Starfleet believes that providing comfortable
living quarters to all her crew and attached personnel to be of primary
importance. Indeed, living accommodations are one of the most visible
displays of Starfleet’s
commitment to caring for its single most important “system” its
people.
Located primarily on deck 5, these quarters are approximately 134 square meters in size, and the accommodations include a bedroom, living/work area, bathroom, food replicator, ultrasonic shower, old-fashioned water shower, personal holographic viewer and provisions for pets.
Families may request that their living quarters be combined to create a single larger dwelling. Living quarters decks are designed to be modular with moveable walls to permit reconfiguration for such requests as crew load and structure change.
Starfleet believes that providing comfortable living quarters to all her crew and attached personnel to be of primary importance. Indeed, living accommodations are one of the most visible displays of Starfleet’s commitment to caring for its single most important “system” its people.
Individuals assigned to the Galaxy for periods more then six months are permitted to reconfigure their quarters within hardware, mass and volume limits. Individuals signed for shorter periods are generally restricted to standard quarters configurations.
The Galaxy in extended mission mode includes several large areas on Decks 9, 11, 33 and 35 that are configured and maintained as living quarters, but are normally unoccupied. These areas are held in reserve to allow the Galaxy to absorb large numbers of mission specialists or other guest and attached personnel (in various short-term mission configurations, use of the quarters can increase the ship’s compliment to as many as 6,500 individuals). These accommodations are in addition to normal guest and VIP accommodations.
Guest quarters on Deck 5 and 6 are convertible on short notice for medical extensive care usage. These quarters include utility hookups for biomed telemetry and medical gases. Stored within these quarters are conversion kits providing necessary hardware and medical supplies. Lounge areas at corridor junctions can be converted to nursing stations.
Approximately 10% of all individual living quarters are equipped for
immediate conversion to Class H, K, and L environmental conditions.
An Additional 2% of living quarters can be adapted to class N and N(2)
environments. Vehicle-wide adaptation to Class H, K, or L environmental
conditions can be made my replacement of life support system modules
during a major Starbase layover.