Enterprise-A Bridge from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

[@MisterWileyOne]

Excellent work! TMP era designs are the best! When Zimmerman and the Okudas joined the production design team they took it to a whole new level

[@filigrant]

My fav Enterprise movie bridge

[@jdway3542]

This is nice, but I do miss some features from past bridges. For instance, the weapons alcove from the TMP refit and Spock's science station from TWOK. One thing I surly don't miss is that stupid-assed gear shifter for warp speed! The Kelvin timeline can have it.

[@manuelalvarado6510]

Amazing to see the Enterprise-A's main control room consoles booting up.

[@TheUltraMinebox]

Dude casually decided to model the most iconic bridges of the refit enterprise. This is superb work!

[@robbetz]

lol thanks! I don't know if it was casual but I'm pretty happy with it and considering it's only my second bridge I think it turned out pretty damn good!

[@x15galmichelleevans]

@@robbetz Yes, you did amazing work on this. Thanks.

[@robbetz]

@@x15galmichelleevans Thank you! I've found a new passion and hobby. Not bad for a 50 year old ;-)

[@x15galmichelleevans]

@@robbetz Ah, 50. So young! I congratulate you on what you have accomplished. For myself, it took me 30 years to write my book on the X-15, so great things can take time. 🙂

[@robbetz]

@@x15galmichelleevans thank you!!!

[@dtuk22]

I Really like the aesthetic of this last iteration of the Enterprise Bridge, it strikes a balance of futuristic and real world quality. Holds up well 30+ years later. The only aspect that may give away its age is the view screen. By today's standards it would & could be much larger. Good job recreating it. 👍

[@themarveluniverseonline]

I'd kill for a new Bridge Commander game that looked like this!

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT! The whole reveal/presentation is brilliant. I've never been so moved by panels before... ;)

[@robbetz]

Thanks! I was really hoping people would like that. Just seemed like a majestic way to introduce it.

[@Bubbleguts1964]

The Yorktown bridge looks amazing. Oops I mean Enterprise. 😊

[@BramSLI1]

WOW! Thoroughly impressed! Now if I can just find the money to get my man-cave to look like this.

[@aw3752]

WOW. Stunning. Absolutely beautiful.

[@peckins71mp]

Beautiful work! Star trek online should hire you to do bridges for there ships.

[@robbetz]

That would be cool!

[@Joseph1701-A]

I agree 100%.

[@benschoenfelder3321]

Your work looks amazing implemented as a mod for bridge crew or vr experience, the detail in all the bridges is fantastic, certainly gives a a look beyond the movies, keep it up….

[@JMB1017]

“Computer, begin activation sequence.”

[@frankperez1184]

Fantastic!!!!

[@twilightghost46]

To say this is beautiful and fantastic is an understatement. To say this was a piece of Heaven in CGI also feels like an understatement, too. Take a bow.

[@robbetz]

@@twilightghost46 wow thanks! 😊

[@DewantaraRachim]

Thanks..

[@TheSecretWorldRules]

fantastic work, thank you for showing us this❤

[@patricktilton5377]

One obvious thing this Bridge design has going for it is the pair of CLOCKS at Port and Starboard, giving the time-of-day in Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, from "00:00:00" to "23:59:59" every ship's day. The TOS Bridge had a Ship's Chronometer right in front of the Captain's chair, just below the Astrogator, with "HRS🔴MIN" to the Left and "🔴SEC" to the Right, with only the Captain really being in a position to see the clock. The Remastered version of "The Naked Time" re-did the special effects shots of the Chronometer station, featuring a STARDATE clock on the Left and a SHIPBOARD clock on the Right. Perhaps one of the many video displays on this Enterprise-A Bridge presents both the STARDATE and the SHIPBOARD times, but if it's there somewhere it's not an obviously noticeable display. This Bridge shows us the Clock in two prominent locations (at least -- maybe there are more than two of 'em), though we don't see the STARDATE also displayed, for whatever reason.

[@robbetz]

@@patricktilton5377 there’s also one above the viewscreen

[@paulcastillo1310]

Great video on the Bridge of Enterprise ncc 1701-a

[@frankschalk7790]

One of the better bridges. Not my absolute favorite but pretty damn close. I always love bold, metallic tones and the green lit stations. Really nice.

[@jeremymiller5239]

I thoroughly enjoy your work. Thank you for sharing your talents.

[@Kevin_Flynn]

A+++++ Big Round of Applause. Outstanding work as usual.

[@ClunkerSlim]

This used to be my favorite design until I noticed the scene where Chekov almost falls to his death trying to get into his chair. Once you notice it, you can't unsee it. He has to tip toe on that ledge to sit down at Navigation. If you get thrown out of that seat on this bridge then you've got a long drop to the floor.

[@robbetz]

He knows what he signed up for 😄

[@plugsocket9432]

Amazing work. As a Star Trek fan of Star Trek from 1966 to 2005 and some of the relaunch novels; I despair at the fracture in the fandom between original Star Trek and 2009 to 2024 NuTrek. Hopefully we can come together again after JJ Abrams/Alex Kurtzman are gone.

