old Connie Class the single TL had been at the bridges 7 oclock position if the Main Viewer was at the 12 oclock position. Significant developments to that bridge design included a dedicated weapons Pod to the 8 oclock position and Spocks science station pull out sections which gave him more work space. The Weapons pod disappeared from the NCC-1701-A re-designation of the USS Yorktown as well as some general streamlining of the bridge at the end of STIV and STV which was again changed upon Shatners request to make it flashier.
I bet the most challenging is figuring out where that huge recreation deck fits in there. In the movie it feels like more than 2 decks tall. Looking forward to part 2 and my other favorite feature, the very busy shuttle/cargo bay.
I never noticed that in that scene at 12:28 Kirk steps into the airlock chamber with two other non suited crew members as the airlock closes and presumably starts to prep for cycling.. I guess he just asked them to hold their breath for a few mins.
@@informalchipmunk5775 It's rather risky for me to make a video this isn't SW or ST related. If the video doesn't perform, it's a big problem since it's very time-consuming to produce one video.
This is a great model and the way you present the video really gives an easily grasped idea of the size and scale of the ship. If I may make one note, on Deck A there does not appear to be any access between the rear mezzanine that attaches to the head and the airlock and the bridge area. I've re-watched that segment a few times now and I can not see any door in or out of the bridge other than the turbolifts nor can I see any door in or out of the rear area other than the airlock.
Actually the 1701 was the re-fit from the original ship Kirk enjoyed. 1701 was blown to pieces and a clone called the Tiehull replaced it. That was a fully "new" Constitution class craft built from the ground up, they re-named it the 1701A and Jim-bob Kirk could take back to the stars on more adventures.
Still one of the best designs ever put to screen.
Agreed!!!
It is truly beautiful. It just feels right! Every detail is perfect!
Aesthetically it’s beautiful but practically, it’s a death trap (especially in combat)
Yep, the only Enterprise that looks good from every angle
Only bettered by the original design.
Ever since I first saw Star Trek and the movies I have imagined the scale of the ship and what its like inside. To see interior space and how people would have moved around the ship fascinates me. The detail is incredible, your videos are incredible and I thank you as I am sure all your viewers are for your dedicated work.
I'm with you on this one, i even tried drawing deck layouts of the ship using my imagination and bits of data when watching as a kid.
Only in our imagination, ask any engineer will we able to ever build this, even to just drive it on sea?! Not possible the shape of those ships is not physically correct and cannot exist in reality, just in the movies! That alone break my imagination
@@outlawedTV88 I mean, they were built for space travel where structural integrity is based on zero-G and limited G environments. They don't need to be able to float or survive in atmosphere since they were never built for that. All things considered, I think the Constitution class is one of the least-egregious space ship designs for Star Trek behind the NX-01 and Miranda class.
@@moore2077 yes they did. Remember that Voyager actually landed on that planet. Spce shuttles are all built for atmospheric conditions. But all that is just for movies no basis in reality.
@@outlawedTV88 Voyager is also way more modern and designed with a unique exploration purpose. Most Starfleet ships would never do that because they'd be either immediately or slowly crippled by being on the planet. At the very least, Constitution class ships are never doing that because they are space ships built for space and don't go to land.
All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by. Such a beautiful lady she was. Thank you again my friend. I appreciate all the work you put into these.
Thanks again!
John Masefield…. And I know Row Row Row Your Boat.
Wow this brings a tear 😢to my eye. I miss her. She was a good ship. She was the legend.
I used to have the old blueprints they sold for the original Enterprise. There's a lot more space inside that ship than I originally thought.
There shouldn’t be. Those prints were drawn by people who had no idea how much space the power distribution, computer cables, fresh & not so fresh water handling and air handling takes up.
I've been waiting for this video to exist for about 43 years. THANK YOU!!
No problem and thanks for watching!
I love when u add in images from the shows for specific areas. Helps for people like me who have hard time imagining 3d spaces
Excellent sir, you did a great job.
This is like a dream....to know better inside the 1701 A. It's like the real size model. The Star Trek Universe is my fav entertaiment for so long. Fantastic job. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Oh man, look at the curves of that baby! There is just something so sweet about the Star Trek ship designs of the late 70s and 80s. The Excelsior, the Reliant, the Grissom, and the Bird of Prey. Above them all the Enterprise refit and Enterprise A. So beautiful!!!
It's an old design, but still fantastic.
