Star Trek Blueprints General Plans Constitution [Enterprise], 1st Printing, 1975

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Star Trek Blueprints General Plans Constitution Class [Enterprise], Stated 1st Printing 1975
The Star Trek Blueprints (or Booklet of General Plans) are a detailed "Complete Set of 12 Authentic Blueprints" (sized 9 × 30 inches) of the USS Constitution (NCC-1700), a ship of the same class as the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). (The cover claims the blueprints are "of the Fabulous Starship Enterprise".)  Stated First Printing on back of Cover Sheet, some staining on that publishing page.
Author and Artist: Franz Joseph
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: April 1975
Pages: 12 Blueprints
Timespan: 2260s
Reference(s): ISBN 0345258215
Sheet 1: Outboard Profile (Port Side View) with NCC registrations of fourteen Constitution-class vessels
Sheet 2: Outboard Top Plan (Port Side Looking Down) with Ship's Complement listings, specifying the minimum grade needed to hold each post
Sheet 3: Outboard Bottom Plan (Port Side Looking Up) and additional view of Starboard Side registration
Sheet 4: Outboard Bow and Stern Elevations (Forward & Rear Views) with Overall Size Particulars and General Notes
Sheet 5: Inboard Profile (Port Side Cutaway View) with additional General Notes
Sheet 6: Deck Plans 0-1-2-3-4-5 (Top Side Views) as follows:
Deck 0: Upper Sensor Platform
Deck 1: Bridge (with enlarged detail)
Deck 2: Science Laboratories – High Energy, Geology, Ion Study, Chemistry, Biology, Science Officer's Office, Physics [Upper Level]
Deck 3: Science Laboratories – Botany, Communications, Special Studies, Cosmology, Physics [Lower Level]; Photon Torpedo Banks
Deck 4: Junior Officers' Quarters; Fresh Water Tanks & Pumping Machinery
Deck 5: Officers' Quarters; Saucer Section Emergency Battery Rooms; Upper Phaser Bank Rooms
Sheet 7: Deck 6 Plan - Crew's Quarters and Engineering/Impulse Engines Power Units – Upper Section
Sheet 8: Deck 7 Plan - Main Deck featuring:
Ship's Computer and Emergency Bridge
Impulse Engines Power Units – Lower Section
Main Engineering (Impulse Engineering), Engineering Computer Banks and Maintenance Shops
Medical Section (Sick Bay/OR/ICU/etc.)
Standard Transporter Rooms 1-4
Sheet 9: Deck Plans 8-9-10-11-12-13-14 as follows:
Deck 8: Entertainment/Recreation Facilities: Gymnasium, Entertainment Center (Arboreum), Recreation Area; Emergency Transporters 1-3; Ship's Computer Core; Fresh Water Tanks; Ship's Laundry; Basic Food and Beverage Preparation Facility; Main Dorsal Saucer Section Attachment (for emergency Saucer Separation)
Deck 9: (Saucer) Materials Fabrication & Reclamation Facilities (Organic, Metallic and Other); (Dorsal) Auxiliary Machinery Room
Deck 10: (Saucer) Cargo and Supplies Storage; Cargo Transporter 1; (Dorsal) Observation Lounge
Deck 11: (Saucer) Auxiliary Fire Control; Lower Sensor Platform; Forward Phaser Banks; (Dorsal) Observation Lounge
Deck 12: (Dorsal Only) Observation Lounge
Deck 13: (Dorsal Only) Observation Lounge
Deck 14: (Dorsal Only) Observation Lounge
Sheet 10: Deck Plans 15-16-17-18-19 as follows:
Deck 15: Secondary Hull Strongback: Visicoms, Air Conditioning Machinery
Deck 16: Medical/Warp Drive Engineering: Secondary Hull Backup Medical Facilities, Warp Drive Engineering, Engineering Computers, Turbolift Repairs, Support Pylons, Upper Shuttlecraft Hangar
Deck 17: Crew's Quarters; Shuttlecraft Hangar Upper Central Level Observation Gallery; Hangar Control Towers; Botany Hi-Bay
Deck 18: Crew's Quarters; Botany Section; Hydroponics Lab; Shuttlecraft Hangar Lower Central Level
Deck 19: Auxiliary Bridge; Ship's Aux. Computer Banks; Security Section; Shuttlecraft Lower Level/Hangar Deck/Turntable/Elevator
Sheet 11: Deck Plans 20-21-22-23 as follows:
Deck 20: Recreation Facilities: Regulation Pool and Sun Deck, Gymnasium, Recreation Area, Showers and Locker Rooms; Shuttlecraft Maintenance Shops; Emergency Battery Rooms
