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I'd say the original bridge module for the Sutherland was damaged and a temporary one was placed in so Picard can use the ship. That or the upgraded module hasn't arrived yet til Tuesday.
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But the original question remains - who would build such an ugly bridge? And if it's a pre-existing one, what starship class would it normally belong to?
No, I still think it's an auxilliary control room rather than another ship's bridge or even a hastily-built replacement module. The model exterior certainly wasn't changed, and we know that if necessary a TNG starship can be controlled from Engineering ("Brothers" et. al.). If Picard was really in a hurry, they wouldn't have bothered installing a bridge if one was missing or damaged.
quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: I'd rather believe it's an aux control center... That bridge was so awkward, there's no way that it could be a regular bridge. Battle bridge at best, assuming the non-separating Nebula needs one.
Even the Constitution-class Enterprise had an auxiliary control room -- which was probably in the saucer according to a few indications and at the very center of the saucer according to FJ's charts.
Perhaps the "running the whole ship from Engineering" feature was new for the Galaxy-class?
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From the TNG:TM, we know that a temporary bridge is in place during the starship's trial runs after construction. The Tech Manual gives us the line after in-system fight tests are performed that the "Operational Bridge is docked".
The Sutherland was commissioned on stardate 44820.5 (approx. Oct 26, 2367)and "Redemption, part II" happened stardate 45020.4 (approx. Jan 7, 2368), so it's only about two months old as of Data taking command. It's extremely possible that it was a standard shakedown bridge, not an emergency bridge, battle bridge, etc. Only the essentials for testing the starship's systems during shakedown trials.
P.S. The stardate translations are my own doing, but the system I have works well for most canonical date listings. Either way the Sutherland was commissioned near the end of 2367 and the show happened at the very beginning of 2368, so it's still only a couple of months.
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