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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] [C'mon, you KNEW I would post eventually] [Edit - Shite! How did I *not* post on this one three years ago?!] The Prommie bridge is a "classic" Trek bridge. That is, with most of the stations facing away, and only a few stations able to naturally face the viewer. Arguably, since the only person who really needs to use the viewer is the Captain/XO (and to a lesser extent, the Conn), this makes sense. Just look at a similar take on this concept, with Klingon bridges where the helm is often BEHIND the Captain's position (Kurn's ship and the Rotarran are two examples that come to mind). Anyway, the point is that the viewer is only practically used by few people, and this sort of bridge design capitalizes on that. But as has been mentioned already, this sucks ergonomically. while face-to-face communication on the bridge is not really necessary, in Trek it is, and as such this type of bridge is poorly designed for it. On examples we've seen, people are constantly having to look away from their consoles and spin around to talk to almost anyone. While in theory you should be able to talk loud enough in a closed room without having to face the listener, being able to face him/her without having to completely abandon what you're working on would be beneficial. The antithesis of this is of course the later bridges we see, like the Sovereign (and NX-01), where most critical stations face not the viewer but more the CO for more effective communications. Here, you need only glance up from your console rather than spin around to talk to the centre of attention. Some may tink that the Intrepid bridge counts in this category, but in fat it does not; most stations here face the relatively tiny viewer more than anything else. This is the result of a conscious acknowledgement that most people think of the viewer as the front windshield that most people would like to look at. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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