[@robbetz]

@@plugsocket9432 lol thank you! I had to chuckle at the “I despair” then followed by coming together when Abrams and Kurtzman are gone. Come on man! Let’s not be Star Wars fans about this; Star Trek was ahead of its time socially, politically, and visually. By its very nature it has to evolve and keep up with the times and yes that may mean passing the torch to new blood and new visions. I get the controversy over the Kelvin timeline but I still enjoyed the movies. I didn’t like them redoing TWOK as Into Darkness; they could have done the same story but without it being Khan. Bad choice. As for new trek I enjoyed Discovery and Picard and LOVE Strange New Worlds. That show in particular has done the Enterprise right. It pays homage to the TOS ship but updates it appropriately.

[@ich-bin-schuld]

❤Amazing❤

[@benjaminwigley4132]

THIS is magnificent... BRAVO!!!!!

[@JLOFlix]

Absolutely magnificent!!

[@Joseph1701-A]

If I ever win the lottery I plan to have one room in my dream home be the S.T. 6 Enterprise Bridge, and a second room would be the Enterprise E bridge.

[@robbetz]

@@Joseph1701-A my lotto bridge would be the ST2 bridge.

[@Phileosophos]

Damn did you make me smile. Thanks for that. Job well done.

[@radishdalek]

This is a great model. I run an online archive of production used Star Trek set blueprints called "Set Blueprint Archive". It also covers other stuff like the LCARS displays etc. I hope this helps with your future projects

[@robbetz]

@@radishdalek I welcome any reference material that will help in crafting the on screen graphics. Can you give me a link?

[@radishdalek]

​@@robbetz Some of the the blueprints are listed in adjacent series. For example the TMP Engineering warp core surround (the glass) blueprint is listed in the Enterprise D folder as the sheet was redrawn for TNG.

[@radishdalek]

@@robbetz I've tried posting a few times, but youtube doesn't seem to want to let me post a link. Best suggestion is that you google "Set Blueprint Archive" - it should be the first result.

[@beanhavok2287]

Peak Enterprise.

[@Baldmaxx]

Fantastic work! Subscribed.

[@nicholasduke-ez6em]

Thank you lieutenant, one quarter impulse power

[@k1productions87]

I love seeing all the screens and panels turn on one at a time before the main lights come on, that was a cool touch. The only thing that would make it better (and please don't take this as a criticism, just me always hoping to see that next extra step :P) is if each of the screen had like a startup sequence. Like the status displays with the moving bars start at zero before loading up, and the ship diagrams start blank before loading in the systems displays and all. A boot up sequence, as it were. Granted, we never saw this on screen, so there would be nothing canon to draw from. But it would still tickle my little Trekkie brain :P

[@robbetz]

@@k1productions87 that occurred to me. It would have taken sooooo long though.

[@k1productions87]

@@robbetz future step maybe? ^_^

[@robbetz]

@@k1productions87 maybe 😉

[@christophersnyder1532]

Herman Zimmerman would be proud. Take care, and all the best.

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Gorgeous. ❤❤❤

[@newyorkerinvegas]

Gorgeous!

[@elusive1970]

Fantastic video, loved every moment of this! Could we get a longer ST2 Bridge video like this?

[@robbetz]

Yes definitely. New GPU cranked this out in a day so I plan on making more TWOK bridge videos too.

[@ginger00022]

Awesome job!!

[@GeekFilter]

I had no recollection of the of the dedication plaque being above the main view screen, but it's there in the movie. Such an odd placement!

[@robbetz]

@@GeekFilter I agree.

[@RegClintonBrown]

GREAT WORK👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼👏🏻👏👍🏾

[@crash7098]

1701-A bridge is the best in all of trek. 1701-E is my second.

[@itsgoff]

Only thing that would make this perfect is if Brandon Routh played Superman again

[@tony92506]

well done!!

[@softdreams1776]

awesome! this is pretty accurate i loved this bridge configuration it had more of the colors of tos bridge with more reds and computer stations more like the original series i choose this over that ugly pre phase 2 / TMP bridge navy sub look was more like a down grade then a upgrade. this looks far more advanced like a upgrade. i been trying to get those exact display lcars animations especially the one of the rotating oscillating enterprise display

[@robbetz]

@@softdreams1776 I did a separate post of just the animated displays I created for this. The wireframe is among them. Check it out.

[@paulburroughs1313]

The best bridge design even though I think TMP was a great set, just could'nt be lit properly because of dim displays.

[@morgan97475]

Nice. I do wish the directors had maintained a bit of design continuity with the bridges. The look of the 1701-A bridges differ from ST 5 to ST 6....I just chalk it up to a major bridge refurbish after some sort of harrowing adventure between those two movies.

[@robbetz]

@@morgan97475 seems she was in bad shape in st5; whatever upgrade they were doing wasn’t going well so maybe after that misadventure they had to do a major refit.

[@morgan97475]

@@robbetz Agreed. Kirk knows how to throw a party.

[@timsworld30]

Very Cool!!!

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

Wow!

[@messengerguardiansparanorm8606]

Wonderful!!! Newly subbed!

