Star Trek: Inside the USS Enterprise NCC-1701

[@jmfa57]

I wish they had videos like this when I was a kid in the '60s. I absolutely loved Star Trek, and Lost in Space as well.

[@dgillies5420]

OMG I am surprised. I tried to watch "lost in space" but the only message in that show was that human beings were traitors and would endanger space travel at every opportunity ... The new "Lost in Space" would be better titled "Trapped in space" as the first 10 episodes contain at least 15 traps that ensnare the lost-in-space-cadets who waste most of their lives escaping from traps ...

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

The were the good Ole days

[@Halfscreen]

Correction, based on the official blueprint, the main engine room is actually located near the back (shuttlecraft maintenance room).

[@IanFindley]

Good man

[@johnbockelie3899]

The main engineering room was actually at the base of the pylons of the warp engine area. That reactor seen behind the fence is at the base of the pylons. ( secondary hull) what he shown was the impulse engine room. ( Located at the rear of the primary hull.)

[@hendrikventer6346]

Firstly Yes that is correct. Main engineering covering 2 decks was positioned behind the defector disk in the main secondary hull. Secondly the top speed of this model starship was not warp 10. Warp 10 is not possible. USS Voyager top speed was only warp 9.925 which was a must newer ship than this model

[@hendrikventer6346]

A great rendering of my favourite ship. Keep them coming please.

[@Colin_]

@@hendrikventer6346 the Warp Scale was changed in TNG. So warp 10 in TOS would be close to Warp 7 or 8 in the new TNG scale. Also I think Voyager had a maximum speed on 9.975 and at the time was the fastest Federation design.

[@rtavery]

I often smile to myself when I hear ST fans and non-ST fans complain about the apparently fragile design of the warp nacelles and their supporting pylons. The mistake I believe most people make when they talk about how fragile the ship appears is they are viewing 23rd century science fiction through the eyes and experiences of 21st century building techniques. Watching and listening to the program you will hear of something often referred to as the Structural Integrity Field. This is an application that is applied to all impulse and warp capable vessels. The SIF basically greatly strengthens the structure of the vessel on the order of several thousandfold. In addition, the building materials used to construct the Enterprise are vastly superior to what we utilize now. There is no welding, screws, bolts or rivets used. One construction technique utilizes molecular bonding of materials which do not yet exist. To put it all in perspective, I would say that someone who lived 300 years ago would be aghast at skyscrapers and suspension bridges of our era that flex slightly. Their worldview would tell them that the buildings and bridges that we take for granted are bound to collapse.

[@linz8291]

lol...maybe some people who developing starships of the 24th century would laugh previous designs are old school styles.

[@Handlealreadytaken.Trythisone.]

The neck is roughly the width of a turbolift. Your story can be summed up in 1 sentence: the designers never took the actual neck width into account and just made it look sleak. 😋 Structural integrity fields would be used to compensate for extreme hull stress, not compensating a self-breaking neck.

[@komradewirelesscaller6716]

@@Handlealreadytaken.Trythisone. well it's probably just a bit wider than that.

[@darylmullins4369]

No bolts? Not even self-sealing stem bolts?

[@blockmasterscott]

0:33 One thing I loved about TOS was the bridge activity looking like a military bridge with people running around doing stuff. Lately, Star trek bridges remind me of someone driving an RV on vacation.

[@Idazmi7]

Same.

[@llanamejia]

You have to consider that now Star Trek is Star Woke. The franchise is dead, Jim

[@Idazmi7]

@@llanamejia It's not really dead... so long as we remember it.

[@Idazmi7]

@ger du The Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians, Borg, Dominion, and Planet Killing Doomsday Machines throughout all the galaxy appreciate your pacifism and ask that you continue to merely tour the galaxy.

[@soldierski1669]

"Tomorrow is Yesterday" Kirk says they are military.

[@tyrssen1]

Wow, this was great! I've been a fan since day one, literally; but this is the first time I've seen the ship's layout really explained and diagrammed. Thank you!

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dgillies5420]

@@Halfscreen What is the animation at the very end, of constructions of NCC-1701-A? Is that something you did or something we can watch somewhere else?

[@Halfscreen]

@@dgillies5420 That was in one of the Star Trek movies, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).

[@BiggestDawgEver]

This cutaway is massively innacurate and the location and Labelling of sections and functions is completely wrong.

[@Halfscreen]

@@BiggestDawgEver It was based on a fan-made schematic, but I'm hoping to fix some of the problems with an updated version down the road.

[@badhippo]

I always did wonder how everything fit together into the Classic Era Enterprise, and this video answered a lot of those questions. Thank you.

[@Halfscreen]

Same here.

[@STho205]

Well done from one of the schematics. They're a few that conflict here and there. Visually on episodes, Main Engineering (warp core feeds behind the cage Scotty often clings to) would indicate that somewhere around the shuttle deck front, as that's where the struts enter the secondary hull. There is "auxillary control" but sometimes that is a different room (Space Seed, Court Marshal, Doomsday) or the main engineering engine room... Depending on which set looked better for the composition of the shooting scene of "auxillary control" . Realities of directing a TV show, assumed to be shown twice and forgotten. A discussion of Impulse Drive, the control room and location may help viewers. Also if impulse is FTL equivalent or not. Many scripts fail if impulse is not FTL capable.

[@davidkaminski615]

@@STho205 There are some discrepancies, but that's what happens when you have 50 years of fans adding their own ideas to the concept. Nothing wrong with that. I like some ideas some people have come up with over the years.

[@STho205]

@@davidkaminski615 it's fine. The show started out as "Forbidden Planet the Next Generation" with set dressing and situations from "Rocky Jones Space Ranger". The original set and costume designer had even worked on that kids show a decade earlier. Check it out. You'll see some familiar plots as well.

