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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Darkwing: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Warped1701: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Futurama Guy: [qb]Also, what is the difference between the Helmsman, Navigator, Conn Officer; did the two positions get integrated into one? Helm+Nav=Conn? If so why doesnt NX-01 have both a Navigator and Helmsman? Also what is the Con (with one 'n')? Just the Captains chair? In ST3 Kirk told Sulu he had the "Con" when Kirk left the bridge to go to Spocks quarters to find McCoy there.... Just some thoughts. [/qb][/QUOTE]I believe that some time in between TOS and TNG the Helm and Navigation positions were combined to become the Conn station as we see it now. As for why ENT seems to have a TNG-like Conn, I dunno. My guess is they didn't want to hire someone else for the Nav billet, and didn't want to have the "Nameless Ensign of the Week" manning the post. As for the "con", I got this definition from [URL=http://www.hazegray.org/faq/slang1.htm]Hazegray.org[/URL]. Conn – Has several uses, all to do with control of the ship. (1) (General Usage) When an officer announces "I have the conn," he or she is then legally responsible to give proper steering and engine orders for the safe navigation of the ship. (2) (Submarines) In submarines, the term used to refer to the conning tower, a structure built atop the hull from which periscope attacks on shipping were conducted. In more modern times, ‘the conn’ refers to the submarine’s control center, an analogous compartment located within the pressure hull. (3) In general, the area of the ship from which conn orders are given. I would personally attribute the missing n in con from a typo in the closed captioning. [/qb][/QUOTE]Exactically. The Conning Officer, in today's Navy, is also usually the Junior Officer of the Deck. The OOD is the Captain's representative, and is effectively in command during his watch. The JOOD/Conning officer handles all mmaneuvering orders, at the direction of the OOD. Trek seems to use "Conn" in the sense the real service uses OOD, except that the Captain actually stands the watch on a regular basis. Also, per the TNG tech manual, the navigator and helm positions were combined to create the conning position, which is confusing, but too much so. ENT ought to have had a separate navigator, as the main reason TNG can combine the positions so well is the increase in computing power and reliability. Basically, the TNG conning officer inputs a destination, the computer figures out the course, the conning officer confirms and engages the autopilot. The computer then updates position data in realtime. During the ENT era, the computer probably can't do all that, so an actual watchstander whose job is determining the required course and then updating positions is needed. Then again, I think B&B are not making a prequel, but are rebooting the franchise at a point before it existed, so continuity can be tossed out the airlock and coming events from the previous universe can be ignored... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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