[@lordwilliamparker8898]

Amazing work would of been nice if you had of used some Star Trek music as background

[@robbetz]

@@lordwilliamparker8898 I used Star Trek music for several other videos but for the longer ones I want music I have a license for and I need longer pieces that I can pace the video to.

[@Potrimpo]

What's the musical piece?

[@robbetz]

@@Potrimpo it’s an ambient music title from Envato Elements.

[@frankschalk7790]

Can you do a version with just the ambient sound effects like you did for your refit bridge video?

[@robbetz]

@@frankschalk7790 yes I’m working on a few different things that’s among them

[@aw3752]

This vessel would be the third to bear the name. 1) NX-01. 2) 1701 3) 1701-A. 😊

[@robbetz]

@@aw3752 🤷‍♂️ I guess they only count the ships with NCC

[@blammers]

They probably mean Federation starship.

[@MythicFables]

Wow! Where did all the animated proto-Lcars screen assets come from? They look great! I'd love a set to make a screensaver with.

[@robbetz]

@@MythicFables made them by hand in photoshop and premiere

[@ooklathemok]

this is amazing work. is it explorable ?

[@robbetz]

@@ooklathemok thanks. Not it’s just a blender file. Dont know how to port to unreal yet.

[@tomboderider]

More, plz 😅

[@ericmadsen7470]

My three favorite ships from the 23 century are OG series Enterprise, the refit and the A. All the other Enterprise's I like but not as much as these 3.

[@robbetz]

@@ericmadsen7470 same

[@DaveTravelsinTime]

A mazing love it very accurate. Whats your thoughts on the Nxo1 Enterprise?

[@robbetz]

@@DaveTravelsinTime I enjoyed enterprise very much. The ship was beautiful.

[@DaveTravelsinTime]

​@robbetz yep I agre and it wasn't as fancy looking as the later Enterprise ones like Enterprise D or E so they did a good job of making it look more stripped down less technologically advanced since it was a prequel!

[@psychodolly8869]

Obligatory “HA HA…NERD!” Cool stuff though

[@alenava6088]

Is an amazing job WELL DONE 😮 P.s. It woluld be possible to make a version that correct the turbolifts doors position? Because they are too far on the sides and that doesn't match with the exterior hull desing 😢

[@wendigos_eat_people7177]

I agree. I would also like to see a corrected version.

[@wahoo236]

The turbolift positions might not match the TMP shooting model, but the turbolifts are in the correct position based on the bridge set they used to film ST6.

[@Wolfe351]

its nice looking but I prefer the version from ST:V its more accurate to the physical limitations of the bridge exterior design! The ST:VI bridge would not actually fit the shape, the two turbo lifts are too far apart and would require a much larger bridge module than is on the ship.

[@robbetz]

@@Wolfe351 a topic for endless debate same as whether the tos bridge was angled. I don’t disagree w your assessment but in thinking about it my best workaround is that if they dropped the bridge a little that would allow for the extra room. 🤷‍♂️ At the end of the day, best not to nitpick too much as it would simply unravel everything by trying to make sense of too many things in Star Trek that don’t make sense; starting with how little sense it makes to have the bridge on top of the saucer section to begin with. It should be buried deep inside the ship like the CIC in Battlestar Galactica.

[@jamilanderson3327]

Do the Enterprise A's engine room

[@robbetz]

@@jamilanderson3327 working on the TWOK engine room now which I should be able to adapt to be the A’s engine room.

[@wahoo236]

LOL, by Enterprise-A’s engine room, you actually mean TNG’s engine room? It always bothered me in Star Trek six that used TNG’s engine room set. Obviously it was a massive cost savings, considering that there was only a few shots in engineering. So I can’t dog on them too hard about it. :-) But yes, a adaption of the motion picture/Star Trek II engine room would be really cool.

[@robbetz]

@@wahoo236 well the TWOK corridors and transporter room were reused to create TNG’s rooms so why not? Actually I bet the A engine room looked more like TWOK’s than TNG.

[@PaulA-ns9te]

Shields up, keptin?

[@robbetz]

@@PaulA-ns9te never been this close…

[@michaelseymour7211]

Is this real or Memorex?

[@emilmlodnicki3835]

Really high quality! 2 weeks ago I made my own attempt at a Terran Empire bridge. The model was the sketchup but I'm using a 20 year old program to model and texture everything, as well as render. It's a pale imitation of your quality, but I try. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5nFg6idaaeeg7c

[@robbetz]

@@emilmlodnicki3835 I like it. I know the effort it takes to make those LCars displays!

[@theartsig]

Nice render, especially the animated displays. But I hate this bridge. All that dead space between the obvious, disconnected patchwork of 4x3 television monitors... yuck. The best TOS crew bridge remains the one we only saw for a few seconds at the end of ST:IV. It's bright, and airy, and the okudagrams aren't so numerous as to overwhelm. And they are more purpose driven in their arrangement. They don't look like a bunch of old TV's in a used appliance store. I would like to see more purpose built cutouts for each gram. The round ones particularly would benefit from a uniquely shaped outlet for each one.

[@robbetz]

@@theartsig to each their own. This design has grown on me. TWOK bridge is still my favorite.