You seem a bit confused about these two versions of the Enterprise. The original refit as shown in the first three movies was the original Constitution class Enterprise completely remodeled and upgraded. There was no 'A" as it still was the original ship. The Enterprise A did not come along until later. It was a completely new vessel from keel to bridge. Nothing of the original Enterprise was part of the A. In point of face the A was originally going to be have a different name but because of the heroics of Kirk and his crew the ship was renamed Enterprise-A and given to Kirk to command. Hope this helps the confusion. Your graphics are absolutely fantastic and I really enjoy watching your videos.
Personally, the design from a visual standpoint is almost the same with the exception of the bridge though I understand the refit and the A aren't exactly the same. Any differences for the viewers are minor.
@@Halfscreen well the A does supposedly have 70+ decks lol
@@danandtab7463 As far as I know, the D has over 40. I don't know if I can ever model all the desks.
@@Halfscreen I'm sure! I was making a reference to that scene in Star Trek V where they fly up the turboshaft from decks 1 to 78 something. lol
@@danandtab7463 Which was a farce don't you think? A fabrication made up for a cheap joke.
I love seeing Docking ports on Star Trek ships, it shows how they are very much still needed even with transporter technology.
So much detail! Great animation and a very good tour. Thanks.
Our pleasure!
An awesome presentation! Thank you Halfscreen. Your channel is truly a Gem.
Wow, thank you!
I love these videos. It always blows my mind how larger these ships look on the inside than the outside
right ....rooms are eh , hallways are long as shit . teleport or turbolift there in seconds . take the jefferies tube between decks and its ... oh shit the long way .....this epsiode " Traped "
Okay, I had a little chill just now… the original 1701 is around the same height as the Obel Tower in Belfast and I’ve abseiled that apartment block. But now I have a real world sense of scale. Thank you!
Beautiful
The Connie refit is the most beautiful of the fleet.
Can’t wait for the Miranda and the Excelsior class….
This is some absolutely outrageous detail!!
Thanks for the compliment!
The best Enterprise of them all! Well done! Thanks for the tour.
Many thanks!
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701A was originally the USS Yorktown. The refit Enterprise was destroyed in Star Trek 3.
Thank you for the comment. By the way, I showed the video to my friend who is a very long time fan and he said the plans look like they're from the Star Trek:phase 2 Enterprise. Charles, that's my friend,says that's much more rare 🤯
Great Video! Thanks for giving us a better understanding of this wonderful spaceship.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The "A" was not destroyed over Genesis. That was the original Refit. The NCC-1701A flew all the way to the sign off at the end of The Undiscovered Country
Correct, the NCC-1701 -A that Kirk later commands was originally commissioned as NCC-1717 USS Yorktown and was re-commissioned after the original NCC-1701 destruction over Genesis( though this ship was like the Enterprise, a refit of the original Constitution class) . In fact we see both shake down cruises in the Movies,.... In the Motion Picture we see the original NCC 1701 shake down after refit while they are on their way to V'Ger. And we see the recommissioned NCC-1701-A shake down during Final Frontier, Star Trek V.
True. That being said, Enterprise A was not a Constitution Class refit. It was an entirely new ship from the keel up designed to test warp drive in smaller, more familiar nacelles than those used on the Excelsior. It states in the last part of Mr. Scott's guide to the Enterprise that she was the lead ship in what would have been the new Enterprise Class. She was originally Christened U.S.S. Ti- Ho and her registry number was NCC-1798, but was renamed Enterprise A with the registry number NCC-1701-A, and was given to Kirk and crew after they saved the planet in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. That's why Scotty couldn't figure her out in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, even with a Constitution Class refit manual. It was also the reason why when visiting the holodeck in Star Trek: The Next Generation when he wanted to visit the bridge of the Enterprise he told the computer just Enterprise. No bloody A, B, C or D.
@@classicgalactica5879 I have that book, and it's never been declared to be 100 percent canon, it kind of implied that they proposed the ship upgraded to Transwarp at the end. Besides does it really make sense to give a BRAND NEW SHIP to Kirk? I prefer the 1701-A was a refit Constitution, one done later than the TMP Enterprise, could have been the Yorktown. If your using the tech manuals as reference, the TNG tech manual says 1701-A was formerly Yorktown.
When did he say the A was destroyed over Genesis? You REALLY think someones going to research a video to this degree and make THAT kind of mistake? I think you misheard.
