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Summary

One of Starfleet's major concerns in terms of its personnel is crew comfort. The vast distances of space and immense responsibilities asked of a ship's crew require that they have a fitting place to retreat to for rest and relaxation. The amount of living space allotted to a crewman is between 110 and 120 square meters on large explorers and space stations.

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Location Decks 8, 9, 11, 12, 19 and 20
Description One of Starfleet's major concerns in terms of its personnel is crew comfort. The vast distances of space and immense responsibilities asked of a ship's crew require that they have a fitting place to retreat to for rest and relaxation. The amount of living space allotted to a crewman is between 110 and 120 square meters on large explorers and space stations. The amount and quality is relative, of course, to the size and type of vessel in question. It has always been the goal of ship designers to allow each crewman and assigned personnel their own quarters, but this is usually not feasible. Typically lower-rank crew are required to share quarters (2 to a room), especially on smaller escorts and frigates. On the Hornet class, for example, space is such a premium that crew have to "hot-bunk" (use the same beds on alternating shifts) but this is a rarity.

Crewmen with families are normally assigned a suite and in certain situations single quarters can be combined into larger ones where available by reconfiguring walls and bulkheads. Certain quarters can also be adapted to Class H, K, L, N, and N(2) environments for species requiring those settings.

"Typical" crew accomodations on medium to large vessels include a living area, a bedroom, and a bathroom. Likewise, each quarters usually has a replicator, sonic and/or normal showers, computer console, personal holographic viewers, null-grav sleeping chambers, and provisions for pets. (Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual).

Smaller ships generally do away with the separate rooms and combine the bunking area with a small work/living area. Bathrooms are shared with up to three other crewman in such situations.

Not all crew quarters can be called comfortable. Klingon vessels are notorious for their crowded, spartan living areas, giving credence to the Klingon belief that comfort is not a concern of a true warrior and wasted on the dead.