Ten Forward Ten Forward was a lounge and recreation facility located on Deck 10 , forward section 1 of a starship . ( ) On a schematic of the , the location of Ten Forward was labeled as an observation lounge . ( ) Functions . Ten Forward was situated at the extreme forward end of the saucer section and was designed with several large windows , which offered a spectacular view of space ahead of the vessel . The room was accessed by two doors , on the port and starboard sides at the rear of the room . The location served as the social center of the ship and was equipped with a number of recreational activities such as three - dimensional chess , " Terrace " , and Strategema , tables and seating , and a bar which served several alcohol ic and synthehol ic beverages . Two replicator terminals behind the bar were able to produce other food and drinks . ( ; ) Ten Forward also employed dedicated wait staff who served patrons both at the bar and at the tables . They were generally civilian members of the crew and wore uniforms with a green color palette . ( ) Ten Forward could also be used for many official shipboard functions , such as wedding s , ( ) diplomatic gatherings , ( ) the change of command ceremony , ( ) birthday and other parties for individual ship personnel , ( ) concerts , ( ) poetry readings , ( ) and funeral s . ( ) Children were not usually allowed in Ten Forward unless accompanied by an adult . ( ) In case of low - power or emergency situations , Ten Forward was a designated emergency environmental support shelter . ( ) USS " Enterprise " - D . On the , the Ten Forward lounge was hosted by the El - Aurian Guinan , who came aboard the ship in 2365 . ( ) She was afforded a small office adjacent to Ten Forward as part of her duties . ( ) Guinan kept a variety of non - syntheholic drinks in Ten Forward , including a bottle of Aldebaran whiskey given to her by Captain Jean - Luc Picard . ( ) There was a large fiber - optic mural displayed on the wall behind the bar aboard the " Enterprise " ; the artwork represented the Milky Way Galaxy seen from an oblique angle . Ten Forward hosted a reception shortly following Captain Picard ' s arrival in 2364 . Counselor Deanna Troi introduced the captain to the senior officer s at that time . ( ) When Wesley Crusher inadvertently released a breed of sentient nanite s aboard the " Enterprise " in 2366 , Ten Forward was one of the locations where he set up traps in an attempt to contain the machines . ( ) Lieutenant Commander Data believed that spending time observing Human social interaction in Ten Forward would be beneficial for his android " offspring " , Lal . She worked there for a brief period , under the supervision of Guinan . ( ) When Ambassador Sarek of visited the " Enterprise " in 2366 , side effects from Bendii Syndrome began to project negative emotions on the " Enterprise " crew . Ten Forward became the site of a brawl , injuring several crew members . ( ) There was more violence in Ten Forward in late 2367 , after REM sleep - deprived crew members began to draft conspiracy theories about the " Enterprise " s inability to escape the Tyken ' s Rift . Guinan was able to defuse the situation , thanks to a weapon she had acquired on Magus III . ( ) In 2367 , Chief Miles O ' Brien wed Keiko Ishikawa in Ten Forward . ( ) Ten Forward also became the birthplace of their first child one year later , in 2368 . The " Enterprise " had been struck by a quantum filament , disabling most ship ' s systems and cutting Ten Forward off from sickbay . Keiko was in Ten Forward at the time , and assisted Lieutenant Worf in treating injured survivors . She subsequently entered labor , and Worf acted as midwife during the delivery . ( ) While investigating the disappearance of the at Mab - Bu VI in 2368 , Counselor Troi , Commander Data , and Chief O ' Brien were inhabited by the noncoporeal Ux - Mal criminals . They attacked the bridge crew and then stormed Ten Forward , taking several hostages and injuring several crew members . Attempts by " Enterprise " crew to force the entities from the officers failed , and the hostages were finally freed when Captain Picard deceived the criminals into believing he would transport the rest of the spirits aboard . ( ) Ten Forward was chosen by Ambassador Lwaxana Troi for her wedding to Minister Campio in 2368 . Although Captain Picard was initially irritated that the ambassador believed she could use the " Enterprise " at her disposal , his demeanor changed when he learned he would be acting as father of the bride . The wedding was later canceled when Troi offended the minister ' s strict protocol requirements by arriving at the wedding in the nude , in traditional Betazoid fashion . ( ) After it was believed Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge and Ensign Ro Laren had been killed in a transporter accident during a rescue mission to a damaged Romulan science vessel in 2368 , Commander Data planned a memorial service for the two officers which was held in Ten Forward . The service was non - traditional and was upbeat instead of mournful and solemn , which was met with approval by the " Enterprise " crew . This proved to be fortuitous – Ro and La Forge were very much alive , having actually been " phased " due to chroniton exposure from an experimental interphase generator aboard the Romulan ship . They were able to create a sufficiently large chroniton field in Ten Forward , requiring a heavy anyon sweep to eliminate them . The anyon field temporarily rephased Ro and La Forge just enough so Picard and Data could see them , leading Data – realizing that the numerous unexplained chroniton fields popping up throughout the ship had been caused by their presence – to initiate a high - powered anyon sweep , which completely returned the pair to normal phase . ( ) Captain Picard transferred command of the " Enterprise " to Captain Edward Jellico during a ceremony in Ten Forward in 2369 . ( ) Ten Forward was the last area of the ship to be decontaminated during the baryon sweep in 2369 . Picard and the terrorists attempting to steal trilithium resin from the " Enterprise " went to Ten Forward to await pickup by a small vessel . Picard narrowly escaped death , as the baryon sweep was discontinued mere meters from the edge of the windows . ( ) Thomas Riker ' s description of Ten Forward in a romantic clue to Deanna Troi was " " What the future holds , no one can know , but forward we look , and forward we go . " " ( ) In 2370 , the matter in Ten Forward was partially transformed into a D ' Arsay temple due to the effects of the D ' Arsay archive . ( ) Alternate timelines and realities . In an alternate version of 2366 , created when the disappeared from the year 2344 , Ten Forward was suitably altered to befit the military nature of the new timeline . Luxuries were limited , the civilian wait staff was gone , and crew members were often forced to consume TKL ration s , since replicator power was generally diverted to the defensive systems . ( ) Ten Forward was still aboard the refit USS " Enterprise " - D of the anti - time future experienced by Captain Jean - Luc Picard . It had been slightly altered , with a new piece of artwork replacing the Milky Way mural . ( ) Ten Forward was a focal point in dreams experienced by Data in early 2370 , influenced by interphasic organism s . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Ten Forward was introduced in , the first episode of the second season of . However , established that it was an unseen part of the ship until then . In the TNG Season 2 DVD special feature " Mission Overview : Year Two " , Ten Forward was discussed by Rick Berman , Jonathan Frakes , Marina Sirtis , Maurice Hurley , and Peter Lauritson . According to Berman , the production had some space over , following a move of the sets , and they discussed what they could build . They decided to show a place where the crew members could be off duty . On every other set , the crew members were always shown on duty . The set for Ten Forward was created in the interim between the show ' s first and second seasons . It was designed by Production Designer Herman Zimmerman , and was the last standing set he supervised for TNG . Zimmerman also considered the Ten Forward set as being the final significant " Galaxy " - class set that was designed for the series . ( ) However , the designer of the " Enterprise " , Andrew Probert , did not intend for that part of the ship to represent lounge space . Rather , he preferred clusters of windows located further up on the saucer section . Therefore , the lounge windows were not represented on the first two " Galaxy " - class studio models , and the discrepancy was only corrected during the run of the third season when the new four - foot model was introduced . Illustrator Rick Sternbach designed the Milky Way mural in Ten Forward . " " I had a lot of fun suggesting various bits of art for Ten Forward , " " recalled Sternbach . " " After showing them a number of abstractions , it came down to an impressionist view of the Milky Way Galaxy . The whole thing was rimmed in light , and the different layers received very heavy - duty fiber optics , which were lit and cycled . It turned out to be a nice piece that complemented the room . " " ( ) Ten Forward was built as a set on Paramount Stage 8 . The doors of Ten Forward had originally been shown as part of Starfleet Command in . Set Decorator John Dwyer enjoyed the task of working on the Ten Forward set , later remarking , " " The only thing we didn ' t do was put all those cooking appliances and stuff in . We didn ' t have any of that , we had a " bar " . If you look at it later on , they had a little barbecue set up in there ! " " ( ) Filming on the Ten Forward set while keeping the action quotient constantly high occasionally proved difficult , such as during production on , which made extensive use of the set . David Livingston , who directed that episode , explained about the environment , " " It ' s like shooting on an aircraft carrier , it ' s a big empty room . " " ( " " , p . 239 ) The Ten Forward set was redressed to serve as a concert hall in and a theater in and . It was also heavily redressed to represent the office of the President of the United Federation of Planets in . After filming on was completed , the set was refurbished to become the mess hall of the on . In that case , its windows were flipped upside down and used in the captain ' s ready room and briefing room . A corner portion of the set was rebuilt for a brief scene during the first act of , integrated via computer with a clip of the rest of the set from the TNG episode . It has been suggested by , among other sources , that the banquet area seen aboard the during the beginning of is that ship ' s Ten Forward . Although the room was on Deck 10 , there was no dialogue or signage which explicitly identified it as Ten Forward . Also , there is no evidence to suggest that Ten Forward was a feature of every " Galaxy " - class starship . It may have been unique to the " Enterprise " - D , although all " Galaxy " - class ships seen possess the distinctive window arrangement of Ten Forward at the bows of their saucer sections . One of the door pairs for Ten Forward was sold off in the " It ' s A Wrap ! " sale and auction . In the auction , it was stated that the doors are made up of wood , painted brown , while the viewports are smoked acrylic . The doors are operated by two runners on the top of the structure . Several glasses were also sold off on the " It ' s A Wrap ! " auction . Window pieces from the Ten Forward set were available to the organizers of the auction , as these set pieces were released for sale by Paramount , but were not ultimately included . Project Manager Colin Warde explained , " " These giant items were never part of our inventory due to their overwhelming size . Unfortunately , our collection process in the first couple of weeks had to be about acquiring the items that had best opportunity to not only sell , but be shipped . How many people would actually be able to show an item like this let alone afford the freight ? " " ( ) Apocrypha . Outside of canon information , some novels and comics have referred to this area on " Galaxy " - class starships other than the " Enterprise " - D . The USS " Excalibur " ( NCC - 26517 - A ) has a Deck 10 bar area , but it is referred to as the " Team Room " by the crew in the " " stories of Peter David . The ' s Ten Forward has been replaced with a " Shuttlebay Four " according to " The Return " , a novel by William Shatner ( with Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens ) .