@@willgillies5670 he said the Refit was the A, which it was not. If the refit Enterprise was the A, yes it would have been destroyed over Genesis - but it wasn't and therefore didn't
I love your work and I LOVE this ship… The TOS Movie Era is MY Star Trek (what I grew up first seeing) and this is my favorite ship design ever… Thanks for doing this!
One issue/thought. On Deck One you do a good job with that docking port (that confused me so much as a kid in ST:TMP), and you always find a logical space where the head could go. However, I paused and rewatched the various views and could see no way that one could get INTO or OUT OF that area… But it does seem that if the port turbo lift had a second door facing aft, it could access that area. And one could imagine putting that lift into standby mode, where both doors would hold open and it could serve as an access way to/from the bridge.
I’m almost embarrassed about my level of interest in something so small, but then I think I’m just inspired by your work! 😊👍🏼
literally just asked this same question. Like where is the access to that back room? Same question on the TOS bridge.
You're basically correct with the use of the port turbolift; according to the behind the scenes material, the portside turbolift would rotate on the spot to allow access to the docking area behind the Bridge. You can sort of see this in ST1 when Spock first arrives on the Enterprise with the direction that Chekov and Spock head on/off screen.
You can see the turbolift doorway to the airlock staging area (it's a bit narrow but it's there) at 04:24
Just amazing work and detail into all this. I wish my father was still alive, he's be so excited.
Glad you enjoyed it
As usual, that was amazing work you did! So much detail! Astounding.
Thank you so much 😀
The ship looks absolutely beautiful on the outside, with so much detail packed into the inside!
Good choice of video clips from the movies too - Kirk declaring "that's all we know" made me chuckle, as if he's responding to your commentary 😁
Thanks Matt, couldn't have done it wo your help! 😁
Enterprise A was always my favorite!
Incredible and loved it as this is my fave version of the beauty. Looking forward to seeing further renderings of the other areas of this ship.
Awesome, thank you!
Okay, this is awesome. Great work! I will definitely be referencing this on the crazy day I actually break down and start writing one of my million fanfic ideas!
Ahhhh THIS!!!! Is my Enterprise! Great work!
Glad you like it!
EDIT: Forgive me! I did not remember correctly. This does line up with the -A as it did not have a weapons station per movies 4/5/6, though Spock’s position is on the starboard side and not behind Kirk. The book Mr Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise does still show the -A bridge as having the Weapons & Defence console as per the Refit even though it is not there in the movies. 🖖
Amazing work! Though at 4:47 the science station location is correct for the Refit as shown in ST:TMP, but it was relocated to the starboard side as of ST:TWOK onwards. The weapons section is missing on the port side.
I thought the same, but he did mention that it was the Enterprise-A bridge and that one doesn't have the weapons station standing separate from the other consoles.
@@legrat6678 Quite right. I misremembered how much smaller the -A bridge was and more akin to the TOS version. Having rewatched to check, I hang my head in shame as a long time Star Trek fan for not remembering that 😩 🖖
Love your animations. They're full of so much functional information and it really brings the ships to life!
Glad to hear it!
Excellent, the best detailed information on the Enterprise I’ve ever seen .., Ever!
Thank you!
You’ve explained things that’s could never be explained before with a brilliant comprehensive digital animation!
Glad it was helpful! It's not the easiest ship to explain or design.
Refit is a beautiful ship.
I like the "bling" bright chrome deflector and yellow bussard collectors on your TOS model!
By the extent of chances we can say with confidence that this "refit" was conducted by carefully detaching and lifting up the name and replacing the ship underneath. ;)
I have honestly struggled to see anything that could be remaining from the pre-refit ship. Maybe only a few of the core internal spaceframe parts but even that seems a stretch.
Probably just the commissioning plaque. Maybe some melted-down metal, like the US Navy ship "New York" (LHD-17, I think) has some metal from the World Trade Center towers cast into its bow structure.
What interesting is that most fiction is based on fact and this certainly is the case with the USS Enterprise.
All you have to do is look at retired naval ships like the USS Little Rock or USS Intrepid or USS Midway and you can’t even recognize them compared to their original WWII silhouettes and planforms.
What’s interesting is that since those ships lasted longer than the designers ever intended them to.. more modern ships like the Spruance class destroyers were designed from the outset as modular designs meant for growth-but were then retired early after the Peace Dividend at the end of the Cold War.
Cool Presentation! Seeing the deck plans in 3-D, really gives a feel of the ship.
Hey, thanks!
