The Shuttle Bay was a room in space vessels designed to store the smaller vessels and shuttlecraft. It also acted as a means to take in or unload cargo, celestial objects like fragments of dysonium,[1] or other spaceships.
The Shuttle Bay was usually the largest room in a ship, so it often served other purposes like award ceremonies,[2] funerals,[3] concerts,[4] and staff meetings.[5] When the Kaylon commandeered the USS Orville in January and February 2421, they held its crew captive in the Shuttle Bay.[6]
Planetary Union[]
The Shuttle Bay was probably the largest room on most Planetary Union ships. On the USS Orville, the Shuttle Bay was located on Deck E at the farthest end of the ship. The room had arrows on the ground to direct personnel in and out and to mark landing locations.
Separating the Shuttle Bay from the vacuum of space was a "force field"[7] that maintained pressure and sealed the ship's atmosphere. The force field consisted of a graviton field that could be adjusted "to ease transition for non-human visitors from their environment into the Orville's Earth-like conditions."[8] The Shuttle Bay was overlooked by an Observation Deck, probably accessed on Deck D.[9]
All shuttlecraft activity was recorded in the Shuttle Bay log.[10]
An access conduit connected the Shuttle Bay to areas such as the armory and the communications array. Half a meter wide, the conduit could not accommodate adult humanoids but can be traversed by children and gelatins.[11]
Krill[]
Each Krill destroyer houses a Shuttle Bay for shuttlecraft and, probably, Marauder-class fighters.[12]
Trivia[]
- The Orville's Shuttle Bay is by far the largest interior set, measuring 83 x 85 feet, with an additional observation room that begins 30 feet up.[13]
Appearances[]
- Episode 1x01: Old Wounds
- Episode 1x02: Command Performance
- Episode 1x06: Krill
- Episode 1x09: Cupid's Dagger
- Episode 1x10: Firestorm
- Episode 1.5x03: The Word of Avis, Pt. 1
- Episode 1.5x04: The Word of Avis, Pt. 2
- Episode 3x01: Electric Sheep
- Episode 3x09: Domino
References[]
- ↑ Episode 2x02: Primal Urges
- ↑ Episode 1x02: Command Performance
- ↑ Episode 1x10: Firestorm
- ↑ Episode 2x06: A Happy Refrain
- ↑ Episode 1x01: Old Wounds
- ↑ Episode 2x09: Identity, Pt. 2
- ↑ Steve Newton. Episode 1x02: Command Performance
- ↑ Bond, Jeff. The World of the Orville. Titan Books. 2018. Pg. 81.
- ↑ The reason is that the Observation Deck is accessed on its own floor, and that floor seems to be one deck above the Shuttle Bay's access doors. See Episode 1.5x03: The Word of Avis, Pt. 1. Because Shuttle Bay is on Deck E, it stands to reason that the Observation Deck is on Deck D.
- ↑ Episode 2x01: Ja'loja
- ↑ Episode 2x09: Identity, Pt. 2
- ↑ Episode 2x04: Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes
- ↑ Lineweaver, Stephen & Robert Strohmaier. "The Orville: A Chance to Design the Future". ADG Perspective. July-Aug. 2018. Pg. 98.