Deck 21: Food Preparation Center; Backup Materials Fabrication and Reclamation Facilities; Backup Food Prep. Facility; Bowling Alley
Deck 22: Backup Fabrication Facilities
Deck 23: Lower Cargo/Storage Facilities; Cargo Transporter 2; Tractor Beam Machinery Room
Sheet 12: Tank Top - Miscellaneous featuring:
Hull Bottom Cargo Holds and Storage Tanks
List of Standard Abbreviations and Plan Symbols used in the Blueprints
Production Record of the Blueprints
Background information
While much of the information included on these plans might now be considered non-canonical or as apocryphal at best, they were used as a source and reference for the first three Star Trek films. Excerpts from these, predominantly deck plans, were used as on screen displays in Star Trek: The Motion Picture when V'ger was reading the Enterprise's on-board database. The onscreen excerpts at least, remain considered canon.
Based in part on a suggestion by Gene Roddenberry, an early, pre-publication version of these deck plans were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Franz Joseph in April of 1974. They were displayed along with the eleven-foot original model of the USS Enterprise in the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum later that summer. Mounted behind Plexiglas on a wall underneath the ship, visitors to the "Life in the Universe" display were encouraged to fill out a form indicating whether they would want to see these and similar works published, as at the time, no publishing deal had been worked out; Random House's Ballantine Books division subsequently did indeed work out just such a deal.
Note to Buyers:
I am also selling about 20 Star Trek blueprints and decks plans this week, so please see my other auctions.  All blueprint auction items can be combined for shipping; however, the lighter items may no longer qualify for First Class shipping (because of the combined weight) so they will ship via economical Media Mail.
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have provided numerous photos of the blueprints so please inspect those photos carefully for any issues before you make a purchase.
I am also selling hundreds of collectible Star Trek books which has taken me nearly a year to organize, compile, grade, describe, and photograph so please see all my other Star Trek book auctions this month. Most of the book auction sales can be combined for economical shipping with a few exceptions (e.g., the early
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Please note that this combined shipping option is available for domestic US customers by simply waiting for me to gather your auction wins together and quote you a revised shipping cost.  Unfortunately eBay prohibits sellers from direct invoicing or combining shipping for international buyers; in fact, we aren't allowed to be involved in what they charge you.  If you buy more than one item as an international buyer, the eBay automated system mindlessly adds all the individual shipping costs up when, in fact, your items could have been combined for a shipping cost saving. If this happens to you, please message me and I have a way of remedying that situation. For domestic buyers, if you buy more than one item during any given week, do not pay the automated eBay invoice that is issued at the auction close, rather please wait for me to issue you a combined shipping invoice. Please note that given I am selling nearly 400 books, I will need the following day to work out how to combine your multiple auction wins. Luckily, all these Star Trek books qualify for economical Media Mail shipping although I did provide a secondary Priority Mail shipping option if you need the items quickly.
I have provided numerous photos of the books so please inspect those photos carefully for any issues before you make a purchase. I have attempted to grade the books using the ABE Books system and note any major flaws with the volumes. I have provided a lot of photos for you to examine to inspect the condition of any given item.
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