Amazing video! Finally one that shows every detail! Incredible!!
Glad it helped!
Never fails to amaze me the amount of empty space inside the Enterprise. Even the crew quarters are huge.
Would be an interesting contrast to see the Defiant's interior layout after this.
440 divide by 20 decks = average 22 person per deck
they probably need a lot of space to not feel claustrophobic on a deep space mission measured in years
I always put it down to life support shortcomings. A ship the size of Enterprise could hold thousands if you packed them in like modern military naval "wessels" such as a nuclear aircraft carrier.
Given that part of its mission profile is long range deep space exploration without resupply,large and relatively luxurious crew spaces are kinda a requirement to keep people from going insane on multiyear voyages. Dedicated warships like the Defiant or even the constitution derived Dreadnought class likely had internal arrangements much more akin to modern warships.
Great animation, thanks so much for sharing your work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You know I still can't believe that the Constitution Refit Class was built with both dorsal and ventral phaser arrays on the saucer section and we only got to see the usage of the ventral arrays during Star Trek 2:The Wrath of Khan the first time was the forward arrays after Kirk and Spock were able to lower the Reliant's shields and during the Battle of the Mutara Nebula when the Reliant opened fire and damaged the Enterprise's port side torpedo bay the Enterprise returned fire with the port side ventral phaser arrays hitting the Reliant in the aft area of her bridge and we then saw the Enterprise use her forward ventral phaser arrays again when she snuck up on the Reliant from behind destroying the Reliant's port side warp nacelle before it was completely blown off from a photon torpedo.
The refit was my favorite even though I grew up watching TOS in its first syndication run in the 70s. I can’t wait to see the second part with the secondary hull and its cavernous hangar bay/cargo hold.
As someone who is a casual fan of the Star Trek universe (Fan of the the first six movies barring that one, actually likes the 2009 film and Beyond, watched episodes of The Original and Next Generation on Netflix before they became Nonceflix and rightfully blacklisted Kurtzman's Reign of Fucking Terror), The Enterprise Refit/Enterprise A is honestly my favourite design in the Enterprise series. I also like the D from Next Generation (which coincidentally was being made and aired around the same time as the last three TOS cast films), but dammit as a movie buff who considers Wrath of Khan the film that made him love films, the Refit is absolutely perfect.
Constitution class refit was always and will always be my favorite.
in case anyone is interested, I leave my opinion here:
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 first appeared in the 1964 pilot chapter, in the 1966-1969 TOS, in The Motion Picture, T'he Warth of Kahn, and The Search of Spock on, after the argument suggested that the federation considers it a ship too old, it is sadly destroyed.
The Voyage Home (1986) first features The Enterprise NCC-1701-A. replacing the modernity effect of the Excelsior ship only in the last scene. At that time Mr. Michael Okuda begins collaborating on the franchise.
At the same time, in 1987, Gene Rodenberry, who was once again in power, pushed The Next Generation, which is slowly beginning to become familiar with a new Enterprise and new crew.
In 1989, with a period of changes at the top of executives Paramount Pictures, The Final Frontier was finally released, with constant script changes and budget cuts; this is where we first see the U.S. Enterprise-A. ship of which we know very little. Only at the beginning of the film do we see that it has many operating problems.
On a novel somebody explains that a team of engineers reconstructed a prototips on parallel Tomé to the ship "Excelsior", but it is Novel of the expanded universe, reliable to a certain extent-
if we look at details of the 1989 production we see that they share corridors and sets of the set of TNG .. (with different lighting)
Something similar happens with The Undiscovered Country .. where we see the Enterprise NCC 1701-A again
In short, the Enterprise NCC 1701 has two eras: that of TOS, and that of the Movies of 1979, 1982 and 1984 where the internal distribution changes. (Memorable and sublime 7-minute scene from R.Wise's movie and Jerry Goldsmith's suite).
and from the 1989 and 1991 Enterprise NCC-1701-A films, it is the least known spacecraft in the entire ST universe.
Thank you for showing us where the Toilet is on the Enterprise. They never show it in movies or on TV shows. People always wondered where the crew go to the washroom or maybe they just hold it.
Great job as always brother. You followed up the Enterprise 1701 with this 1701 A version. Going to go back and watch the 1701 video again.
Cool, thanks
Phenomenal! Thanks for this, I someday hope to walk through one of these in VR, that would be a treat!
I thought about making an VR version, but it would be too time consuming.
