The Starfleet Machine is suspended within a steel c-shaped ring, held up by 3 supporting arcs eluding the starship nature of the design. In the middle is a large aluminum dome beset with hour and minute tracks, which are read by rotating hands that follow the curvature of the dome. Underneath the dome, front and center is a visible escapement, being “guarded” by double retrograde seconds in the form of “turret-mounted laser cannons”. They contract over the course of 20 seconds before dramatically expanding again. Behind the dome is a second, smaller dome displaying the 40 day power reserve, flanked by a revolving radar dish.