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LCARS Theme Gallery

There are 8 themes currently available:

1 • Classic Theme

Although not the first LCARS display seen on screen, I still refer to this style and color palette as 'classic' because it was often visible in all three Star Trek series: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager. It is also my original LCARS inspired web design and is the theme for this website.

2 • Nemesis Blue Theme

Inspired by the various LCARS displays as seen in the Next Generation movie Star Trek: Nemesis.

3 • Picard Theme

4 • Lower Decks Theme

Inspired by the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

5 • Lower Decks PADD Theme

Inspired by the LCARS seen on PADDs in the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

6 • TNG Legacy Theme

Inspired by LCARS as seen on the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

7 • TNG Legacy 2 Theme

A variation of the TNG Legacy theme as seen in later seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

8 • Red Alert Theme

NOTE: This theme is in line to be converted to the Ultra platform.

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Library Computer Access and Retrieval System

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The Library Computer Access and Retrieval System ( LCARS for short) was the main computer system employed by the United Federation of Planets by the mid- 24th century . It was used aboard all Starfleet vessels, starbases , and space stations . ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ; Star Trek: Voyager ; Star Trek: Picard )

• 1 Interfaces
• 2 Operation
• 4.1 Related topics
• 4.2 Background information
• 4.3 Apocrypha
• 4.4 See also
• 4.5 External links

Interfaces [ ]

A standard LCARS display circa 2379

LCARS was accessible virtually anywhere in a facility or starship by both voice and keypad commands via control interfaces . These interfaces included bridge stations, consoles , PADDs , tricorders , and desk computers. Typically, these were graphical controls housed underneath touch-sensitive clear panels that could be quickly reconfigured by users to suit the task at hand. There were also tactile interfaces for visually-impaired officers. ( TNG : " Encounter at Farpoint ", " The Vengeance Factor ", " The Host ", " Half a Life "; VOY : " Year of Hell ")

A holographic LCARS display circa 2399

By 2399 , Starfleet had begun deploying three-dimensional holographic interfaces for the LCARS system aboard Federation starships and installations. Civilian craft such as La Sirena also had access to this technology. However, even by 2401 , touch-only interfaces remained the de-facto standard aboard Federation starships, such as the USS Stargazer , and USS Titan -A . ( Star Trek: Picard )

Operation [ ]

LCARS used sophisticated subroutines in order to understand and execute vocal natural language commands. This enabled even complicated tasks to be executed with just a few commands in the case of voice or button presses in the case of keypad commands. LCARS controlled the retrieval and storage of files in the data banks housed within the ship's computer cores including logs like personal logs or transporter logs , element and chemical compound data and data on archaeological artifacts . ( TNG : " Contagion ", " Dark Page ", " Man Of The People ", " Night Terrors ", " Qpid ") It was used to retrieve files in external databases like when a ship needs to assess traffic control around starbases or investigate inventory databases of surplus depots. ( TNG : " Birthright, Part II ", " Unification I ") It was also used for command system access and for viewing the crew manifest . ( TNG : " Brothers ", " Conundrum ") It was also used to display recently recorded data like medical scans, tactical scans and sensor scans. ( TNG : " Ethics ", " Interface ", " Descent ", " Relics ", " Genesis ") It displayed results of analyses like linguistic analyses, configuration analyses of system networks, and magnetic flux density analyses. ( TNG : " Masks ", " Attached ", " Power Play ")

LCARS retained the same basic layout and design across Federation starships and installations, however, a few variations in the color schemes can be noticed.

During normal operations, LCARS color schemes could alternate between a wide ranges of colors, such as tans, purples, and yellows, in addition to blues, aquas, and oranges. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ; Star Trek: Voyager ; Star Trek: Picard )

A display monitor showing the red alert color scheme

During emergencies or special operations, LCARS color schemes were updated to reflect the current alert status, such as red or blue alerts . When these alerts were called, LCARS interfaces switched to either a red/white or blue/white scheme, respectively. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ; Star Trek: Voyager ; Star Trek Generations ; Star Trek: First Contact ; Star Trek Nemesis )

In the alternate timeline of the anti-time future around 2395 , LCARS was still used and similar in appearance to its mid- 24th century version. ( TNG : " All Good Things... ")

Appendices [ ]

Related topics [ ].

