Post by magicmuggle01 on Sept 27, 2018 9:19:56 GMT
"Ten Forward is the hub of the ship's social activity. Everyone on board comes here."
– Jean-Luc Picard, 2366 ("The Offspring").
Ten Forward was a lounge and recreation facility located on Deck 10, forward section 1 of a Galaxy-class starship. (TNG: "Power Play", "Deja Q").
On a schematic of the USS Enterprise-D, the location of Ten Forward was labeled as an observation lounge. (TNG: "New Ground").
Ten Forward
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 alcoholic and syntheholic beverages. Two replicator terminals behind the bar were able to produce other food and drinks. (TNG: "The Child", "Peak Performance", "Ménage à Troi", "Conundrum", "Relics"; ENT: "These Are the Voyages...") 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. (TNG: "Deja Q", "Lower Decks").
Lounge and dining area.
The bar
Crewmembers playing a game of chess
Ten Forward could also be used for many official shipboard functions, such as weddings, (TNG: "Data's Day", "Cost of Living") diplomatic gatherings, (TNG: "The Price", "Ménage à Troi", "Liaisons", "Dark Page", "Journey's End") the change of command ceremony, (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I") birthday and other parties for individual ship personnel, (TNG: "Future Imperfect", "The Measure Of A Man", "Preemptive Strike") concerts, (TNG: "Sarek", "In Theory", "Lessons", "Second Chances", "Inheritance") poetry readings, (TNG: "Schisms") and funerals. (TNG: "The Next Phase")
Children were not usually allowed in Ten Forward unless accompanied by an adult. (TNG: "Imaginary Friend")
In case of low-power or emergency situations, Ten Forward was a designated emergency environmental support shelter. (TNG: "Night Terrors", "Disaster")
USS Enterprise-D
On the USS Enterprise-D, the Ten Forward lounge was hosted by the El-Aurian Guinan, who came aboard the ship in 2365. (TNG: "The Child") She was afforded a small office adjacent to Ten Forward as part of her duties. (TNG: "Q Who") 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. (TNG: "Relics") 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.
Guinan watches over Lal's social skills in 2366.
Ten Forward hosted a reception shortly following Captain Picard's arrival in 2364. Counselor Deanna Troi introduced the captain to the senior officers at that time. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
When Wesley Crusher inadvertently released a breed of sentient nanites aboard the Enterprise in 2366, Ten Forward was one of the locations where he set up traps in an attempt to contain the machines. (TNG: "Evolution")
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. (TNG: "The Offspring")
When Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan 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. (TNG: "Sarek") 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. (TNG: "Night Terrors").
Guinan firing a weapon from Magus III in Ten Forward
In 2367, Chief Miles O'Brien wed Keiko Ishikawa in Ten Forward. (TNG: "Data's Day") 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. (TNG: "Disaster")
While investigating the disappearance of the USS Essex 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. (TNG: "Power Play")
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. (TNG: "Cost of Living").
Guinan's office
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. (TNG: "The Next Phase")
Captain Picard transferred command of the Enterprise to Captain Edward Jellico during a ceremony in Ten Forward in 2369. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I")
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. (TNG: "Starship Mine")
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." (TNG: "Second Chances")
In 2370, the matter in Ten Forward was partially transformed into a D'Arsay temple due to the effects of the D'Arsay archive. (TNG: "Masks")
Ten Forward personnel
The following personnel worked in Ten Forward aboard the USS Enterprise-D.
Ben (24th century).
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Occupation: Waiter
Status: Active (2370)
Played by: Bruce Beatty
Ben was a waiter working in Ten Forward aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2370. He was a civilian.
Ben was friends with Sam Lavelle, Taurik, Sito Jaxa and Alyssa Ogawa. He occasionally played poker with them, as well as with some of the members of the senior staff, namely Commander William T. Riker, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Lieutenant Worf, and Counselor Deanna Troi.
In 2370, after eavesdropping on Riker and Troi, Ben informed Lavelle and Sito that they were both being considered for the position of Ops night duty officer. (TNG: "Lower Decks").
Alternate timelines and realities
In an alternate version of 2366, created when the USS Enterprise-C 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 rations, since replicator power was generally diverted to the defensive systems. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise")
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. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
Ten Forward was a focal point in dreams experienced by Data in early 2370, influenced by interphasic organisms. (TNG: "Phantasms").
