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+ | A '''gravity plate''' was used to simulate a [[gravity]] environment on [[starship]]s. Gravity plating could be lined along a ship's exterior hull, or across the interior deck plates. |
| + | Gravity plating could be constructed from [[Duranium]] sheeting. ({{VOY|Alice}}) |
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| + | In [[2151]], when the {{EnterpriseNX}} was preparing to engage an [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant starships (22nd century)#Unnamed Species|unknown enemy vessel]], [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Tucker]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Reed|Reed]] intentionally overloaded the [[phase modulator]]s to increase the yield of ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[phase cannon]]s, using the gravity plating of the affected decks to absorb the recoil. ({{ENT|Silent Enemy}}) |
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| + | In [[2371]], [[Benjamin Sisko]] builds gravity plating into his replica [[Bajoran lightship]] because historically-accurate weightlessness would make him [[nausea|queasy]]. ({{DS9|Explorers}}) |
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| + | *[[Artificial gravity]] |
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Revision as of 10:29, 27 October 2014
A gravity plate was used to simulate a gravity environment on starships. Gravity plating could be lined along a ship's exterior hull, or across the interior deck plates.
Gravity plating could be constructed from Duranium sheeting. (VOY: "Alice")
In 2151, when the Enterprise NX-01 was preparing to engage an unknown enemy vessel, Commander Tucker and Lieutenant Reed intentionally overloaded the phase modulators to increase the yield of Enterprise's phase cannons, using the gravity plating of the affected decks to absorb the recoil. (ENT: "Silent Enemy")
In the mirror universe in 2155, Captain Jonathan Archer used the USS Defiant's gravity plating to increase the gravity under Slar, weighing him down to the ground. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
In 2371, Benjamin Sisko builds gravity plating into his replica Bajoran lightship because historically-accurate weightlessness would make him queasy. (DS9: "Explorers")