Registration:

NCC-74656

Name:

u.s.s. voyager

Location:

deck 10

Plan:

astrometrics lab

The latest modifications to the U.S.S. Voyager is the advanced Astrometrics Lab facility, a unique 'map room' with hybrid technology

In 2374, the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager massively upgrade their Astrometrics lab for the first time since arriving in the Delta Quadrant, installing a new system that combines the ship's powerful bio-neural gel packs and isolinear circuitry with borg technology. The ship's position tens of thousands of light years away from federation space means that powerful astrometrics equipment is extremely important. Voyager cannot recieve the regular subspace updates from the Federation databases that are used to plot the position of distant stars and other stallar phenomena, and, as a result it has to rely almost exclusively on its own astrometrics sensors.

The Astrometrics Lab and systems are designed by Ensign Harry Kim and Seven of Nine. The astrometric sensors are upgraded using new models designed by Seven, and nodes salvaged from the small borg hive located in cargo bay 2.

The lab is a semi rectangular room. One end forms a large dome on which information can be displayed; a circular area below the dome is raised, and a short series of steps on each side lead down into the control area. The main controls are operated from a series of curved work stations that form a triangle around the officer on duty. Other stations line the walls to the left and right; there are three station on each side of the room. The fourth wall contains a door leading into the corridor. The main screen can display a variety of schematics, from an overview of the entire Galaxy to a display of Voyager's most recent or projected course. It can also be used as a conventional viewscreen to establish face to face communications with other ships.

extended range

The lab is also equipped with communications system that can be used to recieve and transmit data in numerous formats, including a holographic data stream. The crew successfully transmits the Doctor down a massive relay network that extended to the very edge of the Alpha Quadrant right onto a Starfleet vessel - The U.S.S. Prometheous. It was here he was able to inform Starfleet of their position before his crewmates bring him back to the ship using the same link.

As Voyager travels home, the information in its database increases, ensuring that if it ever does reach earth, it will bring with it a wealth of data that will be of immeasurable value to Starfleet