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Summary: Great tech manual - Not for beginners
Review: After reading this book, I was alot more informed. The book covered everything from the bridge to waste managment. I liked the footnotes included on several pages. A few things were left out. The deck layout was mostly blank. But all around, it is a very informative book. I would recomend it.
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Summary: User's guide to a true "ship of dreams"
Review: Although the success of Star Trek's many incarnations -- from the 1966-69 Original Series, the 1979-2002 feature films, and the four television spin-offs -- is due to the humanity of the characters (even the alien ones!), it's the various starships that have taken the captains, crews and, of course, the audience on incredible journeys across the galaxy. After all, where would James T. Kirk be without the USS Enterprise, or Kathryn Janeway without the USS Voyager? For many Star Trek fans, it's the starship that is the true star of the series, with Kirk (or Picard, or Janeway, or Archer) and Co. as the human "supporting cast" that represents the dreamers who want to "boldly go where no one has gone before."Although dedicated fans and role-playing game designers had written, illustrated, and even published unofficial Technical Journals of Star Trek's primary starships, Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda's Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual was the first really detailed "owner's manual" to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) "done by folks who actually work on Star Trek." Published in October 1991 (halfway through The Next Generation's seven-year run) and featuring Gene Roddenberry's last published words in his special introduction, the Technical Manual is the first volume of a trio of "official" Star Trek references that include The Star Trek Chronology: A History of the Future and The Star Trek Encyclopedia. The Technical Manual's conceit is that it is a 24th Century reference work, perhaps as a Starfleet public relations publication or in-house orientation manual. The tone the authors adopt (with the exception of the "out-of-the-Star-Trek-scenario footnotes, which are insightful and often humorous) is very similar to a NASA shuttle operator's guide, matter-of-fact, dry, and -- of course -- like a technical journal. Starting with "1.0 USS Enterprise Introduction" and ending with "17.0 Conclusion," this 183 page book tells the reader everything he or she wanted to know about a Galaxy-class starship, but was afraid to ask. Want to know, for instance, about the Enterprise-D's warp drive and the theory of warp propulsion? It's all there in "5.0 Warp Propulsion Systems." Does transporter technology turn you on, as it were? "9.0 Transporter Systems" tells you how and why a transporter works, complete with a three-page list of every detail of the five seconds that elapse between autosequence initiation and the signaling of a successful transport. All of the familiar operations we have seen on the show's many episodes and the Enterprise-D's final appearance in 1994's Star Trek: Generations are explained in "authentic" detail. The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual is generously illustrated with ship's blueprints, deck charts, line drawings of equipment, operations panels, readouts, and weapons. There is even a chart showing the five Starships Enterprise with a brief (one paragraph) history of each incarnation of the NCC-1701. (Star Trek fans who purchased this book when it hit the bookstore shelves in October of '91 got their first hint about the plot of Star Trek VI; the entry for the Enterprise-A not only reveals that the starship had once borne the name USS Yorktown and renamed after the Whale Song crisis, it also mentions the Khitomer conference, "which had such a profound impact on the political climate of this part of the galaxy.") Star Trek fans -- either "old hands" who were Trekkies in the 1960s or "rookies" just catching up to Next Gen on the Spike Channel -- will probably enjoy this book...assuming it is not already on their bookshelves!
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Summary: A Beautiful Ship She Is
Review: Authors Mike Okuda and Rick Sternbach, take fans of Star Trek The Next Generation, on a guided tour of the Enterprise D. Everything from weapons systems, transporters, holodecks, and beyond is wonderfully disected and explained. Both men certainly write with authority on the subject serving as technical go to guys throughout most of the series run. Okuda and Sternbach make this a fun and facinating read. It may be a tech manual, but it's still a light read. It offers plausable theory about "Treknology", however, it still doesn't take itself too serously. Aside from blueprints and design specs, Trek creator Gene Roddenberry penned the book's introduction-it's one of the last things he wrote about Trek, before he passed away in 1991. Series Executive producer Rick Berman provided an afterword. This 184 page book is must have, for those that enjoyed the adventures of the Enterprise D, and want to gain insight from part of the team responsible for making the Enterprise fly.
