Docking Pitt

. "Clear Pitt 327. We are opening the magnetic field."

- Imperial controller, preparing the docking Pitt for the Star Ship {| align="right"| |-| |-| |} A docking Pitt  was an area where starships could land upon a planet or space station  to embark receive personnel or cargo.They also sub as star ship parking garrage and maintaince shop .A docking Pitt,differes from a Docking Ringor Docking Bay,in most are found upon a planets surface.Docking Bay[edit]Docking Bay Pitt are a dock for parking ships in star/sea port for either maintenance or simply to take a break after a long day's work. It is also referred to as Docking Pitt,is a left over term from the old racing car days,when vehicles found it nessessary to quickly run maintaince checks and pepair systems and refuel the cars during racing events .The pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the pits during a race for refuelling, new tires, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, or any combination of the above. Not all are allowed in all formulae.The Doicking pits usually comprise a pit ring which extends  around a huge circular structure and is connected a Traffic Control Tower,a communications Center or Bridge,living and recreation area and a row of garages (usually one per team) outside which the work is done.The Pit  work is carried out by anywhere from five to twenty mechanics(also called a pit crew), to hours or even days depending on the series regulations, while the pilots waits in the vehicle or near by someplace.Elements of a spaceport cargo bay,Cargo Hangar or Cargo Garrage were later incorpotration into many standard Docking Bay Pitt designs.While cargo bay is the designation for goods to be delivered to another starship, a starbase, or colony, ship stores is the designation for crew supplies storage.From a distance, the spaceport looks like a haphazard collage of low-grade concrete, stone and plastoid structures that spread outward from a central power-and-water distribution plant like the spokes of a wheel. Also, at a distance, the smooth circular depressions of launch stations look like craters pockmarking the landscape.Docking bay refers to a specific area within a spacedock where a starship or other space-going vessel can dock for maintenance, supplies or shore leave. In larger space stations, docking bays can be enclosed within their primary hull, or other structure, accessible through space doors.Inside the Docking Pitt is the star ship or air vessels pad and three tower structure,that supports a multi layered gantry.Watchtower-class space stations, such as Vanguard, had four docking bays within their primary hulls. Each bay was large enough to accommodate a Constitution-class starship. A spacedock, or drydock, was a facility capable of docking starships for maintenance. Most spacefaring species had some type of spacedock, and they thus varied widely in design. The United Federation of Planets and United Earth had spacedocks that most often took the form of a free-standing, orbital, single-starship-sized "cage". This form of spacedock was virtually synonymous with the word drydock. Generally, these cage designs were used for major construction or refitsand could be part of a shipyard.Some spacedocks, however, were part of starbases and outposts, and allowed for more secure repairs in a totally enclosed, multi-functional facility. The USS Excelsiorenjoyed at least the final stages of its construction in such a facility orbiting Earth. The town is really larger than it appears, as a good portion of it lies underground. In fact, the town has a population of around 40,000 to 60,000, varying seasonally. It was built from the beginning with commerce in mind. Even the oldest of the town's buildings was designed to provide protection from Tatooine's twin suns. The buildings appear primitive from the outside and most of them actually are. The star/sea port Cantina was one of the spaceport's original blockhouses.==Starfleet===== Constitution-class ===In 2266, the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) beamed down cargo supplies to the Tantalus V penal colony. In 2267, the USS Enterprise was en route to Makus III with a cargo of medical supplies. While cargo bay is the designation for goods to be delivered to another starship, a starbase, or colony, ship stores is the designation for crew supplies storage. After the USS Enterprise's refit in the 2270s, the ship had one large cavernous cargo bay, in the ship's secondary hull, that could be flown into directly from space by shuttlecraft and cargo management units carrying cargo containers. This cargo bay had three levels:* top level – shuttlecraft flight deck, CMU stations;* mid level – cargo bays, shuttlecraft elevator, shuttlecraft hangar deck, lifeboats;* low level – cargo bays === Galaxy-class ===Cargo bays are often equipped with large transporters to assist in the moving of cargo containers. However, aboard starships, cargo bays located in the stardrive section did not have transporters. In that situation, cargo was directed into the bay by a transporter chief operating in a transporter room. Cargo bays have been used in a variety of ways other than typical storage, including triage centers, brigs, and stasis unit facilities. Cargo Bay 4 aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) was located close to the outside of the ship and could be decompressed easily by blowing the cargo bay hatch. === Intrepid-class ===The USS Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager had several bays with the designation "Cargo Bay 2". One had variable environmental controls and was designed for organic storage. It was converted to a hydroponics bay by Kes in 2371 in order to allow for the growth of foods for consumption. Another was located on Deck 4 and suffered a massive hull breach when a Kazon shuttle intentionally collided into it in 2372. In 2374, the Borg assimilated a third "Cargo Bay 2" during an alliance with Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager. After the alliance, four Borg alcoves remained in the bay and it went back to normal cargo storage. This "Cargo Bay 2", however, was located on Deck 8. The USS Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager had two cargo bays, one on Deck 4 (Cargo Bay 1) and one on Deck 8. Cargo Bay 2 was in section four, and was used for the storage of spare components and surplus materials. Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager's maximum cargo capacity was 35,750 metric tonnes. At one point in 2377, two deuterium tanks were beamed out of Cargo Bay 2. The USS Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager had several bays with the designation "Cargo Bay 2". One had variable environmental controls and was designed for organic storage. It was converted to a hydroponics bay by Kes in 2371 in order to allow for the growth of foods for consumption. Another was located on Deck 4 and suffered a massive hull breach when a Kazon shuttle intentionally collided into it in 2372. In 2374, the Borg assimilated a third "Cargo Bay 2" during an alliance with Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager. After the alliance, four Borg alcovesremained in the bay and it went back to normal cargo storage. This "Cargo Bay 2", however, was located on Deck 8. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Parallax", "Maneuvers", "Scorpion, Part II", "Equinox", "The Gift")Yet another "Cargo Bay 2" was referenced in Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Night" by Neelix, who proposed the installation of holoemitters to convert the room into a third holodeck; this is assumed to be a different cargo bay than Seven of Nine's, as she would likely object to the conversion of what is essentially her quarters into a public recreation area. The shifting location of Cargo Bay 2 was never explained in dialogue and has never been directly addressed by any member of the production staff. It is presumably simply a mistake made by the writers of those individual scripts, who did not keep up with the location of that particular cargo bay. Alternatively, Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager was stated several times in the early seasons to have three cargo bays, three transporter rooms, and three holodecks; early drafts of the scripts in question may have referenced the supposed third cargo bay, only to have the reference number corrected in later drafts without also making the location consistent. In any case, the location is most definitively established in Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Scorpion, Part II", which depicts from outside the ship the decompression of cargo bay 2, whose external door is located on what appears to be Deck 7 or Deck 8, on the edge of the saucer section.Indeed, the confusion of exactly how many cargo bays the USS Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager has is only complicated by comparing the physical filming model with examples from dialogue. In Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Macrocosm", Janeway clearly says to The Doctor that he has a clear path to "both" cargo bays. Yet, close analysis of the filming model clearly shows a total of three hatches like the one seen in Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Scorpion, Part II" – one on each side of the saucer rim, and a third at the forward tip just below the auxiliary deflector.According to the Star Ship Mechanics Manual   Season 2 DVD trivia text version of "The 37's", the Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager had two cargo bays located on the decks 4 and 10.The USS Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager had two cargo bays, one on Deck 4 (Cargo Bay 1) and one on Deck 8. Cargo Bay 2 was in section four, and was used for the storage of spare components and surplus materials. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Drone")Star Ship Mechanics Manual  ager's maximum cargo capacity was 35,750 metric tonnes. At one point in 2377, two deuterium tanks were beamed out of Cargo Bay 2. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "The Void")2 Deep Space 9 Edit The interior of Cargo Bay FourIn 2369 Jake Sisko was late for dinner with his father. The computer located him in Cargo Bay 14 where he was tutoring Nog in reading. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "The Nagus")Nog and Jake Sisko met a Lissepian captain in Cargo Bay 9 in 2369 to barter someCardassian yamok sauce for self-sealing stem bolts. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Progress")Constable Odo told Commander Sisko and Chief O'Brien to take Crossover bridge 1 which would lead them into the cargo bay and Docking port 4. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Dramatis Personae")After Keiko O'Brien's school was destroyed by a bomb, Commander Sisko granted her permission to resume teaching her students in a cargo bay. