Lifeboats are yet another nifty idea that we may never actually get to 
see in an episode. On the other hand, model maker Greg Jein, who built 
some of the dead starships for the graveyard scene in ÒThe Best of Both 
Worlds, Part II,Ó put some open lifeboat hatches on the destroyed ships, 
thereby suggesting that lifeboats were indeed used. Careful examination of 
that scene shows several different starships, including the Nebula class USS 
Melbourne, designed by Ed Miarecki.  Æ