Pretty close! With a bit of Seinfeld, too, I think.
I know, old post, but here’s my headcannon on the subject. In the TNG episode “Lower Decks”, it was established that junior officers have to share their quarters with a roommate. But that’s just on the Enterprise, Starfleet’s flagship, and probably the other Galaxy Class ships. The California Class ships like the Cerritos are older and smaller. Those ships don’t have enough quarters for all the officers, so they are set up almost like submarines, with bunks wherever there’s space for them. That’s where the junior officers are stuck sleeping on those ships.
Bunks along a passageway is common on submarines – there are berthing areas that are just dozens of bunks along a passageway that serves no other purpose but for the bunks. I imagine that’s the kind of inspiration they were going for.
It also has the plot-serving virtue of providing more opportunities for the characters to talk to each other.
The California-class ships are definitely smaller than Galaxy-class ships like the Enterprise-D, but I don’t think they’re older. I don’t believe that’s been established in canon, and at least by appearance, neither looks older design-wise than the other, I’d say.
The implication has been that the California-class ships are meant to be baby’s first command for Captains. I can’t remember if they’ve ever implied an older design, but they’re definitely meant to be very low-profile workhorses.
From Memory Alpha:
Star Trek: TNG starts in 2264, when the Galaxy class is brand new. Lower Decks starts in 2380.
It’s not surprising that the California class was produced for a long time; after all, the Excelsior class was the backbone of Starfleet for over a century.
Are the hallways really hallways (passages for general traffic around the ship) or an open area between the individual bunks that are all contained in a non-trafficked area? (I don’t recall if we see anyone walking by who is clearly on-duty). The bunks themselves look like they provide more space and privacy than on modern-day submarines.
I like to think there are still some Excel hulls operational in the Discovery future
I thought the Archimedes from the season 2 finale was?
(edited - I misread what you were saying, so this answer is completely non-sequitor)
Nitpick - 2364, not 2264. See: 2364 | Memory Alpha | Fandom
Yeah, that was a typo, sorry. Obviously, TNG didn’t take place on a ship that wouldn’t be built for another century.
This is Star Trek. Not necessarily obvious.
Fair.
Just watched the first episode of season 3 and really liked it.
I really laughed at The site of First Contact being turned into a terrible tourist attraction.
Excellent first episode. That poor Botanist though.
I love how the whole plot could have been avoided if Mariner had just let Starfleet do its job.
Sisko’s Creole Kitchen! Ketracel-white-hot sauce! First Contact theme song!
(Vague spoilers for S3 E1)
I loved how that Star Trek Optimism came through in the end. Also how the most awesome of awesome episodes all happened off screen.
I can’t stop laughing at the Ketracel White-Hot Hot Sauce. And how much Mariner put in her bowl.
James Cromwell! Love this show.