Star Trek: The Next Generation: Technical Manual (ST:TNG TM) is a
paperback reference guide detailing the inner and other workings of
the fictional Federation starship Enterprise-D and other aspects of
technology that appeared in the television series Star Trek: The Next
Generation.Authored by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, who both
worked in the art department on the television series, with a foreword
by series creator Gene Roddenberry, the first and only edition was
published in 1991 (ISBN 0-671-70427-3) by Pocket Books, and Paramount
Pictures holds all copyrights.The ST:TNG TM is written from the
perspective of the 24th century, where TNG is set; it also contains a
wealth of behind-the-scenes trivia distinguishable from the technical
content. The work is considered by Paramount to be canon in many
respects, although some elements first published in the manual have
not yet made it onto screen. The book itself claims that elements of
it may be false or misleading in order to mislead "threat" forces.Some
ideas developed for the technical manual, or its predecessor, the
internal Writers Technical Manual, were later incorporated into the
storylines of the TV series and movies. Most notably, a concept
drawing from the manual describing an emergency landing of the saucer
section was seen by TNG writers Ronald D. Moore, Jeri Taylor, and
Brannon Braga who wanted to use a saucer crash as a sixth-season
cliffhanger episode for the TV series. This idea was shelved due to
budget limitations and resistance from producer Michael Piller.
However, Moore and Braga later included the scenario in Star Trek
Generations. Also first seen in the technical manual were the
Nova-class starship and the USS Galaxy. Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter