Star Trek: The Next Generation: The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Illustrated Handbook

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Illustrated Handbook is a hardcover reference book that was co-authored by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley and illustrated by Rob Garrard and Ian Fullwood. 
The first volume in the Illustrated Handbook series, two mass-market editions of the book were published by Eaglemoss Collections through Penguin Random House's Publisher Services division on , under the former company's Hero Collector imprint.
Through illustrations and text, this volume comprehensively explores the starship and its auxiliary craft.
A Special Edition includes a starship miniature that was previously released in the first (Standard Edition) issue of the Official Starships Collection partwork.
== Summary ==
;Solicitation blurb
:An in-depth, heavily illustrated guide to Captain Picard's from the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series and the Enterprise-E from . This hardcover features isometric artwork showing all the key locations on the ships, detailed artwork showing the consoles on the bridges, with explanations of what they control, illustrations of uniforms and equipment such as phasers and tricorders and auxiliary vehicles such as shuttles, plus profiles of Picard and his senior staff.
:Packed with full-color illustrations including isometric views of all the major locations on the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION's U.S.S. Enterprise-D, exterior views of auxiliary craft, diagrams of the ship's systems and detailed artwork showing uniforms and equipment.
*Contents
**Contents, p. 4
**Acknowledgments, p. 6
**Foreword, p. 7
**Design Lineage, p. 8
**Construction History, p. 10
**Operational History, p. 14
**Annotated Exterior Views, p. 18
**Skeletal Structure, p. 24
**Coordinate System, p. 26
**Saucer Separation, p. 28
**Saucer Landing, p. 30
**Main Engineering, p. 32
**Master Display Systems, p. 34
**Warp Engines, p. 36
**Warp Propulsion System, p. 40
**Warp Nacelle, p. 42
**Nacelle Control Room, p. 44
**Warp Core Ejection, p. 46
**Impulse Engines, p. 48
**RCS Thrusters, p. 50
**EPS Network, p. 52
**Structural Integrity, p. 54
**Inertial Dampening, p. 56
**Main Bridge, p. 58
**Bridge Seating, p. 60
**Command Seating, p. 62
**Navigation Control, p. 64
**Ops Console, p. 66
**Security Console, p. 68
**Mission Specific Consoles, p. 70
**Main Bridge Refit, p. 74
**Captain's Ready Room, p. 76
**Observation Lounge, p. 78
**Turbolift Network, p. 80
**Turbolift Car, p. 82
**Battle Bridge, p. 84
**Weapons and Defense Systems, p. 86
**Phaser Arrays, p. 88
**Photon Torpedoes, p. 90
**Defensive Shields, p. 92
**Autodestruct Systems, p. 94
**Phaser Range, p. 96
**Main Deflector, p. 98
**Navigational Procedures, p. 100
**Stellar Cartography, p. 102
**Computer Core, p. 104
**LCARS Software, p. 106
**Isolinear Chips, p. 108
**PADD, p. 110
**Transporter Room, p. 112
**Transporter Systems Operation, p. 114
**Pattern Enhancers, p. 120
**Jefferies Tubes, p. 122
**Cargo Bays, p. 124
**Main Shuttlebay, p. 128
**Shuttlepod Type-15, p. 130
**Shuttle Type-6, p. 132
**Shuttle Type-7, p. 134
**Escape Pod, p. 136
**Sphinx Workpod, p. 138
**Captain's Yacht, p. 140
**The Brig, p. 142
**Ten-Forward, p. 144
**Holographic Environment Simulators, p. 146
**Crew Quarters, p. 150
**Captain's Quarters, p. 154
**Replicators, p. 156
**Sensor Systems, p. 158
**Sensor Maintenance, p. 160
**Main Sickbay, p. 162
**Diagnostic Biobed, p. 164
**Surgical Biobed, p. 166
**Medical Hypospray, p. 168
**Medical Tricorder, p. 170
**Medical Kits, p. 172
**Isolation Room, p. 174
**Long-range Communication, p. 176
**Subspace Relay Stations, p. 178
**Short-range Communications, p. 180
**Life Support, p. 182
**Artificial Gravity, p. 184
**Tractor Beams, p. 186
**Away Team Equipment, p. 190
**Hand Phasers 24th Century, p. 192
**Phaser Type I/Phaser Rifles, p. 194
**Hand Phasers 2366, p. 196
**Hand Phasers 2371, p. 198
**Standard Tricorder, p. 200
**Starfleet Uniforms, p. 202
**Index, p. 204
== Cover gallery ==
File:Star Trek TNG The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Illustrated Handbook.jpg|Solicitation cover
File:Star Trek TNG USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Illustrated Handbook with Collectible.jpg|Special Edition with Collector's Model
File:Star Trek TNG Illustriertes Handbuch - Die U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D.jpg|German edition
== Background information ==
*Volumes in this series are executed in the 22.86 × 29.21 cm measuring hardback in dust-jacket book format, Eaglemoss' standard format for nearly all its Star Trek-related reference books. The slightly smaller German edition measures 21 × 28 cm.
*The by Björn Sülter and Claudia Kern translated German-language edition, Illustriertes Handbuch: Die U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, subtitled Captain Picards Schiff aus Star Trek: The Next Generation, was released two years later by Cross Cult on and to date the only known international edition.
*An early pre-publication title for the book was Star Trek Illustrated Handbook Vol. 1: The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D.
*A considerable amount of content that was previously published in the 1997-2002 Star Trek Fact Files has been updated and incorporated into the book, alongside newer material. Much of the CGI artwork in this publication was originally created by Garrard for intended inclusion in the ill-fated 2011 The Official Star Trek The Next Generation: Build the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Japanese partwork, including the respective "RCS Thrusters" (originally called "Reaction Control Thrusters"), "EPS network", "Escape pod", "EPS step-down node", and "Lifeboat" entries.
*While Ben Robinson has been credited as a primary author of this book series, most of the writing and illustrative work was created by the Fact Files editorial staff for that publication, for which Robinson had served as one of its editors-in-chief. While not officially credited, Robinson acknowledged these staff contributions as well as his memory allowed, and included their names in the foreword/acknowledgements section of each book.
*Newer additional material originated from later GE Fabbri (the direct predecessor to Eaglemoss)-affiliated publications, such as and aforementioned The Official Star Trek The Next Generation: Build the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D partwork, for which Robert Bonchune had contributed much CG imagery.
*Robinson brought this series to fruition, feeling that there was an eagerness within the fanbase to access this material more easily, and offered, "The thing about the Fact Files, as you say, they’re massive and unwieldy and 18 binders long. I always wanted to take the best material from the Fact Files of those incredible illustrations and put it out in book form. Those illustrated handbooks are really the most thorough attempt to document the ships as they appeared upon screen with illustrations of pretty much every room that you saw on the screen." 
*Considering the scope of this title, this book can be viewed as the higher quality upgrade of the very successful 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual from Pocket Books. And while not executed in color, that title had the benefit of having been compiled by actual production staffers (the designers of the class included), who as rule, mostly kept themselves strictly to what was seen or referenced onscreen.
*In contrast, additional technical aspects were included in the Handbook that were not necessarily seen or referenced in Star Trek canon. A prime example was the dissertation on the life boat on pages 136-137 that was never seen or referenced onscreen, but was discussed in detail nevertheless. It was based on detailed annotations made by Sternbach for original use in the Japanese Build the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D partwork. 
*It is for the preceding two reasons why the officially considers the 1991 title, as one of the very few, "quasi-canon" – a status not accorded to the Eaglemoss title which therefore remains considered apocrypha. (, p. 71)
==External link==
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Next Generation: The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Illustrated Handbook