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I just noticed from watching Star Trek: Insurrection for the 121th time, the consoles that were with Troi and Riker's seats are missing. There were duty consoles present during ST:First Contact but not in Insurrection.
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Not all bridges have duty consoles similar to Riker and Troi's stations. In fact, the Alternate Enterprise-D in Yesterday's Enterprise didn't have a chair for the First officer!!!!
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That's true, but I was just saying that those consoles are missing in "Insurrection" and that does it mean while the ship was being repaired from near Borgification it was removed, or the entire bridge module for that matter. There are minor differences of the bridge seen FC and the one seen in Insurrection.
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Probably just everday refinements to the bridge such as on the Enterprise D. Parts of he first seaons bridge of the Enterprise-D was a lot different that the rest of the show. I never really did like those stations in front of Riker and Troi during First Contact.
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The First One
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I always wondered about that holographic viewscreen. . . I mean, do they expect us to believe that until they got to the battle, they were just staring at a blank wall?
Anyway, this should be in Starships. It's there now. 8)
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Perhaps you're encouraged to hang witticisms on the forward wall to inspire your crew. Like "Work an extra shift and feel really good about yourself," etc.
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Sisko's Saratoga has no 1st officer chair either. Of course, it's possible that the first officer just worked in some position on the outer ring of the bridge. Same could go for the E-C
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Basically, they got all the way to the battle, assessed the situation, shielded the Defiant from attack, and THEN turned on the viewscreen to see what's happening? They must have done a lot of describing. . .
Anonymous Tactical Officer given the boot as soon as Worf comes on board: "We're HERE, the Borg cube is, er, this console, and the Defiant is Commander Troi's left breast. . ."
Picard: "Hmm. Better put us in between the cube and the Defiant, then. By the way, what's this cup of coffee represent?"
Anonymous Tactical Officer given the boot as soon as Worf comes on board: "That's just a cup of coffee, sir."
Wouldn't YOU want at least a forward view on the screen? Or would you just msitake it for a screensaver and start jiggling the mouse to get rid of it? And what's with the 'Starfleet Audio Channel?' A whole channel putting out every bit of ship chatter from a battle? Is it Pay-Per-Listen? Are there commercials? I wonder if you can get it on Cable London. . .
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Just thought this might be worth a mention:
The first command we ever hear uttered by James T. Kirk on the bridge of the starship Enterprise, in the pilot "Where No Man..", is "Viewer on". Apparently, the old Enterprise also flew "blind" most of the time until somebody asked for the viewer to be activated. It was just Lt Sulu (not at the helm in "Where No Man..." yet) who was obsessed with keeping the viewer on 24 hrs a day.
This makes perfect sense to me as long as the Conn and Tactical officers have small personal viewscreens to keep themselves appraised of the tactical situation. Of course, Sulu had nothing of the kind (save for that fancy little HUD that only emerged for battle).
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I guess the person who is piloting the ships in the 24th century could do it by visual or by instrument, like what our modern day pilots could do.
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