• D.C. Fontana

Background information [ ]

LCARS interfaces are seen in almost every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , and Star Trek: Voyager . The interfaces seen in Star Trek: The Original Series are never named and their designs are quite different.

A close-up view of one of the science stations aboard the Enterprise -D in "The Vengeance Factor" has the label "Library Computer Subsystems". [1] The full name "Library Computer Access and Retrieval System" can be seen in several episodes, including " The Price ", " The Measure Of A Man ", and " Conundrum ". The phrase "library computer access and retrieval" is spoken in " Encounter at Farpoint ".

TNG-style LCARS displays in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

The sickbay used in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a minor redress of the TNG sickbay, and the LCARS panels on the wall are barely altered, so this could be the first LCARS appearance. They also appear in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country just below the warp core, but they do not appear in the 23rd century portion of Star Trek Generations .

According to a Next Generation episode text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda , the LCARS displays were rarely actual computer simulations; one such example was the computer screen used by Romulan Commander Sela to monitor the Federation fleet during her attempt to smuggle weapons and supplies to Lursa and B'Etor during the Klingon civil war in the episode " Redemption II ". This was due, according to the Okudas, to both the high cost and primitive state of computer graphics in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Therefore, most LCARS displays were, in fact, plastic panels with spinning light devices behind them to give the impression that the information on the "displays" was changing.

In the first two seasons of The Next Generation , large black rectangles are clearly visible on the LCARS displays on the bridge (and sometimes in main engineering). This was a result of the studio lights reflecting off the displays, which director of photography Edward R. Brown tried to solve by sticking cardboard onto them. When Brown was replaced by Marvin V. Rush for the third season, a number of changes in filming (including better film stock and a smaller number of lights) allowed the LCARS displays to be seen properly. [2]

LCARS as seen in the DS9 CD Companion

The interface was updated for Star Trek: Picard by a team that included playback supervisor Martin Garner , creative director Chris Kieffer , and designer Andrew Jarvis . [3] The new palette used in season one included the hex triplet values: E7442A, 9EA5BA, 6D748C, 2F3749, and 111419. [4]

Apocrypha [ ]

The LCARS layout has been used in several computer games and applications such as the CD-ROM version of the Star Trek Encyclopedia , as well as the TNG and DS9 CD-ROM Companions. The LCARS layout is also used on the Star Trek PADD app for the Apple iPad .

See also [ ]

• Control interface
• Library computer
• Spacecraft Operating & Management System

External links [ ]

• Library Computer Access and Retrieval System at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• LCARS at Wikipedia
• 1 Abdullah bin al-Hussein

The main screen

After you have clicked on the logo or the text link "Login" on the LCARS overview page , the main screen of the Star Trek Dimension LCARS terminal will be displayed after a short time of loading. Its functions enable you to view all LCARS files and, moreover, allow searching the database, working with cross links and accessing data from the various sub databases. Please activate the "fullscreen" feature of your browser in order to make your experience even more realistic.

The functions

As mentioned, the menu provides you with five different database functions (plus "logoff", of course), so that you are given a great number of access- and retrieval functions. You will learn here more about these possibilities, and how they work.

Thematic listing

Alphabetic listing

Key word search

Star Trek Chronology

LCARS program

The LCARS pages

The LCARS pages themselves have a standardized layout which is very similiar to the original screen display of The Next Generation, Voyager and Deep Space Nine in terms of colors and general composition. The files are structured strictly hierarchically and contain tables and lists as well as text descriptions. Of course you will find plenty of diagrams, photos, mini pictures and sounds as well. Generally, headings are printed purple, key words and sub headings yellow and normal text white. As there no "links" as such in the 24th century, they are usually also white and become only visible by putting the mouse cursor on them. Some mini pictures contain links to related pages as well. You can navigate through the page(s) with the up to 6 buttons displayed in the left area of the tree-like LCARS structure. As you might notice, the display area does not have a scroll bar (what would be another unwanted Windows element), however, this function is emulated by the two red buttons marked with arrows. Use them just as the arrow buttons of the Windows scroll bar in order to scroll through the page. Depending on the sub database, you will find up to four cross references to topic related pages between the scroll buttons. The content of those pages should become clear because of the labels of the cross reference buttons: "Exterior" will show you the exterior view of a ship or space facility, "Interior" an interior view, "Technical" further technical specifications etc.

