24th Century Engineering WIP 04

Poking around a little bit at my 24th Century ship interior, I had a rethink about my Engineering plans after checking out some blueprints that were recently put in front of my eyeballs and I'm thinking that I will probably go this route.  The idea is to open up Engineering so it's not the cramped set-up I built for the 23rd Century version, but also, it's not nearly as automated as say the Enterprise D, think mid-24th Century.  I'm keeping the same basic warp core area and set-up but it's built to contain the core and JUST the core. No extras. Warp engines are dangerous. So it'll have that and a big door that can drop in emergencies. The area just passed the core is a big kind of meeting area with several consoles around it and the 'pool' table.  Not all of this is going to be consoles as one wall is going to be turned into access panels and the wall opposite that will be the massive MSD for the ship.  4 entrances/exits in this area, one being a turbolift.  At the back end is the Chief Engineer's office (and head but I'm probably not going to model the head) and in a side alcove there's either going to be a small break area or one of those huge clear displays and then we have a set of four consoles and a wraparound console.  The main entrance to Engineering will be open and have the big doors except during Red Alert when that will seal off except for authorized personnel. 

This is a LOT bigger than what I'd originally planned, and I might bring the sides in a bit.  This is also EXTREMELY rough as I'm just trying to get a feel for this and even see if I want to pursue it. 

Overall I think I like the feel as it's bigger and overly complicated than the TMP/Phase II Engineering set I built and it's not as streamlined as the Engineering of the ships in the later 24th Century so it kind of fits in that gap. 

Has it really been 7 months since I touched this set??  Oi. 

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