[@brianmontague5271]

Outstanding animation and explanation you did a wonderful job bring the Enterprise to life thank you very much I truly do appreciate the work you put into this.

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you kindly Brian!

[@vtbmwbiker]

Great video and well narrated! I always saw Enterprise as kind of a "magical" ship with endless corridors going hither and yon and random elevators that went up, down sideways and around. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the bridge crew always managed to find themselves walking through the corridors at a watch change as there were SO many people moving back and forth at the same time. Loved the show growing up and now. Thanks for the cutaway.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mikeyb4610]

Another brilliant presentation HalfScreen… I’m not a ‘Trekkie’ but after watching this amazing detailed description of the Starship Enterprise I stand converted! …I wasn’t aware of the size, capacity & speed of this craft …. I feel I’ve been where I’ve ‘never been before!’ and learned so much …. thanks again for another enjoyable video …clear detailed graphics, well paced timing, professionally narrated commentary & packed with interesting information…… definitely a Warp factor 1000! …. make more & proser HalfScreen #FederationAdmiral

[@Halfscreen]

No problem Mikey. I always wanted to explore other theme outside the Star Wars genre but my core theme will still be Star Wars, but I occasionally do something different. Thanks for watching!

[@mikeyb4610]

@@Halfscreen your welcome HalfScreen….it made a nice change and it bought Star Trek Tech to those who wouldn’t have know much about it ….. Tc & more please #CaptainKirkClone

[@Halfscreen]

@@mikeyb4610 My animations were never meant for the hardcore fans, just for the casual viewers, which is about 95% of my viewers anyway. 😀

[@mikeyb4610]

@@Halfscreen whatever your aim / target audience is I have to say that you should be proud of what you’ve achieved ….your a very talented & creative person which sets you way above anything else similar here on KZbin ….. I really hope you get to use your skills and talents in a field that you both enjoy AND that showcases the quality your presentations reflect…. Your audience, those who genuinely appreciate & respect you, will continue to follow you in whatever you do within this art form …. ‘never be held back by what others may think - but push forward with what YOU have to give’ (Mikey) … #GoHalfScreen

[@Halfscreen]

@@mikeyb4610 I used to work in the oil and gas industry as a technically 3D animator before tackling KZbin full-time on a full-time basis. My goal is to make enough money on YT so I don't have to get a "real" job.

[@GonzGunner]

Great presentation! It was great to see the interior and exterior layouts of the Enterprise 1701 Constitution Class starship. Before, all we had were the various incarnations of Star Trek Blueprints, but this takes it further, I like how you did a "briefing" type of description, as if you were going to be serving on the ship and needed to do orientation. Thanks for sharing!

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bobcarn]

That was a great rendition! I loved seeing my favorite ship with such detail!

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rpelleti]

This video makes me feel the excitment and wonder when I was a kid watching Star Trek for the first time on TV. I enjoyed your tour of the Enterprise. Thank you.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it! More is coming. I didn't realized how popular it was until now.

[@kyleking284]

That was awesome! Seeing a cutaway version of the Enterprise and all its internal parts was "fascinating" I'd love to see more! Thanks for the video🤓❤

[@Halfscreen]

No problem. Thanks for watching.

[@Cg23sailor]

Too bad it's completely inaccurate.

[@BiggestDawgEver]

Massively innacurate.

[@hondomurray7927]

I agree

[@khyronkravshera7774]

@@Halfscreen Great job but those are the wrong shuttles. Minor not important just letting you know.

[@johnallen4030]

In my personal "canon" it has 2 engineering sections. One at the impulse engines ( where Kirk fought Khan in the first season) and a warp engine room in the bottom hull section (2nd and 3rd season with stairs down the middle).

[@TrentonBennett]

That's what I've believed as well.

[@zclammyesss9533]

Me too.

[@FusionAero]

Agreed there are two. Kirk piloted the heavily damaged Constellation from "Impulse Engineering" in The Doomsday Machine. They wanted to lower the overhead in Impulse to distinguish between the two, but time and budget didn't permit, so they just removed the "Dilithium Converter" assembly. It is probably a good deal further forward than Franz Josef depicts it, so the thicker hull cross-section can accommodate the height, and there's room for some actual engines aft.

[@thethirdchimpanzee]

There would HAVE to be an impulse control or impulse engineering deck located behind the impulse engines - which are the primary sunlight propulsion method for the Enterprise. (And ONLY* method after saucer separation - then the Main Engineering controlling the matter/anti-matter engines and the warp core. There are likely smaller engineering compartments in each of the warp nacelles, as there were in the E-D, and also seen in the animated series.

[@Idazmi7]

He ended up using an unofficial blueprint made by fans instead of the real thing, which resulted in a number of mistakes in the video. The official blueprint is called _"Booklet of General Plans: U.S.S. Constitution Class"_ and is officially published by Paramount. The Enterprise does indeed have two different engineering rooms.

[@matthiaseckert4022]

ähem, the main engineering with the warp core is located in the secondary hull. What you`ve showed is the impulsedeck

[@stephenandersen4625]

maybe . it's unclear. that glowy tunnel thing that scotty always gets thrown against and holds on to is supposedly the impulse engine

[@vp21ct]

The constitution actually maintained main engineering control in the primary hull. This graphic doesn't properly show the tall tower style warp reactor which went down the neck to the secondary hull. A secondary engineering station was also present in the secondary hull which was larger, and oversaw the transfer of warp-plasma into the warp nacelles.

[@normap1229]

Nerd.

[@stewartmcminn7773]

@@stephenandersen4625 wrong, the bars within that chamber run up the nacelle struts

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@stephenandersen4625 nobody could be fully consistent on it, production-wise, but in 'Day of the Dove', we see the energy creature leave the engine room and exit the lower hull. Many deckplans make it the impulse hub, instead though.

[@edpowell5754]

Oh ya, from 1966 I remember it well when Star Trek first came to TV. I was so excited as a 12 year old boy. Thank you for putting this video together.

[@cpt.8778]

Fantastic presentation , i would be fascinated to see the Re-Fit enterprise from the Motion Picture. Great work 🖖🏻

[@Halfscreen]

Great suggestion!

[@eastafrika728]

From a particle physics perspective, the enterprise and most of the Star Trek designs are more plausible capabilities of light speed, Stargate jumping and Rosen Bridge control. The biggest design flaws are the propulsion engines which are in a position that can cause stress and break-up of the ship since for light speed you need to have all the ships center of gravity directed to the propulsion system which is not the case here, perhaps bigger propulsion engines would be well suited if designed well. The sensor probe detector is not in a bad position only that it should be part of the propulsion system since you have to warp drive to very specific positions in space that the sensors detect as a course plotter and triangulator which the propulsion system uses to intensify fusion integration or burn to set coordinates using pre arranged galactic GPS adapters, just like a smart bomb missile engine and GPS sensors. A starship is essentially a highly advanced, space mapped, smartbomb missile converter into a transporter of people.

[@TheWallReports]

That would be the case if warp engines were reaction motors like rockets. However the theory behind warp engines is not predicated on producing a force. Warp engines are positioned where they can optimally produce a warp bubble that can fully encase the entire ship. It is the interaction of this warp bubble with space-time which allows for FTL travel. It is not pressure differences created within the engine itself like with a reaction motor which in turn push against the hull producing thrust. Now starships do have reaction motors called thrusters which are mainly used for maneuvering purposes. But the FTL warp travel is by field manipulation of the warp bubble interacting with space-time fabric while protecting that which is inside the bubble from time dilations. Additionally ships in the ST universe also produce a structure integrity field which is basically is force field running to structure bulk heads of the ship to augment it against stresses. Now if you look at the placement of the impulse engine which does operates on a reaction basis it's position in the hull is more centric to the ship's center of mass.

[@eastafrika728]

@@TheWallReports the warp bubble is formed by micro capacitors that can maintain a sub electron voltage at neutrino wavelength or less within each of the fusion reactors. There has to be more than one fusion reactor that can be controlled by bringing them together and pulling them apart as kind of a warp accelerator or warp drive or gear. Structural integrity during motion is achieved by centralizing the ships gravity and weight within the warp drive. The warp bubble is composed of a sub electron voltage field

[@eastafrika728]

@@TheWallReports in reality you need 2 to 8 independently operating or autonomous AI computers to stabilize the warp core and to activate the warp drive or to build the warp drive in the factory, the calibrations required are beyond the human ability to calculate or hold information . To achieve warp drive capabilities, AI would have to be independent of human manipulation, yet still cooperative. Europeans currently have a difficulty with not manipulating AI programming.

[@TheWallReports]

@@eastafrika728 Not trying to be rude but are you sure you're referencing the science behind much of the technology in ST universe? I am not sure what you mean by sub-electrons? Electrons are leptons. They are not composite subatomic particles like hadrons which means they have no subatomic constituents. Neutrinos are leptons as well and don't reacts with anything. Wave theory rules out electrons acting on anything smaller than it. As far as the fusion reactors goes there are several distributed throughout the vessel but they play no role whatsoever in powering warp drive. The fusion reactors supply power to the impulse drive and is the main power source for the ship. Whenever that plasma is ready for use an EPS tap draws plasma from the power transfer conduit and converts it to the type of energy required. Warp drive is based upon the creation and generation of exotic particles. Warp particles are one such exotic particles. They are produced through a matter & antimatter reaction occurring in the warp core. This type of reaction only take place in the warp core. Not the fusion reactors. These warp particles which are in a plasma state, warp plasma, is transferred via plasma conduits to the warp nacelles where the warp coils are. The warp coils, not micro-capacitors produces the warp field which encases the ship. If the warp coils operate anything like normal coils/inductors, a field is produced. Capacitors are mainly temporary energy storage devices and stores energy as a charge or an accumulation of charges. In addition to warp particles used for warp drive there are other exotic particles in use including gravitons for artificial gravity (AG). There is gravity plating throughout the ship. Embedded inside that plating are gravity generators which in turn produces gravitons particles for AG. An EPS tap draws power from the transfer conduits to provide the power to the gravity plating. Nadion particles are used by and the basis for the many of the directed energy weapons and forcefields; tachyons another exotic particle if memory serve me correctly is the basis for much of the subspace communication systems and on and so on. The thing to remember is all are theoretical particles meaning they don't exist or have been discovered or created yet today. Scientist have mathematical models for existence but that's about it. Electricity meaning flowing electron through a conductor is not going to get you any of this. Electricity is obsolete. As I stated above much of the power for all that technology excluding warp drive comes from plasma produced by fusion reactors which is transferred by plasma conduits. The reason for that is b/c plasma is much more versatile source of energy than electricity. If there's a need for old fashion electricity it can be easily derived from plasma with the right EPS tap.

[@eastafrika728]

@@TheWallReports no, I'm using real science that is in our reality.

[@krane15]

That was great. The best animation I've seen yet. Replete with scale models.

[@Halfscreen]

There is a 1701-D animation if you haven't seen it yet. Thanks for watching.

[@henerygreen578]

thank you i waited over 50 years for this......

[@Halfscreen]

Wow. That is a very long wait! Thanks for watching henery!

[@theNewBee]

I was hoping you would show where the bowling alley was located. We'd been hearing about that for decades!

[@brianrogers7360]

It was located in the star drive section. The blue prints, drawn by Franz Josef, showed that and the pool

[@Zorro9129]

Bowling was really big in the 60's

[@thearthound]

@@Zorro9129 It's much, much bigger now!

