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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Ross in the final battles of DS9 was always seen against a generic Starfleet monitor wall (part of the Defiant set, really). I'm not sure if Sisko actually led any of the battles from aboard the Defiant. He was credited with planning them, yes. And he gave a number of "now do as we planned" cue marks. But in the battle to retake the wormhole, he fled the battlefield at a crucial moment. And in the final battles on the way to Cardassia, he only "requested assistance" (asking for the support of tactical wings) instead of actually "directing the fleet". I'd be inclined to interpret the E-D main bridge as a flag bridge like suggested. Just flying the ship around could have been done with a bridge one third the size... The extra room may have been for many purposes, including diplomatic intimidation, but fleet coordination capacity could well be one of those purposes. And if Starfleet ever had dedicated flag bridges, those would most probably be found in the older starships, for two reasons. One, the less versatile tech of the era would have necessitated originally constructing them. And two, if a ship were to be needed by a flag officer for managing a battle, I'd expect him or her to take a rear-echelon second-rate ship instead of a frontline combatant. To do otherwise would mean sending the admiral to the thick of the battle, or then withholding a valuable primary combatant from the front lines - both very undesirable things. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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