*La mejor nave espacial de la Federacion. Gracias!. Saludos desde Montevideo Uruguay.*
Acordado. ¡Gracias, gracias por mirar desde el extranjero!
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Very detailed 3D model of the Enterprise A! Fantastic animation!
I never knew there was a bowling alley. Your videos always add new info; thanks
Happy to help!
@@Halfscreen yeah I’m a idea person I can break down any idea or any concept if you try to tell me how to imagine what something looks like I will give you a look like”huh” we all have our strengths and weaknesses. I know mine.
Wow, just this already is freaking awesome. I have such a love of this ship (built two lighted models and have this ship literally tatted to my arm) and I genuinely enjoy these videos where I can tell the love is universal. This will always be the superior Enterprise for me.
Glad you like it and thanks for watching.
build real one.. on youtube
Brilliant video! Thanks for all the hard work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video of the Enterprise-A layout, possibly the best I've ever seen. Thank you... 😏
No problem and thanks for watching!
This is incredible. Cheers to you! Keep up your outstanding work.
Thank you! Will do!
Very nice presentation!
Thank you very much!
The only class that used letters for the decks was the NX-class. Decks on the other classes were numbered.
Excellence dude! These are so cool!
This is a great 'explanation' of just "why" the federation kept it's 'saucer' main-crew are in a bunch of concentric circles. Officers, even while 'in bed', were but a few seconds (or, maybe minutes, by way of Jeffries Tubes) from their Bridge Stations. Any crew needed for Weapons, Shields, Environmental Control, or Sensor/Nav/Science were also able to 'get across' from one end to the other of the Saucer by way of 'pie-cut' corridors. Always near a Station, always able to move aside-of Light Damage done. This uses your Manpower assets in 'bad times' the best, where, a Klingon D-6 or K'Tinga D-7 would have, um, whom-ever there-is-left, in the Bridge Boom Section after hard fire. Also, since the Saucer, if reasonably Intact, can be a separate Sub-light space vessel, and, again-if-intact, be an Atmospheric Glider/Lifeboat. While frail-looking at first glance, the Federation design ethos has some validity in dealing with the harsher realities of space travel, while being 'just comfy-enough' for long-haul journeys.
I loved Star Trek I read all the books when I was a kid back in the early 70s and I find this video fascinating with all the detail and involved it brings me back to the original book I had way back then called the making of Star Trek how they gave dimensions of the ship and everything like it was real I find the author of this video fascinating in the way he narrates this as though it were real keep in mind it's all just fantasy
You take back what you said about it being just fantasy! That's what Brandon thought in Galaxy Quest; boy, was he wrong!
@@speederscout okay
Great job. looking forward to part 2. Subscribed
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Absolutely Brilliant !!! Your video put SO many things in perspective for me. 🤜🤛
Glad it was helpful Dennis!
Amazing graphics, a very well put together video of the Enterprise A.
Many thanks!
Some ships only look good at certain angles but the Connie Refit looks beautiful from every angle.
Another amazing job. Thank you for your hard work and imagination
Glad you enjoy it Lance!
Awesome videos! I wish there was a Kelvin timeline Enterprise video. I think that would be extremely interesting.
Maybe one day!
Thank you for sharing your work - incredible
My pleasure!
the most beautiful spaceship of all time. the first time i saw the refit, i thought the outer saucer rim was 4 decks; a deck above and below the windows. so many transporters. phaser banks are so small, you think they would have more
really love these deck by deck views!
Great stuff! Constructive recommendation: you should make the little white lines used to point out features thicker and a different color (maybe green) so they are easier to spot quickly. Often, the video would move on while I was still trying to locate the previous thing being pointed to!
No problem. I see what I can do with the GUI.
Amazing video! Keep them coming
Thanks for watching!
Incredible work!
Thanks for this, its a gift.
Glad you like it!
On Deck A, The Emergency Atmospheric Systems block all access from the Docking Port Hatchway staging area and the Head, to and from the Bridge. This is a design flaw. Unless there is a magic portal between the DPH staging area to give access to and from the Bridge, no access point can be seen in the CGI diagram schematics provided. The drawings are amazing, giving an IRL appearance. The author's skill as a 3D CGI designer is exemplary. Kudos!
Thanks. Sometime, it's difficult to capture some of the details mentioned in a 2D drawing.
This is amazing. Great work.
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful work!
Thank you very much!
