Was watching this video on the Nebula class, and ofcourse the Galaxy class is mentioned. And it suddenly hit me...
The saucer has living quarters, medical facilities, labs and what not. The engineering section houses the reactors, fuel, everything needed to make the ship go.

Then I realized, the neck is a lot thicker than for example the Connie. And has a LOT of windows. So, what's in the neck?

Canonically? Shuttlebays 2 & 3, main impulse engine, torpedo launcher.

Beyond that, we've got the Sternbach blueprints and the Whitefire blueprints that give us an idea (mostly labs and living quarters I believe).

Canonically? Shuttlebays 2 & 3, main impulse engine, torpedo launcher.

Beyond that, we've got the Sternbach blueprints and the Whitefire blueprints that give us an idea (mostly labs and living quarters I believe).

I guess that makes the most sense. I thought it might have been support systems and what not. But I do suppose the neck is so massive that crew quarters and labs perfectly fit.

And don't forget the battle bridge.

There's certainly precedent for that on U.S. Navy ships. I've toured museum ships with small staterooms for the CO, adjacent to the bridge.

Cetacean ops, the bowling alley and an ice rink.

You can simulate bowling alleys and ice rinks with any of the holodecks.

Sure, but you can't bury a lucky loonie at centre ice on a holo-rink and then expect it to be there later.

If they're living quarters though, would they feature polarized windows or always be subject to the warm red glow from the nacelles? We saw that was a problem for certain crew quarters on the Cerritos.

Mark

Sure, but you can't bury a lucky loonie at centre ice on a holo-rink and then expect it to be there later.

If they're living quarters though, would they feature polarized windows or always be subject to the warm red glow from the nacelles? We saw that was a problem for certain crew quarters on the Cerritos.

Mark

Whatever the plot demands.

I think the most obvious things to place there would be living quarters and a secondary sickbay, the star drive still has to function as an independent ship.

The blueprints reflect this. Also in TNG "The Arsenal of Freedom", the stardrive beams everyone up at the end of the episode and an injured Dr. Crusher is stated to be recovering in sickbay, so they absolutely have one. Who knows how nice it is though, as this is the first season of TNG and the sickbay proper is still using the conference room windows as a wall, with carpet draped over the holes. :P

Mark

Since when did any sickbay compartment have windows?