A ladder in the 1930s
An access ladder on the USSEnterprise
A ladder in a library
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Aladder was anobject consisting of a series ofrungs that allowed one toaccess different levels of various structures.
Thelaunch bay aboardEnterprise NX-01 featured ladders to get into theshuttlepods. (ENT: "Broken Bow", "The Andorian Incident", "Impulse" et al.)Engineering was also equipped with several ladders. (ENT: "Breaking the Ice", "Fortunate Son")
TheJefferies tubes aboardNX-classstarships were also equipped with ladders and amaintenance shaft can be reached fromsickbay by a ladder. (ENT: "The Catwalk", "The Crossing", "Regeneration")
In2151,Hoshi Sato surmised that thealiens aboard anunknown ship werebipeds, based on a ladder she noticed in one of thecorridors. (ENT: "Fight or Flight")
Ladders were also installed in thecargo modules ofY-classfreighters to reach the lower part of the cargo module from thecatwalk. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")
Ladders can also be found in thecorridors aboard aVulcanD'kyr-type starship. (ENT: "Impulse")
Several ladders were present on variousstarships. They were also sometimes a component of fire escapes. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
Rule 211 of theRules of Acquisition stated, "Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Don'thesitate to step on them." (DS9: "Bar Association")