On Saturday, our USS Enterprise Marines (known officially as “Enterprise Company”) hosted the Leeds Company Marines (assigned to the Nebula-class USS Leeds), to a baseball game in our Main Shuttlebay. Many spectators attended the game, while others saw the contest broadcast live over ship feeds. In the end, despite a thrilling nine innings, the Leeds Marines won 8-7.
This image shows where that game was played. Our two Danube-class runabouts and two Pullman-class transports (which are usually parked in this space) were temporarily launched, and the Main Shuttlebay landing deck was cleared of all vessels and equipment. Bases were magnetized to the deck, and temporary foul lines were painted to establish a playing field. A “whiffle ball” was used to avoid breaking or denting the bulkheads, and the Main Shuttlebay door was closed to ensure safety.
Home plate was located just beyond the safety fence and console (in this image). Spectators were allowed to sit along the first and third base foul lines, and three members from the Enterprise JAG office served as umpires.
Baseball is traditionally a planet-based game, however, if you have enough people who want to play aboard a starship (and shuttle operations can be grounded for a few hours), a large shuttlebay usually works well as a playing field. Just be careful of those head-first slides. Metal deck plating can really eat up elbows and uniforms.
-Lieutenant Sam Archer
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December 9, 2364 -- (Original Devron Timeline)