[@FusionAero]

I recall it only being mentioned once, but I think FJ's placement of it near the lower cargo hold makes sense, as you need some open "flex space" to maneuver your containers, and you also need a recreation area for the largely-unseen 400 enlisted crewmen, one that's a great deal larger than the Officer's Lounge we saw in the show. Don't buy the pool though, the Navigational Deflector and Warp Engineering need that space.

[@altha-rf1et]

Deck 14 section 2

[@keithvernonlewis9403]

VERY NICE, and thankyou for all your work and the care that you put into this project. As none of us are perfect and mistakes are made every day, yours is the lest of all the problems outthere, so no worries and I'm looking forward to your next video....

[@shanepatrick4534]

These just keep getting better.

[@starsiegeplayer]

Actually, yes! I have enjoyed alot of his videos and they keep getting better

[@argonautis2335]

Excellent presentation of an epic ship. It is amazing all this technology was even thought of back in the 1960s! Perhaps there is much we really are not aware of !!! Well done...thanks

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulwilliams73]

I don't think the "main engine room" would be all the way up there, you would think "engineering" would be closer to the antimatter(fuel) in the main body (two decks blacked out behind the deflector )

[@thundermane362]

I was thinking of the same thing. On the Enterprise D, that "main engine room" which actually includes the warp core, is in secondary hull and when the core breached in ST: Generations they had to separate the saucer section to act as a "lifeboat" for everyone on board. Having that room up there just doesn't make sense. And correct me if I'm wrong, my TOS lore is worse than my TNG lore, but isn't the D the first Enterprise to have that detachable saucer section feature? Plus the way the main engine room is done here, it looks like the top half of that room is going to break from the bottom half when that saucer section does separate. And what's with that curved thing that is bisecting the warp core? Sorry but poor design on that part.

[@paulwilliams73]

@@thundermane362 season 3 of discovery a star ship built around the same time as TOS Enterprise there is an episode where the warp core is ejected, this plus any "warp core ejection" images all show these are from the bottom of the main hull, even TNG blue prints show this as well. TNG saucer section only have impulse engines only for the very reason depleted in the movie (much the same way of the space shuttle piggy backed on a 747)

[@dragonfly492]

@@thundermane362 No D wasn't, ST TOS episode " The Apple" .... Kirk tells Scotty to discard the warp drive if you have to and crack out of orbit with the main section. It has been suggested for decades that Kirk was telling him to get the primary (Saucer) hull out. Enterprise A even shows a separation line that's marked in red on the interconnecting ( the neck) dorsal.

[@VodkaDrinker77]

Ethan Monroe on point

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@paulwilliams73 varied deckplans have been notoriously inconsistent about this very room, for the original 1701. See also discussion on trekbbs forums, too. "Dave of the Dove" makes it fairly explicit the engine room is in the lower hull, too.

[@ianbale612]

Just found out. It turns out you have already uploaded detail video about the first Enterprise. Awesome!

[@Halfscreen]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

As a note: the Constitution class did not separate right at the top of the pylon. The pylon was blown apart with explosive bolts roughly where the second deck in the pylon is.

[@kevinhasson4326]

The construction sequence at the end is AMAZING! Thanks!

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for the comments Kevin.

[@MrAndyBearJr]

Main Engineering is in the lower or secondary hull. When you see the large, angled cylinders behind the large grated screen, those are the power transfer conduits going from the engine dilithium matrix on the opposite side of the grating where Scotty and other engineers access the dilithium crystals, up the pylons to the warp nacelles.

[@Halfscreen]

I'm going to an update to this animation down the road.

[@jptrostle3275]

​@@Halfscreen While the Franz Joseph designs are a delight to look at, they are not canon. (And there is some conjecture that, because Reilly was drunk when he mentioned the bowling alley, he was just making it up lol.) One thing that is canon is there are *3* engine rooms mentioned in the dialog of the series, and the actual filming set was changed 3 times during the 3 seasons of the TOS. It has been argued that either a) Main Engineering was upgrade several times during the Enterprise's 5 year mission or b) the different designs represent the 3 engine rooms: Warp Drive (Main Engineering in the secondary hull), Impulse Drive (at the back of the saucer section), and a 3rd room (Axillary Power? It is only seen once in "The Alternative Factor"). Hope that helps. No matter what though, you need to add the corridors back into your renderings.

[@Halfscreen]

@@jptrostle3275 I'm currently wrapping up part 1 of TOS Enterprise. I'm pretty sure it's not 100% accurate, but I can pretty much say the same thing with any Sci-Fi ship. Thanks for the info, and I will keep that in mind.

[@jimhar5818]

I had never thought to watch Star Trek before I watched your video but now it seems very entertaining and interesting

[@Halfscreen]

Wow. Didn't think my animation would get you to watch Star Trek. I will be working on the NCC-1701-D next.

[@joshuaculbertson6853]

The graphics and animation in this are great! I see some folks have already called out the discrepancies related to the placement of main engineering and the warp core. This particular vessel did not actually have the capability of hull separation. That was a new feature with the Enterprise D due to the large number of civilians traveling aboard.

[@warptek]

Incorrect. The original Enterprise had the ability to separate during an emergency using an explosive bolt system. Unlike the Ent-D, reconnection would have taken starbase facilities.

[@lancebaylis3169]

At least two episodes of the original '60s show have Kirk contemplating saucer seperation, but we never saw it on screen until 1987's The Next Generation. But yes, NCC-1701 was capable of it. The Kelvin timeline version seperates it's saucer in 'Star Trek Beyond' as well, with Kirk running down to the lower saucer and performing the operation manually after bridge control is disabled.

[@bananaramamark]

Lance is correct, however they did separate in TAS one time. They had planned to do this in TOS, but due to budget constraints,... they abandoned the idea until TAS.

[@VinceVegas6]

Oh man what a treat this is! Not only do you cover Star Wars but Star Trek too. This channel keeps getting better and better.

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for watching!

[@chrisambrose8838]

Very cool! It is the most REAL science fiction spaceship! Long live the ENTERPRISE!

