A recreation room or rec room was a space in a starship where crew could relax while off-duty. A larger space with facilities for games or sports was referred to as a rec deck. Rec rooms might have food slots or replicators.
Rooms reserved for eating might instead be called a mess hall or wardroom.
Unused cargo bays were used as informal rec decks on the USS Mumbai. There was an officers' lounge at the aft of the saucer section with a cocktail bar. (TOSS #6 "Nets", #16 "Cocktails")
Ships of the Prospero-class had a two-decks-tall rec deck with external windows. (TOSS #40 "Sitrep")
The USS Enterprise had several small rec rooms and a rec deck with gym and dojo amongst other things. After the refit it also had a large rec dec on deck 7, where James Kirk delivered his V'ger briefing, and an officers' lounge. (TOS, Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
A lounge on the USS Excelsior was known as 'The Rec Dec' among the crew according to Johannah Jackson. (TUL: New Ewe On Deck)
External links[]
- Recreation room article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Recreation room article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.