Orbital office complex

The orbital office complex was a Starfleet space station in orbit of Earth during the late 23rd century. 
In the 2270s, Admiral Kirk was transported to the for the first time in two and a half years via from the orbital office complex. ()
A graphic display of an orbital office complex appeared in the USS Defiants library computer on several occasions during 2374 and 2375. (, et al.)
The same graphic also appeared in the USS Voyagers library computer screen that was viewed by One after Seven of Nine had activated the drone's linguistic database, and allowed him to assimilate information. ()
A similar graphic was seen among the data that Seven of Nine assimilated in early 2376. ()
File:Orbital office complex, close.jpg|Closeup of the center of the station
File:Orbital office complex, top.jpg|View looking down on the pods
File:Orbital office complex, lcars.jpg|Orbital office complex displayed as a LCARS graphic
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=== Background information ===
The script for Star Trek: The Motion Picture referred to this station as the "orbital drydock offices," further describing them "rotating slowly but perceptibly against blue-black of space. Small figures in spacesuits working on construction, with work belts. Beyond and below… Earth." It further described "the cluster is a fully-equipped dockyard engineering center and computer drafting office," with the location where Kirk beamed into and met Scotty, being the "inner office". Similarly, in Gene Roddenberry's ization of , the office complex was referred to as a "Centroplex".
According to model designer Andrew Probert, "the long copper cylinders" protruding from the top of the complex "were botanical tanks, so you could grow fruits and vegetables without needing soil, and that in turn would help supply your oxygen as well as some of the station's food. That was my thinking, at the time, but I'm sure they're probably too big for that, or whatever." 
The okudagram depicting the orbital office complex was originally sketched by Doug Drexler for the second edition of the .
For more information, see studio models.
The set for the office complex's interior, including the set, was constructed on Paramount Stage 17 and cost US$60,000. (The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, p. 95)
The set for the complex was one of the first sets from The Motion Picture to be taken down, following production on the film. By , not only had the set been struck for storage and folded but it had also been decided that the set would be moved to Paramount Stage 9 for permanent storage. (The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, p. 214)
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