Main Engineering

The primary domain of the engineers aboard the Saratoga, Main Engineering is the location from which the ship's main power systems are managed and maintained. Engineering's primary purpose was to be the central point for control of all engineering systems aboard a starship, especially those related to propulsion and power generation. Engineering could also be used as a command-and-control center, overriding primary centers such as the bridge or auxiliary control.

Unlike most starships, Sagan Class vessels incorporate a twin Warp Core system and are significantly more complex in their operation. Vessels like the Saratoga have a Port and Starboard Engine Room, which contains an independent Warp Core that spans most of the rear section of the starship and provide warp plasma to the nacelles on their corresponding side. An Engineering Control Room connects the two Engine Rooms and serves as the primary control center for Engineering aboard the Saratoga.

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Engineering Control Room

Located in the center of the Engineering spaces, the Engineering Control Room is utilized by the Saratoga's Engineers to ensure that all systems aboard the vessel are operating efficiently and effectively. Entry to the Control Room is provided by twin doors that directly enter the Engine Room on the port and starboard sides of the vessel. Jeffries Tube access is also provided in this section through a hatch built into the floor. Should the Bridge and Auxiliary Control be incapacitated, the Saratoga can be controlled from this location.

Located centrally in the room, the large Master Situation Table serves as the operational focus of the room and provides access to every system aboard the starship. Holographic emitters built into the table can generate three dimensional models of the vessel or any damaged system for diagnostic purposes. Primarily utilized by the Chief Engineer while working in Engineering, the table provides seating for four total users.

Each bulkhead is dominated by Engineering workstations dedicated to a specific function. Twin Propulsion Systems monitors dominate the forward bulkhead and are assigned to the port and starboard Propulsion Systems respectively. A dedicated workstation for Damage Control allows for the assignment of repair teams to maintain and repair shipboard systems while the console parallel maintains the vessel's combined defensive and offensive systems. The two remaining systems maintain auxiliary systems and sensors.

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Port and Starboard Engine Room

Duplicate rooms located on the port and starboard sides of the Saratoga, each Engine Room houses a Warp Core and associated equipment to maintain the propulsion systems of the spacecraft.

A two level facility, the Warp Core was located in the center of the room and extended for many levels both above and below the deck, providing energy to power all shipboard systems. Powered by a dangerous matter and antimatter reaction, the fuel was contained in a series of magnetic bottles housed in pods at the base of the intermix shaft. Regulated by Dilithium Crystals housed in an intermix chamber located on Deck 11, the engineering computer monitoring room encircled the chamber and opened, to the forward, into the engineering computer bay. The forward bulkhead of the computer bay contained an emergency section door which would lower to the deck below to separate the Engine Room from the extended horizontal eps conduit automatically in the event of a radiation leak, pressure loss, or core breach.

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