REFERENCE WORK
Technical Manual
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation
Author(s):	Rick Sternbach & Michael Okuda
Illustrator(s):	Rick Sternbach & Michael Okuda
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - November 1991
Pages:	192
ISBN:	ISBN 0671704273

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.2.1 Starship classes 3.2.2 Starship categories 3.2.3 Auxiliary craft 3.3 Locations 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organisations 3.6 Other 4 Timeline 4.1 Chronology 5 Images 6 Connections 6.1 External link

Introduction (blurb)Edit

Written by Rich Sternbach and Michael Okuda, the technical advisors to Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual takes you on a guided tour through the new U.S.S. Enterprise. From the bridge to the shuttlebays, from the transporter room to crews' quarters, this book provides a never-before-seen glimpse at the inner workings of the most incredible Starship ever conceived by two of the designers who helped create it.

Full of diagrams, technical schematics, and ship's plans, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual also takes a detailed look at the principles behind Star Trek's awesome technology -- from phasers to warp drive to the incredible holodeck!

A must for all fans, this is the one book that examines the full spectrum of technology behind the fantastic Star Trek: The Next Generation universe -- and gives fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpses into the making of the hit television show!

SummaryEdit

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Robert April • Robert W. Bussard • Zefram Cochrane • Rachel Garrett • James T. Kirk • Jean-Luc Picard • Christopher Pike

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Ambassador • USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A • USS Enterprise-B • USS Enterprise-C • USS Enterprise-D • USS Enterprise-E • USS Excelsior • USS Galaxy • USS Hokkaido • USS Yamato • USS Yorktown

Starship classesEdit

Ambassador-class • Constitution-class • Excelsior-class • Galaxy-class • Ferengi marauder • Nova-class • Oberth-class • Cardassian enhanced penetrator • Renaissance-class • Romulan warbird

Starship categoriesEdit

cargo carrier • cruiser • explorer • scout • surveyor • tanker

Auxiliary craftEdit

ASRV • Captain's yacht • Sphinx workpod • Type-6 shuttlecraft • Type-7 shuttlecraft • Type-9A shuttlecraft • Type-15 shuttlepod • Type-15A shuttlepod • Type-16 shuttlepod

LocationsEdit

Alpha Centauri colony • Antares Ship Yards • Earth • Earth Station McKinley • Epsilon Quinonez sector • Gourami sector • Mars • Milky Way Galaxy • Mutara sector • Narendra • Pluto • Rangifer II • Rigel IV • San Francisco Fleet Yards • Sol system • Starbase 326 • Starfleet Headquarters • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards • Velikan V

Races and culturesEdit

Borg • Cardassian • dolphin (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin • Pacific bottlenose dolphin) • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Romulan • Takaya's whale

States and organisationsEdit

Advanced Starship Design Bureau • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Regulatory Agency • Starfleet Spacecraft Design Advisory Commission • United Federation of Planets

OtherEdit

Cerenkov radiation • Earth-Romulan War • emergency pressure garment • Federation Starfleet insignia • first contact • Khitomer Conference • low pressure environment garment • matter/antimatter reaction assembly • Planck time • primary hull • Prime Directive • secondary hull • standard extravehicular work garment • Starfleet Life Contact Policy Directive • Transwarp Development Project • universal translator • Whale Probe

TimelineEdit

ChronologyEdit

20th century

1930s, the existance of antimatter was confirmed.

21st century

2061, Zefram Cochrane and his engineering team produced a fluctuation superimpeller, a precursor to warp drive.

23rd century

2215, development of the photon torpedo began.

2245, the USS Enterprise was commissioned.

2271, a different type of photon torpedo was introduced. The basic configuration was still in use until the late 24th century.

2277, the Enterprise emblem was adopted as the official insignia of Starfleet.

2284, the Enterprise was assigned to Starfleet Academy as a training vessel.

2285, the Enterprise was destroyed in the Mutara sector.

2286, the USS Enterprise-A was commissioned.

24th century

2337 the USS Hokkaido was the first starship to be fitted with ASRVs.

2243, the Galaxy Class Project was officially approved.

6 July, the original warp propulsion system specifications for the Galaxy Class Project were transmitted to Utopia Planitia.

2344, the USS Enterprise-C was lost at Narendra III defending a Klingon outpost from a Romulan attack.

24 December, revised propulsion, systems and structural specifications for the Galaxy Class Project were sent to Utopia Planitia designers.

2350, 3 June, the first two spaceframe components of the USS Enterprise-D were gamma-welded together.

2356, 16 April,

5 May, the unnamed NX-70637 was launched.

2363, 4 October, the USS Enterprise-D was offically commissioned.

ImagesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

Star Trek: The Next Generation reference works
In-universe	Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual • USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints • Q's Guide to the Continuum
Real-world	Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion • The Making of Star Trek: First Contact • Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission • Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies

External linkEdit

• Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.