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When a Blue Alert is called, a number of procedures are performed. Before entering a celestial body's atmosphere, the warp drive is shut down, plasma in the nacelles is vented overboard and Structural integrity fields are set on high. Loose articles are secured and the crew is informed to standby. Atmosphere may refer to: a celestial body atmosphere, e. ... The Enterprise-D goes into warp. ... The word plasma has a Greek root which means to be formed or molded (the word plastic shares this root). ... In airplanes, the nacelle is a covered housing separated from the main structure that usually holds engines, fuel, or equipment. ... Crew, the first regular Czech international comic magazine started publication in 1997. ...

Blue Alert is a recent addition to Star Trek. During the Star Trek series in the 1960s, special effects were not available to allow the Enterprise to land. By the time of the Star Trek: Voyager series, special effects had reached the point where the Voyager could occasionally land on a planet and then take off. While some technical drawings of the Defiant class starship showed landing gear, the Defiant was never seen landing on a planetary body. The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), a Constitution class starship In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701 was a Constitution class starship that was commissioned in 2245. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... The USS Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid class starship The USS Voyager (NCC-74656) is an Intrepid class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and was the primary setting of the television program Star Trek: Voyager. ... The USS Defiant In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Defiant class of starship is a variety of space-faring vessel used by Starfleet. ...

Before that, a Galaxy class saucer section that had detached from the stardrive section could survive a de-orbit burn and crash land on the surface on the planet if it was disabled while in orbit. However, the landing was such that the saucer section would be a total loss. This was seen for the first time in the film Star Trek: Generations, when the saucer section of the Enterprise-D crash landed on Veridian III. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), a Galaxy class starship. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, saucer separation is the term used to describe when the saucer section on certain types of Starfleet starship disengages from the stardrive section. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Star Trek: Generations (Paramount Pictures, 1994, see also 1994 in film) is the seventh feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...

According to the Star Trek: TNG Technical Manual, a powered saucer section landing consists of the following phases:

1. Separation
2. Free Glide
3. First turn
4. Image Landing site
5. Second turn
6. SDF/IDF to maximum possible strength
7. Contact
8. Slideout

See also

• Yellow Alert
• Red Alert

Yellow Alert is a condition of increased readiness in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Typical Red Alert visual indicator visible behind Kirk, from The Immunity Syndrome Red Alert is the highest state of alert for Starfleet in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

External links

• "Blue Alert" article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki