It’s also one of at least three shuttle bays on a Galaxy-class, the largest is high on the hull and has a massive roll-top door. And AFAIK doesn’t get used in the show; I don’t think a set was built for it.
I think it’s a magical sliding door, but yeah, it’s massive and that’s why they never had a full-size set built for it.
Edit: The thing I never understood is why they don’t just de-replicate them and replicate them as necessary maybe even just have a flat pad on the hull covered with some atmo containment fields so the crew can shirt sleeve to the shuttle.
And here’s some shots of shuttle bay 1.
Under the roll-up door looking at a runabout
Looking towards the roll-up door from deeper in the shuttle bay, viewing lounge windows visible in the upper right
The space is indeed massive, and as far as I can tell, it never was featured in the show. Shuttle bay 2 had a number of scenes, the most memorable for me was from the TNG episode lower decks where Geordie is getting a Vulcan Ensign to shoot a shuttle with a phaser rifle.
Stage 9 did a great job of demoing the scale of the main shuttle bay. It took up at least two decks and could accommodate a ‘runabout’ through the door.
If I remember, tomorrow I’ll load it up and grab a screenshot or two.
I have a memory of a TNG comic book where Data was…something something aliens something something sci-fi. The rest of the bridge crew was talking to him via communicator. Someone noticed that his voice echoed. “Only one place on the ship large enough to have an echo. Shuttle Bay 1.”
It’s also one of at least three shuttle bays on a Galaxy-class, the largest is high on the hull and has a massive roll-top door. And AFAIK doesn’t get used in the show; I don’t think a set was built for it.
I think it’s a magical sliding door, but yeah, it’s massive and that’s why they never had a full-size set built for it.
Edit: The thing I never understood is why they don’t just de-replicate them and replicate them as necessary maybe even just have a flat pad on the hull covered with some atmo containment fields so the crew can shirt sleeve to the shuttle.
Here’s Shuttle bay 2
And here’s some shots of shuttle bay 1. Under the roll-up door looking at a runabout
Looking towards the roll-up door from deeper in the shuttle bay, viewing lounge windows visible in the upper right
The space is indeed massive, and as far as I can tell, it never was featured in the show. Shuttle bay 2 had a number of scenes, the most memorable for me was from the TNG episode lower decks where Geordie is getting a Vulcan Ensign to shoot a shuttle with a phaser rifle.
Stage 9 did a great job of demoing the scale of the main shuttle bay. It took up at least two decks and could accommodate a ‘runabout’ through the door. If I remember, tomorrow I’ll load it up and grab a screenshot or two.
I have a memory of a TNG comic book where Data was…something something aliens something something sci-fi. The rest of the bridge crew was talking to him via communicator. Someone noticed that his voice echoed. “Only one place on the ship large enough to have an echo. Shuttle Bay 1.”
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It really can’t be overstated how massive the main shuttlebay was intended to be. Building a set really wouldn’t have been an option.