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About the MSD SHIP: Detailed Interior Tour: Bridge - Master Situation Display and Mission Ops
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The SHUTTLEBAY is located at the rear of the ship on decks 9 and 10. It is the launch/landing area for outgoing/incoming craft. The SHUTTLECRAFT SERVICE BAY is located forward of the shuttlebay, where there are facilities for storing, repairing, maintaining and manufacturing auxiliary craft.
this area is immediately forward of the shuttlebay and shuttlecraft service bay  stern bow |
The TURBOLIFT MAINTENANCE BAY is a service facility for turbolift cabs. See TURBOLIFTS.
ATMOSPHERIC RECYCLING (also known as atmospheric reprocessing) provides CO2 removal, particulate and contaminant extraction, and temperature and humidity control. There is another atmospheric recycling section in the forward part of the primary hull, where there is also a biosynth processor which uses genetically-engineered algae to provide energy and mass-efficient CO2 removal and oxygen replenishment. The type of environmental system aboard USS Voyager is known as tricyclic life-support [#96 Drone]. Life support has an power source independent of the main power grid. In [#54 Macrocosm] Janeway says: "The only systems we still have access to are the ones with independent power sources: shuttlecraft, life support, holodecks-" Pergium is a substance that is used to regenerate the filters on Voyager's environmental control system [#55 Fair Trade]. SHUTTLE SUBSYSTEMS include storage of shuttlecraft spare parts, ongoing consumables and other inventory necessary to maintain and repair auxiliary space vehicles, especially as Starfleet operating rules require a minimum of working craft to be available at any one time (for the larger Galaxy-class starships the minimum is eleven). See also SHUTTLEBAY and SHUTTLECRAFT SERVICE BAY The CRYOGENIC FLUID STORAGE contains supercold fluids in insulated storage. It might include cryogenic deuterium although there is a dedicated deuterium storage area on deck 6. The TRACTOR BEAM EMITTER is a focussed graviton polarity device used for the remote manipulation of small objects in close proximity to the starship. There are two, located on deck 14 in the fore and aft of the engineering hull. |
The WARP CORE is located in the engineering hull and it runs the height of several decks but is mainly accessed at deck 11 from main engineering. It is the component of the warp drive system used aboard Federation starships inside which, within the reaction chamber, matter and antimatter are allowed to intermix under controlled conditions, resulting in the enormous release of energy required to power the faster-than-light warp drive. The matter/antimatter reaction is regulated by a dilithium crystal, either a natural crystal if it can be found or one that has been recrystallised. Voyager installed a compositor in 2372, in [#38 Innocence], to recrystallise dilithium crystals, thus extending a major fuel source as the expected life of the warp core was originally up to three years. Underneath the warp core is a hatch through which the warp core can be ejected from the ship if necessary.
Voyager carries an AUXILIARY WARP CORE - it is not a 'spare' but a series of components that can be used to construct a new warp core in an emergency.
MAIN ENGINEERING is located on deck 11, in the engineering hull, and consists of the engineering crew's principal work area and computer stations. The warp core runs vertically through part of main engineering. The turbolift network and also the Jefferies tubes are accessible directly from main engineering.
LANDING PAD - there are four, located at the bottom of the engineering hull, one forward, one aft and symmetrically on the starboard and port sides. The structural strain of landing the ship is absorbed by the structural integrity field (SIF) and the ground hover footpad system. The footpad system is a set of four stabilisation pads that allow the ship to hover over the ground: they gently cushion the landing without damaging the hull. Landing pads are kept fully retracted within the hull and extended only for the landing procedure.
DEUTERIUM STORAGE - Deck 6 contains massive deuterium storage tanks. Deuterium is vital to the running of Voyager's engines. Cryogenic (extremely cold) deuterium is the primary fuel source used in the fusion reactors of the impulse drive and in the reaction-control thruster system (RCS).
The MAIN COMPUTER CORE is situated on decks 10, 11 and 12. The processor's specification includes simultaneous access to 47 million data channels and transluminal processing at 575 trillion calculations per nanosecond. These are assisted by the operation of bio-neural gel packs located throughout the ship, a feature not found in Federation vessels until the Intrepid-class starship.
There is an AUXILIARY COMPUTER CORE on decks 6 and 7.
TORPEDO LAUNCHER There are pairs of torpedo launchers, one set located aft on Voyager's "spine", below the docking port/airlock doors, and one set located on the forward end of the engineering hull above the main deflector. The twin photon torpedo launchers is a Starfleet design first seen on Intrepid-class ships (USS Voyager is Intrepid-class). The torpedo launchers can fire photon and quantum torpedoes.
The MAIN NAVIGATIONAL DEFLECTOR or MAIN DEFLECTOR occupies a substantial amount of decks 10, 11 and 12, and is located at the leading edge of the engineering hull. The deflector uses a powerful energy field to push aside space debris etc. that would otherwise impact and damage the hull, but there is also associated with it the ship's primary long-range sensor package. The main deflector itself comprises a large forward-facing concave dish. Deflector control is on deck 13, section 59 [#84 Prey].
The ASTROMETRICS LAB, on deck 8, was upgraded in 2374 with a combination of Starfleet and Borg technology. It apparently replaces what on tv had previously been called stellar cartography. The new astrometrics sensors use the stars to navigate by measuring the radiative flux of up to three billion stars simultaneously, and the computer then calculates Voyager's position relative to the centre of the galaxy. The imaging database is driven by an advanced holographic generator which obtains its data from Voyager's central computer core. The lab is directly linked to Voyager's sensor arrays so that incoming data instantly updates existing records. Data and sensor readings, which can also be overlaid by charts and labels, are displayed as computer graphics on a floor-to-ceiling height viewscreen which can also be used for conventional face-to-face communication.
The BRIDGE is on deck 1, at the top of the ship, and is the ship's central command centre. Here is where the captain or delegated commanding officer is usually found. The bridge is flanked by the captain's ready room to starboard and the briefing room to port. The stations on the bridge are: command centre, conn, ops, tactical/security, master situation display, mission ops, engineering and science.
The TURBOLIFT network extends throughout the ship, and comprises a high-speed lift system which is standard aboard Federation starships for intraship personnel transport. Since the early starships, turbolifts run horizontally as well as vertically. Each turbolift cab is voice-controlled via a voice-recognition computer device but commands can also be input via a touch-sensitive X-Y translation pad mounted on the turbolift cab's wall and there is also an LCARS panel. The turboshaft is the term given to the passageway, whether horizontal or vertical, along which a turbolift runs. The principal turboshaft mainly serves the bridge and is actually two turboshafts: one turboshaft is reserved for parking cabs which are awaiting use. This means that there is always a turbolift cab in position for use from the bridge, thus preventing crew from having to wait for one. See also close-up of diagram, below and TURBOLIFT MAINTENANCE BAY, above
SICKBAY is in the primary hull, Deck 5 Section 15 Alpha; see close-up of diagram, below. Sickbay contains the equipment and technology necessary to keep the ship's crew healthy. It contains a primary biobed located in the surgical bay and three standard biobeds. All are equipped with medical sensors, other diagnostic scanners and treatment devices. There is also an office and an adjacent medical lab. Sickbay is a holographic environment equipped with several holo-emitters. This is because Voyager, like contemporary Starfleet vessels, is equipped with an Emergency Medical Hologram. This is a program intended for short-term use, to supplement the Doctor, but in 2371 Voyager's human doctor was killed when the ship was carried into the Delta Quadrant, and the EMH has taken his place.
