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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] The design philosophies of Trek bridges differ a lot despite the surface similarities. In "modern" bridges, it seems to be important that everybody sees the viewer and/or the captain. In TOS, people concentrated more on their consoles, and the captain had this swiveling chair so that HE could see everybody ELSE. Which makes more sense? Everybody facing front and gaping at the viewscreen means they aren't concentrating on their own, presumably important consoles. OTOH, if they all face away from the captain, then he mostly gets to speak to their necks, and cannot deliver any nonverbal cues. If people face every which way in a maneuvering starship, they get motion sickness (at least until somebody finally invents an inertial dampener that actually works right). If they face front, they get dangerous "tunnel vision" complacency in a demanding 3D environment. Perhaps the Jem'Hadar had the right idea. People standing every which way and wearing VR goggles when needed would have a good grip of the 3D situation. Info feed wouldn't depend on where they faced. Just add some seats and seatbelts (which the ship in "The Ship" seemed to have, before Starfleet for some reason removed them) and you get good functionality. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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