– Jean-Luc Picard, 2366 ("The Offspring").
Ten Forward was a lounge and recreation facility located on Deck 10, forward section 1 of a Galaxy-class starship. (TNG: "Power Play", "Deja Q").
On a schematic of the USS Enterprise-D, the location of Ten Forward was labeled as an observation lounge. (TNG: "New Ground").
Ten Forward
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 alcoholic and syntheholic beverages. Two replicator terminals behind the bar were able to produce other food and drinks. (TNG: "The Child", "Peak Performance", "Ménage à Troi", "Conundrum", "Relics"; ENT: "These Are the Voyages...") 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. (TNG: "Deja Q", "Lower Decks").
Lounge and dining area.
The bar
Crewmembers playing a game of chess
Ten Forward could also be used for many official shipboard functions, such as weddings, (TNG: "Data's Day", "Cost of Living") diplomatic gatherings, (TNG: "The Price", "Ménage à Troi", "Liaisons", "Dark Page", "Journey's End") the change of command ceremony, (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I") birthday and other parties for individual ship personnel, (TNG: "Future Imperfect", "The Measure Of A Man", "Preemptive Strike") concerts, (TNG: "Sarek", "In Theory", "Lessons", "Second Chances", "Inheritance") poetry readings, (TNG: "Schisms") and funerals. (TNG: "The Next Phase")
Children were not usually allowed in Ten Forward unless accompanied by an adult. (TNG: "Imaginary Friend")
In case of low-power or emergency situations, Ten Forward was a designated emergency environmental support shelter. (TNG: "Night Terrors", "Disaster")
USS Enterprise-D
On the USS Enterprise-D, the Ten Forward lounge was hosted by the El-Aurian Guinan, who came aboard the ship in 2365. (TNG: "The Child") She was afforded a small office adjacent to Ten Forward as part of her duties. (TNG: "Q Who") 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. (TNG: "Relics") 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.
Guinan watches over Lal's social skills in 2366.
Ten Forward hosted a reception shortly following Captain Picard's arrival in 2364. Counselor Deanna Troi introduced the captain to the senior officers at that time. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
When Wesley Crusher inadvertently released a breed of sentient nanites aboard the Enterprise in 2366, Ten Forward was one of the locations where he set up traps in an attempt to contain the machines. (TNG: "Evolution")
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. (TNG: "The Offspring")
When Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan 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. (TNG: "Sarek") 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. (TNG: "Night Terrors").
Guinan firing a weapon from Magus III in Ten Forward
In 2367, Chief Miles O'Brien wed Keiko Ishikawa in Ten Forward. (TNG: "Data's Day") 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. (TNG: "Disaster")
While investigating the disappearance of the USS Essex 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. (TNG: "Power Play")
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. (TNG: "Cost of Living").
Guinan's office
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. (TNG: "The Next Phase")
Captain Picard transferred command of the Enterprise to Captain Edward Jellico during a ceremony in Ten Forward in 2369. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I")
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. (TNG: "Starship Mine")
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." (TNG: "Second Chances")
In 2370, the matter in Ten Forward was partially transformed into a D'Arsay temple due to the effects of the D'Arsay archive. (TNG: "Masks")
Ten Forward personnel
The following personnel worked in Ten Forward aboard the USS Enterprise-D.
Ben (24th century).
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Occupation: Waiter
Status: Active (2370)
Played by: Bruce Beatty
Ben was a waiter working in Ten Forward aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2370. He was a civilian.
Ben was friends with Sam Lavelle, Taurik, Sito Jaxa and Alyssa Ogawa. He occasionally played poker with them, as well as with some of the members of the senior staff, namely Commander William T. Riker, Doctor Beverly Crusher, Lieutenant Worf, and Counselor Deanna Troi.
In 2370, after eavesdropping on Riker and Troi, Ben informed Lavelle and Sito that they were both being considered for the position of Ops night duty officer. (TNG: "Lower Decks").
Alternate timelines and realities
In an alternate version of 2366, created when the USS Enterprise-C 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 rations, since replicator power was generally diverted to the defensive systems. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise")
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. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
Ten Forward was a focal point in dreams experienced by Data in early 2370, influenced by interphasic organisms. (TNG: "Phantasms").
