E-D nacelles

[Atekimogus]

I was recently watching the episode "Eye of the Beholder", the one taking place mostly in one of the nacelles.

The impression I got was that both nacelles are permanently staffed with 4-5 persons but I was wondering.....how the hell do they get there? We do not see a turbolift (and I do not think you could squeeze one into the support struts) so is the only way to reach the working space inside the nacelles via jeffries tube/stairways?

A rough and dirty look at the E-D reveals that the nacelles support struts are approx. 15 decks high, give or take 1-2 decks. Now climbing that two times a day is probably good cardio but still...seems unpractical.

Thoughts?

[Graham Kennedy]

The struts are something like 6 metres thick, at least one or two decks. I have no problem believing that a turbolift could fit in there.

And if not, site to site transport.

[Mikey]

Yeah, a turbolift probably doesn't need to have a floor plan any bigger than 2m x 2m or so.

[Lazar]

The Ed Whitefire blueprints (which are obsolete and conflict with later canon) do show turbolifts going to the nacelles, but as best I can tell, the Sternbach blueprints do not show any.

[Tyyr]

And it doesn't have to be a full size turbo lift. It could be a small man lift. Heck even a zero-G shaft in the struts. Walk in and glide up.

[SomosFuga]

If there are people inside GCS nacelles, can we assume that there are also people inside Constitution Class nacelles? could you fit a turbolift into the struts?

[Lazar]

If there are people inside GCS nacelles, can we assume that there are also people inside Constitution Class nacelles? could you fit a turbolift into the struts?

IIRC, the deckplans that I've seen show Jefferies tubes going up to the nacelles (sadly the LCARS Bluepritns site is down); I don't think a turbolift would fit in the Constitution class struts.

[Sionnach Glic]

Just have a ladder or some stairs.

[Tyyr]

Or a zero-g tunnel.

[stitch626]

Or a zero-g tunnel.

Yeah, I'm liking this one. Less complicated. No machinery that might break down.

[Sionnach Glic]

Aye, that's actually a much better idea.

[Atekimogus]

Just have a ladder or some stairs.

Yeah...that was my original point, I am sorry but I can't really see Troi climbing 15 decks on a ladder and not beeing a bit phased or out of breath..... .

Turbolift might be possible but I like the zero-g tunnel better actually, no moving parts, no machinery involved...futurama-like.

[shran]

Would the inertial dampener system work when the nacelle access is in zero-g? If not, I foresee great problems for those who enter the nacelles while at warp or when the ship is accelerating or decelerating.

[Tyyr]

Nothing in canon that I'm aware of equates the grav plating to an integral part of the inertial dampening system. We know they can vary the grav plating's effect, "In a Mirror Darkly," and no one mentioned any possibility of a problem with the IDS then.

[Mark]

I'm no scientist, but the IDF keeps one from getting smeared into a bulkhead my massive and split second manuvers. If is was just a matter of artifical gravity you'd find someones feet still attached to the deck, with their body ripped away.