In my initial script for this, which Mark beautifully realized in his art, I imagined this as being a mini-Ringworld… in orbit of this planet. I always thought Trek was lacking in amazing, awe-striking space structures — the Dyson Sphere not withstanding.
But even then I felt the Sphere lacked imagination… it was just a huge Death Star, when some of the ideas proposed wouldn’t have had it as a complete enclosure. But 90s budgets and all!
Heck, we don’t see a lot of orbital habitats around Earth in the 23-32nd Centuries. Guess all those space bros are wrong. 🙂
Whoever built that station can’t be too advanced. They’re still using centripetal force to generate gravity.
Who says it’s rotating?
In my initial script for this, which Mark beautifully realized in his art, I imagined this as being a mini-Ringworld… in orbit of this planet. I always thought Trek was lacking in amazing, awe-striking space structures — the Dyson Sphere not withstanding.
But even then I felt the Sphere lacked imagination… it was just a huge Death Star, when some of the ideas proposed wouldn’t have had it as a complete enclosure. But 90s budgets and all!
Heck, we don’t see a lot of orbital habitats around Earth in the 23-32nd Centuries. Guess all those space bros are wrong. 🙂
You fools! Ecumen Council will not tolerate Federation interference!
Recommend moving to a safe distance of one light-year.