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bbbf09]

Not by a long long way is this remotely the most realistic sci fi ship. The fact that it has 'artifical gravity' decks makes it preposterous to known physics. For realistic spaceship refer to USS Discovery in Kubricks 2001 Space Odyseey or any ship in the Expanse.

[@c2dvr]

Awesome video.Years of questions answered.The 3-D view is great.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you liked it!

[@scifiguy26]

You had me till I seen TNG shuttlecraft in the hangar deck😆 still nice video 🖖🏾

[@hondomurray7927]

GREAT VIDEO! I really enjoyed your animation and explanation of the interior of the ship. Well done, thank you. I will be sharing it with others.

[@Halfscreen]

But wait, I'm working a more detail version of the 1701 coming up in the following week. 😁

[@andjoa1975]

This is fantastic. Would love it if you did more Star Trek vessels, and other franchises too. So much to choose from. Looking forward to it, Subscribed :)

[@Halfscreen]

That's the plan!

[@garytwinem5275]

Klingon D-7 battlecruiser please, they're cool looking.

[@kirkbolas4985]

I saw this and I thought to myself…another of Half Screens ship diagrams…I wonder if I’ve already seen this one?…Looking at the date…nope…too new…Yay!!! A new Half Screen video to watch AND it’s on ol’ NCC1701 USS Enterprise, my original SciFi first love.

[@sherynmarsden9917]

So good thank you, the effort involved is much appreciated. And anyone who says anything negative is just jealous, so keep up the good work!

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you! Will do! I have seen any good cross-section on the Enterprise for me to refer to on YT.

[@tallpaul1269]

Great video. The size comparison and cut-away view were well done.

[@Halfscreen]

Much appreciated!

[@louf7178]

Awesome! I was always worried the nacelles would break off. It also seemed the ship would flip around due to imbalance (between the c.g. and thrust).

[@rtavery]

All worries aside, the nacelles cannot break off due to: 1. The Structural Integrity Field which strengthens the ship to endure the stress of warp travel and maneuvers. 2. The construction materials and the technique of molecular bonding. Imagine what advances in building materials and construction techniques will be made 300 or so years from now. Oh, one last real world example. Did you know the wing tips of modern passenger planes can flex upwards to eight feet during flight while not snapping off?

[@jeki6035]

Very well done. Congratulations, and thanks for your enthusiasm.

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you very much!

[@shermanlee4037]

6:25 No, it had a cruise speed of W6 (216c) and emergency speeds of W7 and W8 (343c and 512c respectively). On rare occasions it went higher, always under freakish situations rather than their own power. Back in the day Warp 10 was 1000c. That ship dates back to before Arbitrary Okuda.

[@nuttysquirrel8816]

I was thinking about that. If I remember correctly, Enterprise-D was capable of warp 10 on a good day. There was an advanced Enterprise from the future on a TNG episode that had three nacelles which could do warp 13.

[@shermanlee4037]

@@nuttysquirrel8816 Yeah, they weren't consistent about it. But according to Roddenberry and Okuda, W10 is supposed to be 'infinitely fast' on the new scale.

[@oscarcardenas7078]

Wow!!! Exellent!!!! Thank's for this. video👌👌👌👌👌

[@Halfscreen]

Most welcome 😊

[@raoulduke3000]

There are 3 Enterprises from my point of view: NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, and NCC 1701-D. Each of them was a perfect example of a design philosophy at the time of creation.. -60's, 70's, and 80's. All of the following iterations were just blend and generic iterations and will not be remembered in the future.

[@nuttysquirrel8816]

To me, the Enterprise B in _"Generations"_ is kind of like a bridge that connects the storyline from Kirk's Enterprises to Picard's.

[@21Piloteer]

Enterprise-B was an Excelsior Class ship and Enterprise-C was an Ambassador Class ship

[@josephmoylan9199]

I am impressed at how well this was put together and displayed! Nicely done 👍

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you! Cheers! Have you check out the new updated animation the TOS Enterprise?

[@josephmoylan9199]

@@Halfscreen yes that i did very nice work

[@benb3316]

It's pretty cool how it's plausible IRL - warp drive, some kind of high energy from fusion or a breakthrough with antimatter. And it was mocked mercilessly by the Literati of Science Fiction of the day. That's common though. Verne's work was seen as preposterous and even those that liked Verne mocked HG Wells as pure fantasy and social utopianism. The latter predicted what we are using to casually view this video, BTW. In 1890

[@philigan2339]

Best Star Trek related thing I'v seen in a long while. Thank you very much.

[@jedidrummerjake]

Great video. Great channel!

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for the visit

[@emesselt]

I love the video cut away production; however, there are several inaccuracies. There’s a problem with the main engineering location, horizontal elevator shafts, as well as lack of corridors in the crew section, etc. No reference to the Transporter room, system, or emitters.

[@Idazmi7]

Yeah. He ended up using an unofficial blueprint made by fans instead of the real thing, which resulted in a number of mistakes in the video. For anyone reading, the official blueprint is called _"Booklet of General Plans: U.S.S. Constitution Class"_ and is officially published by Paramount.

[@Halfscreen]

I didn't have a proper schematic prior to creating the animation. I did the best I could with what was given.

[@Idazmi7]

@@Halfscreen Understandable. There's so many fanmade versions that it's honestly hard to get real info sometimes.

[@jptrostle3275]

@@Idazmi7 Those are the famous Franz Joseph blueprints, but - for as good as they are - they were still fan generated. There are many small items on his maps that don't match up to graphics and dialog on the show. Joseph also did the original Technical Manual in 1976 which had some VERY accurate uniform patterns and station schematics, but wildly inaccurate maps. Joseph was sucked into Trek fandom because of his daughter's interest in the show and early cosplay, and "filled in the blanks" with his own - admittedly very good - ideas. He never really consulted with Paramount or Roddenberry or Matt Jefferies on his designs, but built on what he saw on the show, and in the Making of Star Trek.

