Sources

Technical Sources

Publications designed and intended to provide specifications on the ships and devices seen on the shows.

Star Trek Blueprints: General Plans Constitution Class U.S.S. Enterprise
by Franz Joseph Designs
Ballantine Books 1974

The Granddaddy of them all. A meticulously created deck-by-deck layout for the original Enterprise (imagine working out corridor access with those horizontal turbolift shafts getting in the way), although labelling it "Constitution"; after the class ship (or prototype) allows a degree of deniability.

Star Fleet Technical Manual
by Franz Joseph Designs
Ballantine Books 1975
ISBN 345-24730-2-695

A broader look at the Federation and Starfleet. Includes command structure, uniforms, hand equipment, and, for my purposes, the shuttlecraft, additional ship designs, and the Star Fleet Headquarters Starbase.

USS Enterprise Officer's Manual
by Geoffrey Mandel
Star Fleet Publication Office ?? 2217 ??
(Evidently a revised edition of the original)

Fills in gaps of the Franz Joseph manual and covers ships and shuttlecraft of the animated series.

Star Fleet Battles
by Amarillo Design Bureau
Task Force Games 1979

A starship oriented combat game based on TOS. Beginning from McMaster blueprints of the Klingon and Romulan ships and the licensed Franz Joseph designs, created additional ships to fill out the fleets. Original designs for the Gorns and the Orion pirates, and, eventually for some new races on the far side of Klingon and Romulan territory. Visual detail is sparsely distributed among their product line, but "simulator" testing of these ships provides interesting technical insights.

14 Official Blueprints Star Trek: The Motion Picture
by David Kimble
Pocket Books (Wallaby) 1979

Exteriors of the ships seen in the first motion picture, the Enterprise refit, Klingon K't'inga, Long-Range Shuttle, Work Bee and Travel Pod; and the Klingon and Enterprise bridges. Brief notes on the refit.

Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise
by Shane Johnson
Pocket Books 1987
ISBN 0-671-63576-X

Movie era updates to the uniforms, hand equipment, and smallcraft formatted as a tour of the refit Enterprise. Compartment layouts are based on the set construction blueprints. Includes the Standard Shuttlecraft; a smaller version of the Long-Range "Vulcan" Shuttle and an inboard profile showing deck elevations of the Enterprise, but not complete deck-by deck plans (no doubt to avoid placing those turboshafts).

Ships of the Star Fleet:
Volume One
by Todd Guenther
Mastercom Data Center 1991
(Revision of first publication in 1988)
ISBN 0-9656016-0-9

Discussion of the state of the Fleet in 2290-91 (the Movie Era) followed by an in-depth, class-by-class examination of the various Cruisers and Frigates. Classifies the Reliant as a Heavy Frigate with a counterpart Knox-Class Light Frigate and a Surya-Class Frigate using TOS technology from which the class evolved. Covers Franz Joseph's three production runs of the Constitution-Class Heavy Cruiser as seperate sub-classes prior to the Enterprise (ST:TMP) refit. Adds his own Cruiser design, the Belknap, with great detail.
The introduction speaks of three volumes (and a Guide to the Klingon Fleet!) but I have only ever seen the second volume.

Ships of the Star Fleet:
AKYAZI-Class Perimeter Action Ships
Volume Two/Number One
by Calon Riel (Todd Guenther)
Mastercom Data Center 1993
ISBN 0-9656016-1-7

A thorough examination of one class of ship, the Akyazi, that is divided into three design sub-groups.

Starship Design
Volume XXXIV, Number One
March 2280
by Todd Guenther
Star Station Aurora 1984

Published as a 40-page journal from the 23rd Century. Articles are on the Belknap (and its precursor, the Decatur); updating the Dreadnoughts to movie era technology; the Klingon K'teremny Destroyer; and the proposed Starfleet Menahga-Class Battlecruiser.

Starfleet Line Officer Requirements
by David Schmidt, Robert Day, Kevin Atkinson, Janet Reeves
Starfleet Academy Training Command TX80 1988

Picking up where Guenther leaves off (they borrow his Belknap, Ascension, and Knox) this book shows Franz Joseph's Destroyer and Scout updated to movie era technology as well as a further Warlord-Class Heavy Destroyer.

Starfleet Dynamics
by David Schmidt, Robert Day, Roger Wright, Kevin Atkinson, Janet Reeves
Starfleet Academy Training Command Press ?? 1991

A reformat of Starfleet Officer Requirements with some finer lineart. Missing some of that volume's prototype starships, some have been moved into the fleet strength list.

USS Excelsior Ingram Class Plans
by Todd Guenther
Star Station Aurora 1985

Ingram is a modification of the Excelsior to be a Space Control Ship. It features a modified primary and secondary hull and different nacells. Features five views and an inboard profile and a three-view size comparison with the Enterprise refit cruiser.

FASA's Star Trek: The Role Playing Game
by FASA 1985
ISBN's 0-934787-42-4 / 0-931787-41-6 / ??

More fleet ships, many not seen anywhere else. When I was young and inpecunious, I thought the Romulan volume too expensive for the designs in it. Now it cannot be found.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal
by Shane Johnson
Starlog Communications International, Inc 1991

Large pullout schematic of the Enterprise-D plus views of the Klingon Bird of Prey and the Romulan scout vessel from "The Defector"

Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual
by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda
Pocket Books 1991
ISBN 0-671-70427-3

Their explanation of the Enterprise-D. There are many schematics, but no scale given, although clues can be found for the overall dimensions. Includes shuttlecraft, the captain's yacht, and proposed future starships.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Enterprise 1701-D Blueprints
by Rick Sternbach with Todd Guenther, Jeanne L. Rogers and Dan Gauthier
Pocket Books 1996
ISBN 0-671-50093-7

The powers-that-be finally yield to fan pressure and locate all those turbolift shafts!

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual

Lost Unicorn's Games Star Trek Roleplaying Game

General References

Not as technically in-depth, these publications point to the source material.

The Star Trek Concordance
By Bjo Trimble
Based on a concept by Dorothy Jones Heydt
Ballantine Books 1976
ISBN: 0-345-25137-7-695

Star Trek Encyclopedia

Star Trek Chronology

Behind the Scenes

These publications offer initial and alternative ideas brought up in production of the shows. Often springboards for fans' additions.

The Making of Star Trek
Stephen E. Whitfield
Ballantine Books 1968
SBN: 345-23401-4-150

The Trouble With Tribbles

The World of Star Trek

The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
J and G Reeves-Stevens
Pocket Books 1994

The Art of Star Trek
J and G Reeves-Stevens
Pocket Books 1995

Star Trek Sketchbook: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Continuing Mission

Star Trek The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies Generations & First Contact
John Eaves & J. M. Dillard
Pocket Books 1998
ISBN 0-671-00892-7

Star Trek: Phase II