© 1999-2001 by Star Trek Dimension / Webmaster . Last update: November 18th, 2001

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LCARS Interface – build your own

LCARS interface – build your own: is an article to bring a science fiction Star Trek’esque interface into real world usage.

As I examined in the article Science Fiction into Science Fact , there are many tools we can use for ourselves these days that were previously only the realm of science fiction.

Working with KeyRings from WhereWeLearn, this example provides a step by step guide to building your own working LCARS interface.

The original interface  was originally designed by scenic art supervisor and technical consultant Michael Okuda.

You’ll need a few things, all of which are available Free of Charge.

The Video Version

There is a video of the process of building and putting live an LCARS Interface here

However for easy reference and find-able with a Google search, a step by step instruction reference is here too.

Step 1. Inspiration

Go to Google and search for “LCARS examples”

Click the Images tab and be inspired.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lcars+examples

Step 2. LCARS Interface Fonts

Firstly you’ll need some fonts for you LCARS Interface.  Easily managed thanks to the team in Star Trek Minutiae

http://www.st-minutiae.com/resources/fonts/index.html

Through experimentation I’ve found Nova Light Ultra SSi quite visually appealing for any LCARS Interface.

Both Nova Light Ulatr SSI and Context Ultra Condensed are free for personal use.

Copyright c 1992 Southern Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved

You can use any sans serif thin font to match the style.

This LCARS Interface is being used for public benefit and not for commercial gain.

Kudos to Southern Software, Inc. for making this font.

Step 3. Colours

Depending on which example you’ve gone for a sample of colours that works for you is in order.

I found this example on Pinterest from Alexander Richardson in 2009.  His email as per the image [email protected]

The USS Defiant with a few “tweaks” in it from the author makes for an amazing LCARS Interface.

I found a much fuller collection here of these ship diagrams here. 

Consequently I worked through the image and extracted the colour pallet for the buttons.  Also I left the two blue colours in the diagram out of the palette.

Step 4. LCARS Interface is just boxes on top of boxes

If there’s anything in this article you’d like to chat to me about or help me with you can contact me here or on social media.

• Firstly a black square to cover the background.
• Secondly the red rounded box next
• Thirdly the lime green rounded box
• Next up was to add the two round ended boxes in blue
• The tall purple box creates a uniform gap
• Finally then two text boxes using the Yellow font colour

Then some very easy recoloring

• Firstly leave the background alone
• Secondly set the red box to the grey colour from the palette above.
• Next up, lime green goes to black
• Also the two blue ends to the grey
• Easily swap the tall purple to black
• And hey presto…

Step 5 – Your buttons on the LCARS Interface

I popped another box in the middle with some details and colours on the sides to make it a bit more of a “Star Trek” esque LCARS Interface.

Now when I add in three simple rounded boxes, I align the font right and with the bottom of the button.

The colour palette works together and is complimentary and an easy on the eye LCARS Interface

From that you can add as many buttons as you like, with whatever you want on them

Step 6. From Presentation to Image

Quite simple Ctrl and tap the letter A for all.  This will copy your entire LCARS Interface.

Open a drawing program like MsPaint on your computer.  You can see this in the video.

I thoroughly recommend using GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) … it’s awesome and it is free.

In the program, ctrl and V for Paste…. and there’s your new image.

Save it to your machine as a .jpg or as a .png.

Step 7. Online hosting

If you have online hosting you’re golden, just put the image online.

If you don’t have hosting, you can use a service like ImgBB

Again there’s a step by step using this approach in the video.

You will end up with a URL for your LCARS Interface. Mine ended up being….

https://i.ibb.co/Pm7JvQH/building-a-display-04.png

Step 8.  Making your LCARS Interface interactive

For this bit you use the URL you generated in the last step and a great online tool from the team at Image-Map.net

https://www.image-map.net/

This step is far easier explained using a video.  Not only that, how about a quick explanation on how to get it into WhereWeLearn as well.

Step 9. WhereWeLearn and sharing your LCARS Interface

Now that you have an Image Map and an Image URL… time to let the WhereWeLearn engine help you.

Please let me know about your LCARS interfaces.

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• Extended Task Work Track (which you can either write on, or use tokens to track progress).
• Form-fillable blank LCARS ( black background  or white background ) for creating quick props or documents.

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