[@Idazmi7]

@@jptrostle3275 _"Those are the famous Franz Joseph blueprints, but - for as good as they are - they were still fan generated."_ Franz Joseph was not a Star Trek fan and never became one. He was a United States Navy Drafting Engineer hired by Roddenberry to create the definitive blueprints of the U.S.S. Enterprise for future reference, long after the show was cancelled. The Franz Joseph blueprints are canon, and were referenced during the creation of the Enterprise-D for TNG. _"There are many small items on his maps that don't match up to graphics and dialog on the show."_ Of course there are: the show itself is an inconsistent mess made of plywood, acrylic paint, and Christmas tree lights. Which is *_why_* Roddenberry commissioned the blueprints in the first place: to deal with inconsistencies created by the show. _"Joseph was sucked into Trek fandom because of his daughter's interest in the show and early cosplay (...) He never really consulted with Paramount or Roddenberry or Matt Jefferies on his designs, but built on what he saw on the show, and in the Making of Star Trek."_ Incorrect. Franz Joseph, by his own words, saw a group of fans in the 1970's creating poor "technical orders" of various Star Trek devices. After looking at the devices himself (and seeing how realistic they were), Joseph took it upon himself to contact Roddenberry to provide those technical orders, out of nothing more than educational interest. Roddenberry gave him the go-ahead, along with *direct instructions* to ignore any contradiction necessary to create greater overall technical consistency and believability. Gene went on to personally sign all of Franz Joseph's work into canon under Paramount license. After that, Franz Joseph simply and quietly moved on from Star Trek.

[@thomasbortscheller8156]

The cut away was great. Some of your facts and where engineering was located was wrong. We all make mistakes and I look forward to you making another video.

[@user-roninwolf1981]

One thing I also noticed was that the animator used a vertical warp core (which wasn't invented until the TMP era) instead of the typical horizontal warp core from the TOS era.

[@frankortolano5886]

Wow I always thought it was bigger, excellent job,very enjoyable

[@Halfscreen]

Big thanks

[@tomlake2732]

Nice! Your cutaway doesn't show the Jeffries Tubes, though. They went up the pylons to the Warp nacelles. Also, the shuttlecraft were wrong for this era.

[@BennyLlama39]

If the creator's anything like me, he might've just used whatever he could find, that was the same general size and shape. Something that says, "This is where they park the shuttlecraft." : )

[@DrWhom]

it is bristling with mistakes. people standing in turboshafts etc etc

[@tomlake2732]

@Sosi Tehlirian Simple. They DON'T go faster than the speed of light. They warp space so they can get places as if they were traveling faster than light. Take a piece of paper and draw two dots at opposite corners then move a pencil from one dot to the other with the paper flat and time how long it takes. Now make folds between the two dots and move the pencil at the same speed as before. The time from dot to dot will be shorter. D=R*T. R can't be > c, the speed of light but if you shorten D, the distance, then T, time is decreased.

[@hondomurray7927]

True. I noticed that the shuttle craft were from the Next Gen era but I think you got mare right than wrong and I especially liked that you explained (and showed) how the primary hull / saucer section separates from the secondary hull.

[@jptrostle3275]

As lovely as this rendering is, it is missing the hallways and, most importantly - the bowling alley.

[@martinpolanco5681]

Thank you for showing the inside 🙏 Keep showing more

[@nriqueog]

Would love to see a Walk-Thru video of the saucer dish section. Good job.

[@Halfscreen]

Coming soon!

[@nriqueog]

@@Halfscreen Ganna be watching out for it!

[@BlancoDevil]

Wonderful work! This design review is long overdue. Great job

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you very much!

[@ericaarseth7678]

As the show itself explained, the maximum safe cruising speed was warp 6, but could do warp 8 in an emergency for shorter periods of time.

[@MyklStynr]

Exactly what I was thinking. Considering Enterprise NX01's MAX speed was Warp 5, the TOS Enterprise reached Warp 6 to 8 in VERY EXTREME situations. Even STTNG only did a max cruising speed of Warp 8-9, Warp 10 in a ship wasn't considered normal until Voyager or DS9 I am thinking or Speculating. Nevertheless, this is a decent video to watch - Nicely Done & Thanks for Sharing.

[@darioprime]

omgolly this takes me right back to watching TOS and TAS as a kid! Thank You!

[@jawarakf]

@Halfscreen +Halfscreen great that you venture into Star Trek. Nobody comes up with Star Trek Discovery & Piccard ships breakdown yet, hopefully you're the first. I like the no longer split section design instead.

[@Halfscreen]

That is a valid point on Star Trek Discovery and Piccard breakdown. I will have to think about it.

[@jawarakf]

@@Halfscreen we're counting on you, all the best. I always wanted to see how's the current star trek ships with low silhouette look like on the inside

[@Halfscreen]

@@jawarakf Depending on how well this video, I may do more star trek theme animation.

[@jawarakf]

@@Halfscreen good, looking forward to it. I prefer more futuristic realistic design

[@anno5936]

Love how you talked in retrospective about future technology :) Amazing graphics 👍

[@Halfscreen]

Hey, thanks!

[@j.s.connolly8579]

I would LOVE to see you do one on the Enterprise "Re-Fit" from Star Trek: The Motion Picture Please? :D

[@Halfscreen]

It depend on how many views I will get from this video if I wanted to do the re-fit variant.

[@elhanson5426]

Years ago, +/- 1980, there was a very detailed cut-a-way poster of the re-fit Enterprise. To scale, and a very accurate representation of the Enterprise. I had that poster and enjoyed it greatly. But through all the moves in 40 years, I lost it. I wish I had that back.

[@countgeekula9143]

@@elhanson5426 Same. I had the poster and the jigsaw puzzle of her. The TMP refit Enterprise is my favourite of them all.

