Corridor

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A corridor or access corridor located within starships and space stations typically served as pathways or passageways to various stations or quarters, and as lengthy hallways through which one accessed various rooms. In buildings there were also known as halls or hallways.

Starfleet[]

In order to maximize the use of space aboard Starfleet vessels, the corridor system was designed to provide more than simply access from room to room. Several safety and survival features were built into the walls and ceilings, as were running lights to indicate whenever the starship was operating under alert status.

Corridors on board Starfleet vessels were usually of two types: radial (those which ran outward, pointing toward the outer hull) and concentric (those which lay in rings, interconnecting the radial corridors). The angled surfaces of each concealed different support structures.

Radial corridors were angled on either side. Their walls concealed a variety of supply lines and conduction systems, data networks, and power trunks. These systems were accessible by the removal of the snap-locked panels which cover them, and all were marked. The ship's concentric corridors housed personnel support systems. In each corridor segment, an emergency survival compartment existed which provides atmosphere, food and communications for one crew member; this provision was to be used should sudden decompression of the ship interior occur due to hull damage or life support failure.

On board starships in service since the twenty-fourth century, force fields could be erected in corridors to confine intruders.

Crossfield-class[]

USS Discovery, Corridor — *Crossfield*-class corridors

Much like those of the contemporary Constitution-class, the corridors of the Crossfield-class were wide, with angled walls. They were metallic in color, with lighting in the ceiling and floors. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings", et al.)

Under the aegis of DIS Season 1 Production Designer Todd Cherniawsky, a concept illustration of a Crossfield-class corridor was created. ("Designing Discovery", DIS Season 1 DVD & Blu-ray special features)

Constitution-class[]

Corridors on board starships of the Constitution-class had been exceptionally wide on vessels on the original configuration.

Constitution-class (alternate reality)[]

In the alternate reality, Constitution-class corridors were white with circular walls and black floors. Hallways that connected the more livable parts of the ship with engineering and the shuttlebay used those rooms' pipes and boilers as impromptu walls and ceilings. The ship's size also afforded space for a lobby. (Star Trek; Star Trek Into Darkness; Star Trek Beyond)

Constitution II-class[]

Corridors on board starships of the Constitution II-class were color-coded for identification of deck level. The panels of those on Deck 5, which housed the crew quarters of most of the ship's officers, were covered by a layer of red padding to help protect against injury during any unlikely sudden ship movement. Most corridors on board were colored silver. Those within the engineering hull appeared blue due to different lighting arrangements within that section of the ship. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

Galaxy-class[]

Starships of the Galaxy-class featured wide and comfortable corridors similar in arrangement to starships of the Constitution-class: concentric corridors echoed the shape of the primary hull and were interconnected with radial corridors. The latter were similar in design to those on board Constitution-class starships; the concentric corridors of the Galaxy-class, however, were more wide and allowed crew and guests direct computer access through panels mounted against either wall of the corridors. This allowed users to be directed to their destination of choice. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")

In 2364, on board the Galaxy-class starship USS Enterprise-D Dr. Beverly Crusher looked for, but failed to find, Lieutenant jg Geordi La Forge in a corridor when he fled sickbay while being treated for a mysterious illness. (TNG: "The Naked Now")

Intrepid-class[]

Corridors on board starships of the Intrepid-class were all identical in concentric design. Provisions were concealed behind panels, but the ship's corridors lacked any form of padding to protect crew against injury.

In 2371, on board the Intrepid-class starship USS Voyager, Lieutenants Commander Tuvok and Chakotay took advantage of their relative seclusion in one of the ship's corridors to discuss, and air their disagreements regarding, a conflict between B'Elanna Torres and Lieutenant Joe Carey. (VOY: "Parallax")

The lower maintenance decks such as Deck 15, not used as often as much of the rest of the ship, were noticeably less well-lit, and thinner, allowing less room for people to pass. (VOY: "Good Shepherd")

Other[]

A gallery of other Starfleet corridor designs:

The corridors aboard Enterprise NX-01 were constructed on Paramount Stage 8 and 18. The access corridors aboard the ECS Fortunate were re-dressed from the Enterprise corridors built on Paramount Stage 18. ("Call sheets")

Klingon[]

Corridors aboard Klingon vessels varied amongst the various classes. On the larger K't'inga-class vessels, corridors were wide and brightly lit; with angled sections along the top and bottom. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

The corridors aboard the Klingon Bird-of-Prey were cramped and sparsely lit; except in the section connected to the bridge. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

Cardassian[]

Corridors on board starships and space stations of the Cardassian Union reflected the Cardassian preference of balance, angles, and hard metallic surfaces and dark colors. Cardassians believed in honesty in design and wished to see the columns and beams that made up a structure rather than disguising them with cosmetic treatment. Corridors on board the former Cardassian space station Deep Space 9 reflected this design philosophy in being darker and harsher than those on board starships and space stations of the Federation Starfleet.

Although corridor matte paintings had previously appeared in several of the films, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was the first television spin-off to make regular use of them in its corridor sets. They can be seen at the ends of the primary DS9 corridor set (a necessity because the curve of these corridors was much gentler than the corridor had been on the Enterprise-D set, a move intended as a subtle reminder of the station's scale). These paintings were distinguished by having slightly different colors from the practical set, and were "disguised" by a raised section divider.

Of all the Star Trek spinoffs, the Cardassian corridors were actually the smallest corridor complex built for any spin-off series. There was a section of curved corridor bookended by the matte paintings, which included the wardroom/senior officers' quarters set, which carried on the tradition of having wild walls which could be brought in or removed as needed to portray different rooms. The perpendicular corridor that ended in a T-junction included two complete junior officer/guest quarters sets, each also a modular room which could be adjusted as needed to reflect the needs of the episode. When needed, the wall at the end of that T-junction was rolled aside and the cargo bay vertical door moved into place. These corridors were separate from the docking-ring corridor seen outside many a docking port.

Both the Original Series and TNG had regularly featured scenes involving conversations during walks through the corridors, and while this was occasionally done in the curved corridor set, scenes with longer dialogue were typically shot on the much larger Promenade set, as those scenes need not be "faked" (a necessity when a lengthy conversation required actors to walk a longer distance than was possible on set; this practice was used extensively on TNG and can be spotted when actors walk past the turbolift alcove, only to have a cut and see them coming around the corner near sickbay; the corridor complex for the USS Voyager was redesigned to reduce this problem).

In 2369, Tosk tampered with an access panel in one of Deep Space 9's corridors in an attempt to gain access to the station's weapons locker. (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")

In 2373, Nog and Jake Sisko confronted Kai Winn Adami within one of Deep Space 9's corridors over her suspected role in acquiring a Willie Mays rookie year baseball card from an auction. (DS9: "In the Cards")

Romulan[]

Interiors on board starships of the Romulan Star Empire were spartan and functional. Thus, corridors on board Romulan vessels were wide, allowing quick and unrestricted access throughout the ship. Computer panels were provided throughout ship corridors, mounted against both sides of the wall, allowing easy access to ship systems. (DS9: "Improbable Cause")

Vulcan[]

Seleya corridor — A corridor aboard the *Seleya*

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Background information[]

Throughout various episodes of the Star Trek franchise, starship and space station corridors occasionally served as the sites of plot developments and action scenes enhancing the narratives.