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Summary: Excellant Technical Book
Review: Finally, to see how the ship works. That what this book does, it gives a very detailed inslight into the inner workings of the Enterprise-D. It show details of specific trek technology of this massive ship like phasters,impluses engines, etc. I would highly recommand this book. I am greatly satified with the detail and information of this book. Now I wonder when a technical manual of the Enterprise-E will come out.
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Summary: Excellant Technical Book
Review: Finally, to see how the ship works. That what this book does, it gives a very detailed inslight into the inner workings of the Enterprise-D. It show details of specific trek technology of this massive ship like phasters,impluses engines, etc. I would highly recommand this book. I am greatly satified with the detail and information of this book. Now I wonder when a technical manual of the Enterprise-E will come out.
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Summary: ST:TNG Tech Manual : A Trekker Must have!!!
Review: Have you ever had anyone tell you "but it's just a science fiction show! I mean, warp travel?" Well, if you are a trekker you simply gotta have this book, else die of ST ignorance. Though not for people who are not familiar with the Star Trek Universe, for its very detailed, specific and precise, down to even mathematical and phisical formulas, this is a must have. It will explain the how and why things work in the USS Enterprise-D, from the communicator patch and transporter beam-out sequence, to personal phasers, tricorders, the holodeck and the Captain's Yatch. Also full of great behind the scenes stories and insights. With this book, which I am sure you will learn by heart, you will be able to tell off that arrogant non-believer when he asks " Warp nine? That tells me nothing, I mean, how fast can that be?" Well buddies, its no more than 1516 times the speed of light!!!
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Summary: ST:TNG Tech Manual : A Trekker Must have!!!
Review: Have you ever had anyone tell you "but it's just a science fiction show! I mean, warp travel?" Well, if you are a trekker you simply gotta have this book, else die of ST ignorance. Though not for people who are not familiar with the Star Trek Universe, for its very detailed, specific and precise, down to even mathematical and phisical formulas, this is a must have. It will explain the how and why things work in the USS Enterprise-D, from the communicator patch and transporter beam-out sequence, to personal phasers, tricorders, the holodeck and the Captain's Yatch. Also full of great behind the scenes stories and insights. With this book, which I am sure you will learn by heart, you will be able to tell off that arrogant non-believer when he asks " Warp nine? That tells me nothing, I mean, how fast can that be?" Well buddies, its no more than 1516 times the speed of light!!!
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Summary: A Mexican review
Review: I read this book a couple years ago and I read every page of it. To know the technical capabilities of Enterprise-D allows you to enjoy the series more. You know what is posible and what is not.
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Summary: A Technical Manual at its Best!!!
Review: If you are curious about any small gadget on the Starship Enterprise, NCC-1701D, then you'll find it on the Technical Manual, compiled by the original creators of Star Trek technology. This book is very comprehensive and can answer any die-hard Trekkie's questions. I recommend it to any Star Trek fan. This book is not for beginners, however
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Summary: USS Enterprise 1701-D....Inside and out
Review: If you're a trekker, and would just love to know all the information about life aboard the Enterprise you'll love this book. This book coveres Warp Drive, Turbolifts, Bio-beds in the Sickbay, Tricorders, Hull Material and construction, Holodecks, impulse drive engines, phasers, facts about the Utopia Planitia shipyards, and even the system of addressing crew quarters and such. There is so much information here it's great. The book also has footnotes throughout about different hapenings on the set of ST:TNG. It is well organised with diagrams and plans for many of the parts of the Enterprise. This really shows the planning which is put behind the world of Star Trek, and how they do thier best to make sure the stories fit technical plausability and cohesion.
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