[@svenmartin840]

Have you seen Star Blazers AD2199,AD2202? I have the model of the United Nations Cosmo Navy Andromnea. She is 1500 feet long 100 feet wide. And 300 feet high. If she was a real ship. But she can out run the Enterprise easy.

[@Biohazard3r]

@@elhanson5426 I have managed to get 4 of those.. I am looking for the one which has the Enterprise-D on it, to hang them side by side.

[@overbank56]

Thanks for this. Especially the inside view of the original enterprise. Never saw that b4

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tedmichel8999]

One day ! We will be visited ....

[@thomasp.crenshaw185]

This is FANTASTIC! Thank you so much. would LOVE to see the 1701-D (Next Gen) interior.

[@Halfscreen]

Coming soon but I probably need a subject matter expert before working on the 1701-D.

[@thomasp.crenshaw185]

@@Halfscreen That was a great review mate, well done.

[@Halfscreen]

@@thomasp.crenshaw185 Thanks.

[@MrSlyFox]

Sir, awesome animation, but it's missing the reactor room, which was located in the secondary hull righ before warp nacelle's pylons. The circular corridors from the saucer also seem to be missing.

[@Halfscreen]

Yes, you are right. I knew I forgot something. The schematic i used on the enterprise was rather basic.

[@MrSlyFox]

@@Halfscreen Oh, okay. Anyway, your videos are great and keep doing what you're doing!

[@mrtrek2117]

Outstanding work, I'm building a physical interior model of the entire ship from the bridge down to deck 24 so I'll be looking at this for sure for reference!

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks. Its actually an older video. Here is the update version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKpXmukZpJmp6s

[@mrtrek2117]

@@Halfscreen Yeah I've seen the update, epic work! Thank you :-)

[@riogrande5761]

It appears that the shuttle craft shown in this cut-away of the 1701 Enterprise are of ST: The Next Generation style. Also, didn't the turbo lift take occupants throughout the ship, traveling both vertically and horizontally? The turbo shaft shown here seems inconsistent with that. While a cool presentation, it seems some details miss the mark according to the original series details.

[@Doctor_Robert]

Not to mention I'm pretty sure the TOS Enterprise wasn't capable of Warp 10 (TOS Scale) without aliens fiddling with the systems. Scotty squealed at Kirk every time he took her to Warp 8. [And also, if Voyager, a ship 110 years newer, used this Warp 10, they'd be home in about 10 years... 20 if they stopped to get dilithium crystals and take pictures along the way... not 75 years]

[@WhatALoadOfTosca]

@@Doctor_Robert I don't think too much research went in to this video. The OP doesn't appear to have watched many episodes ;)

[@riogrande5761]

@@Doctor_Robert Agreed.

[@mohmoudfarah1897]

Informative; thank you for sharing this with us.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sixeswild274]

Really great job overall. I'm pretty sure the main engineering was in the secondary hull, not at the back of the primary, but overall this is a great visualization of size and scale. Be very proud of your work. :)

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for the info! One of the schematics showed it being on the primary, while another show it was on the secondary. The audience mentioned it was on the secondary.

[@sixeswild274]

@@Halfscreen Yeah theres a few different schematics floating around out there, made by different folks. If you ever did the NX enterprise, which is mostly a Saucer Section, the engineering section would be where you put it in your 3d model of the 1701 though :)

[@bfscown55]

I'm a Star trek fan and I love all this stuff

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks.

[@logana6785]

Can you do a droid ship from Star Wars please 🥺btw ur content is absolutely amazing🤩

[@Halfscreen]

Oddly enough, its my next project.

[@logana6785]

@@Halfscreen OMG YESSS!! I can’t wait to see it I bet it’s gonna be awesome 😌

[@SnuggleFits]

You are exceptionally talented. I wish I had such talents. Nice animation.

[@Anthem_of_light]

Macross Frontier please

[@majamesA]

It had a Warp Speed of 10?!!! 6:22. Thanks for the good joke! Hilarious!

[@j.s.connolly8579]

It's Pronounced... "NAY-CELLS" NOT "NA-SALIS"!

[@MuzixMaker]

Close; it’s “na” like “apple” - “cells”

[@JT-gq8wv]

J.S. Connolly _It's Pronounced... "NAY-CELLS" NOT "NA-SALIS"!_ *SO WHAT ?* All the great comments to this discussion and that's your best contribution?

[@ApolosaCakau]

Wonderful video by the way, first time for me to see the inner layout of the Enterprise

[@Halfscreen]

Wait until you see the update to the Enterprise video coming up.

[@echozgus]

the JJ Abrams Enterprise doesn´t count as a real Enterprise is from another universe Kelvin, his universe the reboot of star trek is an ugly ship, the original Enterprise and the others until the NCC-1701-E are beautiful ships.

[@cougarfarmer]

