I like to think by the time Kirk gets the enterprise, all those spacious crew quarters we see in Strange New Worlds have been eaten up by retrofits and upgrades.
What is with the fireplaces in SNW? What space shipwrite thinks that naked flame in crew quarters (on a vessel that seems to come back from most missions full of holes) is a good idea?
I like to think by the time Kirk gets the enterprise, all those spacious crew quarters we see in Strange New Worlds have been eaten up by retrofits and upgrades.
What is with the fireplaces in SNW? What space shipwrite thinks that naked flame in crew quarters (on a vessel that seems to come back from most missions full of holes) is a good idea?
Crew complement went from 203 to 430, so this makes perfect sense.
Those crew quarters fill up quickly when the wars start.
Just look at how full 10 Forward us during the alt timeline Klingon war
https://youtu.be/RhDT6k1VPEU?si=DWnWJ3PiP-47QYVd