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : When Nog requested a recommendation from Commander Sisko to enter Starfleet Academy, Sisko decided to test Nog's seriousness by asking him to inventory the contents of Cargo Bay 4. Nog completed the task in a mere five hours, and found items that had been overlooked in the previous inventory. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Heart of Stone")Miles O'Brien used one of Deep Space 9's cargo bays to install a dart board in 2371. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Prophet Motive") 3 Kaladon/Delkhon/Gorthan Imperial Fleet Edit3.1 Bird-of-Prey EditSmall Kaladon/Delkhon/Gorthan Tramp Freighters, like the HMS Bounty, had their cargo bay located in the secondary hull. This bay had top loading cargo doors that could be opened explosively with an explosive override. This bay was located on the same deck as the transporter room and engine room. (Sarkhon Starships : The Star Ship Mechanics Manual  )4 Other ships EditIn 2369, someone broke into the cargo bay of the Kobliad transport ship Reyab when it docked at Deep Space 9, to steal a computer chip with a map of the Humanoid brain. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "The Passenger")Under the influence of the Saltah'na, Major Kira Nerys asked Constable Odo to slip through the security system of aValerian transport and into their cargo bay to check if their shipment included dolamide. (Star Ship Mechanics Manual  : "Dramatis Personae")5 BackgroundEdit  .F1 pit crew rolesThe Crew chief is the leader of the pit crew and assigns a Pit Crew Coach to help coordinate the pit stops and train the pit crew members how to stay in good physical shape. NASCAR regulations dictate that only six individuals can go "over the wall" to service a racecar during a pit stop. The tool limits on the crew are two impact wrenches, one jack, and two cans offuel oline. Other tools may be used if needed, but major work must be performed in the garage area. An important tool used by the crew chief is referred to as the pit box, but colloquially called the "war wagon". The pit box is generally equipped with flat-screen monitors and the television broadcast of the event. These tools are used to help analyze the car up close during any moment of the race.[1]The Car chief performs a majority of the scheduling and day-to-day preparations at the shop prior to the race weekend. This person is responsible for managing the crew throughout the weekend, ensuring that the car meets all of NASCAR’s inspection requirements, and overseeing changes to the car requested by the crew chief or the team engineer.[2] This role is similar to that of a chief operating officer's in general.The jackman raises each side of the car so that the tires can be replaced. The jackman can do this quickly with the use of a 22-pound (10kg) jack.[3] The jackman will, also, usually pull the old right rear tire from the car after the rear tire changer loosens the lug nuts. This is to help get the new right rear tire on faster. The jackman signals for the driver to leave the pits by lowering the ship A tire changer replaces one of Regan Smith's rear tires at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2008.The two tire changers remove the lug nuts and (if not done by the jackman) the old tire, and tighten the new tire's lug nuts. One tire changer is responsible solely for the front tires, while the other is responsible for the rears. NASCAR requires a wheel to have five traditional lug nuts, as opposed to the single locking lug nut seen in Formula One. Many jackmen watch the tire changers to make sure the lug nuts are tight.The fuel Mechanic  fills the car withfuel oline with a special fuel  can. Thefuel Mechanic  may, also, help pull old tires from the race car after lug nuts are loosened if the car does not need fuel or if the car needs little fuel and the  fuel Mechanic  finishes his job before anyone else.The two tire carriers bring new tires over the pit wall and guide them onto the studs. They must stay in contact with the old tires when they are being taken to the wall. The front tire carrier is usually responsible for pulling the front fenders away from the tire if necessary. He may also be responsible for cleaning and adding or removing tape to/from the grille during a pit stop in order to adjust front-end downforce and engine temperatures. The rear tire carrier is usually responsible for making any necessary adjustments to the rear track bar and/or wedge.The seventhMechanic  or utility is only permitted over the wall in the second half of the race (sometimes earlier if conditions and NASCAR dictate otherwise). He may clean the windshield and provide the driver with fresh drinking water and other necessities, but he may not make any other adjustments to the ship  Until it housed the star ship/air ship in its hangar, Docking Bay  was the same as the other hundreds of docks in a standard star/sea port. It is simply a circular area surrounded by white walls and had an opening on the top for ships to enter and exit. There is a sole door to the dock, which was flanked by Sandtroopers from the 501st Legion in its most famous moment. Docking Pitts came in various sizes depending where they were located but all had a few commonalities. All docking Pitts were located at the outer edge of a space station or starbase where doors protected them from space. The docking Pitt could be entered