You have built a spot on model of the original Enterprise. Very good job. I have made SketchUp drawings of the Enterprise next to the Millennium Falcon, the Space 1999 Eagle, the Empire State Building and several others. The thing that brought the Enterprise's size into focus for me were photographs of the original studio model, the one in the Smithsonian, with model railroad people at HO scale placed on and around it. Yes, the 11 foot model is in HO scale. HO scale model people are about an inch tall. This works out that the bussard collector is 60 feet across. The studio model is bigger that most people's HO model railroad set up's! Franz Joseph has duped you. All his drawing are non-canon. Main engineering is in the secondary hull. In some of the episodes you can see large arching beam on the ceiling. The warp core is on the deck below Main Engineering. It is a horizontal warp core. If you look at the Main Deflector Dish on the outside of the ship you will see evidence of a massive cooling system. The concentric rings behind the dish are radiators and there are three blockly heat sinks, one on the bottom, two on both side of the hull, with a reveal, an indentation, running behind the heat sinks. This is an area where great power is flowing to the dish. This power is coming from the warp drive, which has to be close. Detecting and deflecting objects in the path of the ship at great distance, quickly, is going to take lots of power which has to be close to the source for efficiently and to not have great power loss in it's transmission. You are not going to place all your head engineering people in a control center several decks away from the warp core and near an less powerful engine that is used less. The department head has to in an office near the warp core. Very small debris should be swept aside by the warp bubble. Franz Joseph has an array of errors. According to Gene Roddenberry and Andrew Probert, the designer of the Enterprise D, warp drive always come in pairs. The two nacelles warp space between them. Roddenberry and Probert wanted to show the warping between the nacelles in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but it was to costly. There are original drawing by Probert showing the effect. Always in pairs. It can work with three if they have the emitters on the side aimed at each other. So you have the middle nacelle with two emitter trenches. One nacelle will not do anything, no go. Another "Joe Myth" is that everyone has a bed. The ship is too small for this. It is a Hilton in his drawings. Submarines have hot bunking after duty shifts, so does the Enterprise. Hot bunking is only used with NCO's and service men, no officers. Big "Joe Myth." The bridge is not built off angle from the centerline of the ship. It would be unusable. It is canon that the bridge is ON the centerline. It became canon in the very first Star Trek ever. The Cage. In the very first scene you see the Enterprise flying in space then the camera zooms in on the bridge. You can clearly see the the turbolift tower semi- embedded in the bridge dome, on the ship's centerline. The camera move into the bridge and you can see a crewmember stepping out of the turbolift which is off axis of the ship's centerline. Then you see Pike and his crew. Gene Roddenberry moved the turbolift doors from their original location behind Kirk's chair to the side so actors could gracefully enter the bridge without any visual obstruction from the center seat. The bridge is inside a double or even a triple hull vessel. The shuttle bay does not touch the side walls of the ship. It is segregated because it is open to space at times. There is space for machinery and offices to control shuttle operations in between the outer hull's interior and the outer hull of the shuttle bay. This is in Matt Jefferies drawings of it. Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies, who was a noted aviation artist, thought this shit out. Franz Joseph did not think he assumed and has made an ass out of himself for as long as Star Trek exist. He did it for the money!

[@alhernann]

can you do inside a brain lol

[@Halfscreen]

The brain is rather complicated. 😁

[@starsiegeplayer]

That is a really cool idea.

[@alhernann]

@@starsiegeplayer thanks

[@NClark1]

Great video. I always enjoy videos about the interiors of these sci-fi vessels.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@fernbatfink4851]

Love it great job showing everythi g with sizes and great info

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you liked it!!

[@3Rayfire]

I got a good laugh out of the use of regular house doors in the cutaway.

[@albertlepore1039]

Love to see an animation of the JJ 2009 1701!

[@Halfscreen]

Love to do it but fans hate the JJ version.

[@neilhaas6024]

I have a few models USS Enterprise. That's amazing. Nice starship the interior is interesting.

[@Halfscreen]

Many thanks!

[@gnryushi]

Amazing work. I'm very impressed.

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@therealityartist9057]

Star trek was my favourite number one programme in the 60s

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Yeah I know about the bowling alley as I heard about it in a Spacedock video I saw on the Constitution Class along with a theatre and a chapel which I did know about as we saw it in the Star Trek T.O.S. Season 1 episode 'Balance of Terror' where we were first introduced to the Romulans when in that episode they were having a wedding between 2 crew members both of whom worked in the ships phaser control and they were starting to go through the ceremony when they received the distress call from the outposts on the neutral zone.

[@starbuck2233]

Excellent video..very informative...thanks

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you liked it

[@keithnaylor1981]

This is pure gold. It brought a tear to my eye!

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks. I'm hoping to have a more detail animation down the road.

[@danielmarinucci9342]

Holy f-ing cow I love this. 1. It's going into my favorite's list 2. I sat through every frame of this video. (Twice) 3. I forgot to say thanks for posting this, you did a great job on it.

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks Daniel. I'm still not happy with the end result, but at least i got it done.

[@georgeherod4252]

Really cool animation. I appreciate the scale comparison

[@JohnHWelch63]

I love the graphic depiction of the NCC-1701 here. That shiny deflector dish looks so cool. Kind of reminds me of a perfectly restored vintage classic car with shiny hubcaps. I wonder if in the Trek universe they have vintage ship shows like we have vintage car shows. That Connie would definitely be the highlight of a vintage ship show!

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for the watching and leaving a comments John.

[@linz8291]

Happy new year and happy holidays, starfleet members.

[@Halfscreen]

Happy holidays to you too!

[@genehunsinger3981]

like it,,alot.as a kid,used to wait up till mid night on a friday to see the show.i enjoy them all now.

[@mitchg7809]

I love the production style of this video

[@infoscholar5221]

Very well done, also very informative.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad it helped

[@hondomurray7927]

Great job (even with the mistake: I use to think the engine room was by the impulse engines too). I really your videos. Thanks for uploading them.

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you very much! There is a much more accurate animation in my channel if you want to check it out based on Franz Joseph blueprint.

[@dgillies5420]

Some interesting parts that could be in a follow-on video 1. Ship's gymnasium (Charlie-X) 2. Ship's Arboretum (The Man Trap) 3. Auxiliary Bridge / Control Room (several episodes incl. Doomsday Machine). 4. Phaser Control (Balance of Terror) It might be fun to show clips from the show & identify points on the enterprise.

[@Halfscreen]

Hm...I will need to look for a better schematic if I'm to update this animation. Good Info.

[@ScottALanter]

Very impressive video. Informative, too.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you liked it! Also check out my new update to TOS Enterprise. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKpXmukZpJmp6s

[@thomasmoshier3920]

Had that model as a kid. No cutaways though. Thanks for the video…..

[@Halfscreen]

No problem 👍