EAS Today

Thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in the Sanctuary District hostage crisis in San Francisco right now. Hopefully this Bell fellow will be able to keep the casualties of these riots low. Maybe this will work out well for the Gimmes, in the end.

On "Hide & Q". The one thing I hate about this episode is Riker's sudden attitude change. Even after getting the Q powers, he still acts like himself, until the little girl is found dead. Then, at the snap of a finger (pun intended), he suddenly turns into a disrespectful, arrogant jerk.

On "11001001", after Picard and Riker regain control of the ship (while in orbit of Bynus), Picard uses his combadge to contact Starbase 74 (which is at least several light years away), instead of a communications console. Something that is never done again in any other episode of the franchise, as the combadge is a short range communications device.

It turns out, as per 'Star Trek Designing Starships Volume 2: Voyager and Beyond,' that the aeroshuttle was brought up by one of the designers, Adam 'Mojo' Lebowitz, as a possibility when Extreme Measures was being made. He asked his colleague Rob Bochune (who was tasked with designing the Delta Flyer) why they would build a new custom shuttle when the aeroshuttle outline already existed on the Voyager model, and proposed that Tom Paris comes across the aeroshuttle, which was incomplete (won't be installed until Tuesday ;-) ) when Voyager launched, and still needs about a month of work- thus the race in the episode was actually getting the Aeroshuttle finished and in flying shape, rather than building a new starship.

This is where the famous aeroshuttle test footage came from- it was spearheaded by that Lebowitz and Bochune in their off-hours (even designed around the shape of the runabout cockpit so that it could use the existing runabout set), and shown around the studio to try and garner interest from the producers. So ironically, the aeroshuttle only came up BECAUSE of the Delta Flyer.

However, Paramount informed the duo that they were in pre-production for Star Trek: Insurrection at that point, and one of the expected highlights for fans was finally seeing the famous Captain's Yacht in action. They felt that if the aeroshuttle was used on the shows beforehand, it would steal that milestone 'treat' from Insurrection, and so the aeroshuttle idea was shot down. And of course, by the time Insurrection came out and it wouldn't be a big deal... they already had the Delta Flyer, and its dedicated set, so there was no need for an aeroshuttle anymore. So, it was all a matter of bad timing.

According to 'Star Trek Designing Starships Volume 2: Voyager and Beyond', the original design intent was that the Delta Flyer was roughly 50 feet in length. However, after the design of the aft lab for Timeless (where they admit the recessed stasis chamber where Seven's remains are stored would be outside the hull) and the necessity of fitting in the lifepods in Good Shepherd, they quietly revised their scaling to a 70-foot length (despite realizing the wingtips would barely fit through the shuttlebay doors.) So, as per the crew working on the show itself, there's a reason the scale appears inconsistent- they were working with to different measurements in the first and second half of the ship's operational life.

Incidentally, the book 'Star Trek Designing Starships Volume 2: Voyager and Beyond' indicates that The Chute was made under significant pressure, as there was a mass-exodus of employees at the motion control company used by the Voyager team, forcing them to create everything in CG. The volume of designs- the prison, Akritiri ships, and the Baxial- put them under significant pressure. Sternbach produced a number of concept sketches of the Baxial (shown in the book), which it notes 'the CG team used as a basis for their designs, though the final ship differed from Sternbach's designs.' I would assume that it was this time-crunch, and perhaps some behind-the-scenes corner-cutting from the overworked, tight-deadline CG artists getting multiple designs dropped in their lap, that led to the repurposing of the Jaheel ship model.

Now, I heard that Galaxy Quest's Protector was approved only after more Enterprise type designs were rejected

Anyone have those?

It and Stargate's Atlantis might be the only two city-shipe on screen--well, the floating Hospital on VOYAGER

Vor cha on steroids

From a winged design to a 1999 Eagle

It is also interesting to notice the similarities between Cardassian and Ferengi starships and Buck Roger's Draconian capital ship.

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A recurring Milky Way map, first appearing in #StarTrekTNG's "The Emissary"↖️↗️, is seen behind Vice Admiral Haden in "The Wounded"➡️. The map also appeared on the Hathaway bridge in "Peak Performance"⬅️ and is seen again in "Star Trek VI"↙️ and "The Chase"↘️. Happy #StarTrekDay!

Here's a picture for each #StarTrekTNG season 1 episode in which Picard's fish tank appears. It's interesting how it changed over the course of 26 episodes! "Too Short a Season" (1x16) was filmed earlier but aired later. Can't wait to start season 2 tomorrow! Happy #StarTrekDay!

I love this moment in #StarTrekTNG's "The Wounded" when the Cardassians have just beamed over and Troi can clearly read O'Brien's emotions as they leave the transporter room. Everything skillfully conveyed without uttering a single word!
Happy #StarTrekDay! :-)

Here is Picard's fish tank in #StarTrekTNG's "The Neutral Zone". It seems some of the green algae growth has returned and Livingston is still nowhere to be seen. Can't believe I've already reached the end of season 1 of my Livingston research! More later! :-)

Watching #DoctorWho season 1 episodes on Blu-ray on Sundays with my friends - and of course there's a #StarTrek reference in the episode ("The Empty Child") we're watching tonight... ha!
Happy #StarTrekDay! :-)

I'm working on #StarTrekTNG's "In Theory" today" and had to share this early: the painter's palette Data uses in the episode ➡️ is the exact same one (including the spots of color) he used 3 1/2 years earlier in "11001001"⬅️. This made me giggle a little! Happy #StarTrekDay! 😊

Still plenty of attic shelf space left for new #StarTrek starship models by @FanhomeUS coming this fall! :-) The attic remodeling was partly motivated by needing new space for more #Eaglemoss starship models, after all! Happy #StarTrekDay! :-)

Thanks to my notes, I know exactly what I did on #StarTrekDay in 1995: I watched #StarTrekTNG's "Redemption I" and took notes, as usual! 😊
The funny thing is: I started my research on "In, Theory" yesterday - 29 years after I took notes on that episode for the very first time! Happy #StarTrekDay! 🖖

In #StarTrekTNG's "Data's Day"↖️, it becomes apparent that the shelf under the large DNA LCARS display in Dr. Crusher's office is gone ("Data's Day"↙️). The second shelf on the opposite wall ("Reunion"↗️) is also gone but this won't be seen until "Identity Crisis"↘️.

The algal bloom has been removed from Picard's ready room fish tank for #StarTrekTNG's "Conspiracy" but Livingston is nowhere to be seen in this episode.