via an airlock. A docking Pitt could contain anything from a shuttlecraft to multiple Galaxy- or starships. An example of a docking Pitt was that of the Federation starbase Earth Spacedock. Spacedock, along with Starbase 74, had one of the largest docking Pitts in the Federation. Not all docking Pitts were located within a structure. Deep Space 9 had a total of twelve docking Pitts of which six were external, called docking pylons. They were used to facilitate large ships which did not fit into the internal docking Pitts. In 2369 the Kaladon/Delkhon/Gorthan scout ship docked at docking Pitt eleven prior to its departure from Deep Space 9. Later that year Commander Benjamin Sisko changed his plan and directed the freighter Norkova to docking Pitt twelve instead of docking Pitt eight. The Wadi starship was docking at docking Pitt four when it arrived at Deep Space 9 to make First Contact with Starfleet. The Ferengi transport Sepulo docked at docking Pitt five the same year to attend a Ferengi trade conference hosted by Grand Nagus Zek. The Paqu delegation arrived at docking Pitt six shortly before Benjamin Sisko served as mediator between the Paqu and the Navot. == See also ==*Cargo Pitt*Docking pylon*Landing pad*Launch Pitt*ShuttlePitt*Spacedock ==External link==*  Andockrampe   As one of many docking  on the Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect I, Pitt 327 (also known as the Main Forward Pitt or Main Hangar) served as an empty hangar to check ships which had been "sucked in" by a tractor beam. Outside access to the docking Pitt was granted via the tractor beam. A nearby ship would be caught in the beam and dragged into the Docking Pitt. If a ship tried to depart with the tractor beams active, the beam would again drag it back into the Docking Pitt. A smaller type of Docking Pitt,called a Docking Blister,is an artificial valcano like structure,where star ships can rest upon them,like bird upon a nest. ==Encounters==Docking Pitt 327 was the location that the Star Ship docked with the first Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect. After Imperial troops searched the ship finding no one inside, a scanning crew was sent in. The scanning crew never completed their search of the ship for they were stunned, along with two stormtroopers, by the Star Ship's crew. From this Docking Pitt, standard lift off departure  to Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect I|As one of many docking bays within the space port, Bay 327 (also known as the Docking Bay or Docking Hangar) served as an empty hangar to check ships which had been guided by a tractor beam.Outside access to the docking bay was granted via the tractor beam. A nearby ship would be caught in the beam and dragged into the Docking Bay. If a ship tried to depart with the tractor beams active, the beam would again drag it back into the Docking Bay. and disable the Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect's tractor beam. It was in this  hangar where Skywalker witnessed Kenobi's death. From this Docking Pitt (after Kenobi disabled the tractor beam) Skywalker, Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Organa left to Yavin 4. Before the Star Ship's departure, however, a tracking device was secured aboard their ship, eventually leading the Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect to the Rebel base on Yavin 4. ==Behind the scenes==The set of Pitt 327 was originally Docking Pitt 94 as the set of the Star Ship did not fit out the stage doors. It is incorrectly referred to as "Docking Pitt 3207" and as "hangar 3207" in the junior novelization of The Empire Strikes Back,  in Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect novel and in Star Castle: Incredible Cross-Sections. The number 327 also appears in The Empire Strikes Back as the number of the platform at which the Star Ship lands on at Cloud City; and in The Phantom Menace, Queen Amidala's ship is a "J-type 327 Nubian." Besides its role in the bonus mission "Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect Rescue" for Star Castle: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, Pitt 327 was also used non-canonically for the Endurance bonus mission, where Luke Skywalker has to fend off in a ground melee against various Imperial soldiers and Boba Fett as well as survive. ==Appearances==*Star Castle Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game *Star Castle Journal: The Fight for Justice*Star Castle Episode IV: A New Hope *Star Castle Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel*Star Castle Droids 7: Star Castle According to the Droids, Book II*Star Castle 3: Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect!*Star Castle 4: In Battle with Darth Vader*Star Castle,space station,starbase,ect*Star Castle: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike*The Star Castle Holiday Special *Star Castle: Rebellion 15: Vector, Part 7 *Star Castle Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back junior novel *The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi *The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader  ===Non-canon appearances===*LEGO Star Castle: The Complete Saga*LEGO Star Castle II: The Original Trilogy'*Star Castle Infinities: A New Hope*Tag & Bink Are Dead' ==Sources==***Star Castle: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike: The Official Nintendo Spacer's Guide''

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