The DOCKING PORT or DOCKING AIRLOCK is for the transfer of ordinary personnel and small-sized cargo. This frees up the hangar deck which thus extends the life of the hangar pressurisation and depressurisation systems. Supply layover time can be reduced and boarding crew can reach their shipboard destinations more quickly. Externally, each docking port has a refuelling system for Federation travel pods and shuttlecraft and there are EVA (extra-vehicular activity) handgrips and docking lights. There are secondary umbilical connect ports adjacent to docking ports enabling the ship to be "plugged into" supply lines at, say, Federation starbases (the primary hard connect ports are aft, on Voyager's "spine").
this area is part of the primary hull (the 'saucer') and includes the bridge stern bow |
CARGO BAYS 1 and 2 are on decks 7 and 8 (ST:M) although in [#27 Maneuvers] it is stated that cargo bay 2 is on deck 4. The loading bay doors are situated on deck 9. In [#54 Macrocosm] it is stated that cargo bays are located on decks 4 and 10, so presumably, as is likely, there are several cargo bays, with numbers 1 and 2 probably being the largest or most-often used. Within the cargo bays there are large storage racks and shelves, and the floor is smooth so that cargo can be easily moved. Cargo bay 2 (and possibly other cargo bays) has space doors which give direct access to the exterior in order to transfer cargo and if necessary, by depressuring the bay, to send objects into space e.g. Borg drones [#68 and #69 Scorpion] or a harmonic resonance chamber containing Omega molecules [#89 The Omega Directive].
The MESSHALL is at the front of deck 2, with its windows facing the front of the ship to give a wide and spectacular view of space. The adjoining GALLEY was originally the captain's private dining room. Neelix converted it into a galley early in 2371, in [#5 Phage].
A REPLICATOR STATION would be considered part of everyday life for the ship's crew, were it not for Voyager's isolation from normal Federation Starfleet resources. After arriving in the Delta Quadrant there was the prospect of few and irregular incoming supplies. As an economy measure, to preserve power, replicator use was rationed. As regards food replication, Neelix helped reduce the need for this by taking on the role of ship's cook and using real ingredients in his menus.
The CAPTAIN'S PRIVATE QUARTERS are on the forward edge of deck 3, and consist of a living room with dining area, bedroom and bathroom. The location means the captain is near the bridge should an emergency situation arise while off-duty.
this area is part of the forward section of the primary hull (the 'saucer') and includes the hull's leading edge |
The MAIN FORWARD SENSOR CLUSTER is one of Voyager's several sensor pallets and they provide detailed continuously updated long-range and short-range scans with the data being constantly processed by the ship's main computer processor through which, in addition to data being delivered principally to the bridge and main engineering also goes (after 2374) directly to the astrometrics lab.
SENSOR OPS AND MAINTENANCE is located adjacent to the primary sensor cluster where all inventory necessary to operate and repair the sensor equipment is kept. The FORWARD POWER DISTRIBUTION forms part of the overall ship's power distribution network namely the electroplasma system (EPS). |
CREW QUARTERS comprise a variety of single and multiple occupancy quarters located around the ship starting on deck 3 for the captain with accommodation for junior officers beginning on deck 4, and down to the lower decks for ordinary crewmembers. Deck in the engineering hull 13 contains some crew quarters. Living space for ordinary crew is smaller than that provided for higher ranking officers, and most do not have windows onto space. Additional space is provided in the form of a number of small messhalls that are located on many levels of the ship, which are in addition to the larger, main messhall on deck 2. None of the smaller messhalls are seen on tv. The smaller messhalls act as informal lounges for the crew to use during breaks in their duty shifts or before/after work. These facilities are well-lit and have low sofas, a replicator, and a view out to space through external windows.
The AEROSHUTTLE or CAPTAIN'S YACHT, which was never seen on tv nor mentioned as being used, is located with its underside flush with the underside of Voyager's primary hull.
The WARP NACELLE is an outboard structure housing the warp drive engines. Voyager has two nacelles, each identical, one to port and one to starboard, and each is a variable geometry warp nacelle i.e. it hinges upwards when the ship engages warp drive as part of its design to avoid damage to subspace. Each nacelle contains a number of warp coils, arranged in upper and lower series, a Bussard collector (also known as a Bussard ramscoop) which attracts interstellar hydrogen ions for use as fuel, a series of subspace field sensors which monitor subspace field geometry, and a spill port known as a photon radiator grille.
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