Fascinating!….. thanks for the insight! 🙋♂️👍🖖🏻
My pleasure!
This made my day needed something good to watch
Love your Star Trek stuff.
Favorite ship design.
Same!
Incredible work! Thank you!
Thank you too!
You know it's funny that until I heard that area on the underside of the saucer section of the Constitution Refit Class was for planetary scanners I originally thought it was like a meeting room or the ships dining area or like an early Captain's Yaht.
Dang, refit 1701 has WAY more transporter rooms than I expected. I wonder how many people they could transport per minute, we'd occasionally see mass use of ship's transporters like that in the TNG era.
The motion picture showed so much internals of the ship. Though, I do like the design choices and colors of twok. Having grown up with the refit it will always be my favorite ship.
Love your 3D modeling skills.
Thank you! Cheers!
@@Halfscreen Your Welcome. By the way have you seen this guys Star Trek Blender stuff: th-cam.com/video/sChzbvGZvBg/w-d-xo.html
@@TwistedSisterHaratiofales No, but the one thing I learned over the years is that a 3D animation alone won't get you views without substance.
@@Halfscreen Very True. I am damn good at substance though and am very weak on texturing and animation.
So I am working at balancing them out.
I love that so many talented people can acheive things that they could only do in Hollywood 30 to 50 years ago.
@@TwistedSisterHaratiofales Yeah. I typically don't texture because it is such a time-consuming process. I try to be as efficient as possible to keep up with my YT deadline.
Theres a couple of fundamental areas of confusion within this video, based solely around the bridge. It was the bridge of the Consitution Class Refit (NCC -1701) In ST:TMP that brought the twin turbolifts to the left and right rear behind the captains chair. Prior to that on the old Connie Class the single TL had been at the bridges 7 oclock position if the Main Viewer was at the 12 oclock position.
Significant developments to that bridge design included a dedicated weapons Pod to the 8 oclock position and Spocks science station pull out sections which gave him more work space.
The Weapons pod disappeared from the NCC-1701-A re-designation of the USS Yorktown as well as some general streamlining of the bridge at the end of STIV and STV which was again changed upon Shatners request to make it flashier.
I bet the most challenging is figuring out where that huge recreation deck fits in there. In the movie it feels like more than 2 decks tall. Looking forward to part 2 and my other favorite feature, the very busy shuttle/cargo bay.
I never noticed that in that scene at 12:28 Kirk steps into the airlock chamber with two other non suited crew members as the airlock closes and presumably starts to prep for cycling.. I guess he just asked them to hold their breath for a few mins.
haha, good catch!
It think that clip is from a deleted scene. Perhaps the weirdness with the crewmembers is why it was deleted! 😁
Soo, what did u decide about rocinante from the expanse?
I have to think about it.
@@Halfscreen lol that's what u said last time. Np man take your time
@@informalchipmunk5775 It's rather risky for me to make a video this isn't SW or ST related. If the video doesn't perform, it's a big problem since it's very time-consuming to produce one video.
@@Halfscreen oh.. no problem.
I love this. You should do the same with the giant space dock.
Steady on, he’s got to do Reliant, Grissom and Excelsior first!!
The Enterprise A is still my favorite design.
This is a great model and the way you present the video really gives an easily grasped idea of the size and scale of the ship. If I may make one note, on Deck A there does not appear to be any access between the rear mezzanine that attaches to the head and the airlock and the bridge area. I've re-watched that segment a few times now and I can not see any door in or out of the bridge other than the turbolifts nor can I see any door in or out of the rear area other than the airlock.
Glad you like it! The turbolift on the port side can open on the front and back.
Your 3d skills are awesome. I’d love to see a Timelapse of your design process.
Maybe one day and thank for watching.
Nicely done, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Actually the 1701 was the re-fit from the original ship Kirk enjoyed. 1701 was blown to pieces and a clone called the Tiehull replaced it. That was a fully "new" Constitution class craft built from the ground up, they re-named it the 1701A and Jim-bob Kirk could take back to the stars on more adventures.
Another fantastic video, please keep these up!
Thanks, will do!
Brilliant! Really detailed.
Many thanks!
I love Enterprise! It's the best ship ever!
You always do such a great job!
Thank you so much!
The A is my favorite Enterprise. So I’m very happy you did this. Ever think about doing the battle star Galactica?
Original or Remake. Either way, too big.
@@tpw84101 Doesn’t matter. Remake if I had to pick. That one could be a 3 parter haha
So is mine