Officers' mess
The officers' mess was a mess hall for officers located on a starship.

Aboard refit  vessels during the 2290s, the officers' mess was a long room, lined by several large windows that seemed to face out into space or an image of a starfield.

Generally darkly lit, the room was dominated by a large, curved table and an elaborate chandelier-type ornament affixed to the ceiling. The bulkhead opposite the windows featured painted portraits of several historical figures. The mess aboard the  displayed portraits of Abraham Lincoln of Earth and Sarek of .

In 2293, Captain Kirk and his crew hosted a dinner for the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon and his party in the officers' lounge aboard the Enterprise-A while escorting Kronos One to a planned, but never held, peace conference on Earth.

Located within the primary hull of the Constitution-class starship, the officers' mess aboard the Enterprise-A was completely destroyed when the hull of that ship was compromised during a space battle in 2293. ()

See also 
 Mess hall
 Captain's dining room
 Officers' lounge

Appendices

Background information 
The officers' mess aboard the Enterprise-A was seen only in the sixth film and was a redress of the observation lounge of the  from . This room also served as the captain's dining room aboard the Enterprise-D in  and , and as the observation lounge and reception hall aboard the  in , , and .

An officers' mess at Starfleet Medical was also briefly mentioned in a cut scene from .

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