Design Bureau · Chapter 1 · Meridian-class Explorer
1.8 Deck Layout
A deck-by-deck arrangement across the 31-deck spaceframe, from the bridge module to the antimatter pods.
SCH-04 Deck elevation — 31 decks
The Meridian's 31 decks descend from the bridge module at the top of the primary hull to the antimatter storage and lower sensor spaces at the keel of the secondary hull. The arrangement keeps habitation and primary mission spaces in the saucer, with engineering, deuterium and antimatter spaces concentrated low in the engineering hull where they can be ejected if necessary.
| Deck | Principal facilities |
|---|---|
| 01 | Main bridge · observation lounge · conference |
| 02–03 | Senior officers' quarters · ready room · VIP suites · holosuites |
| 04–05 | Crew quarters · mess · recreation |
| 06 | Sickbay · surgical & medical laboratories |
| 07–09 | Science laboratories · astrometrics · stellar cartography |
| 10 | Saucer impulse assembly · primary-hull EPS |
| 11–12 | Computer cores (bio-neural & isolinear backup) |
| 13–14 | Mission-spine interface · modular bays |
| 15 | Main shuttlebay & flight operations |
| 16–18 | Main engineering · warp core (upper) · deflector control |
| 19–22 | Cargo · industrial replication · deuterium storage |
| 23–26 | Secondary-hull systems · warp core (lower) · antimatter pods |
| 27–31 | Tractor/cargo · lower sensor platform · antimatter ejection |