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Kirk meant "con" (with one "N"), not CONN. Con is a nautical term that means to direct the steering or course of (a vessel). CONN (or just conn) is a variant of "con" but in Star Trek, seems mainly to be used when someone takes the helm (or flight controller position). Meanwhile, con (last heard in TOS, I believe) has been used as a way to say you have control of the ship/bridge, etc. and not just the helm.
You confusion comes from that you expect "Conn" to refer to the helm/navigation station. It is also used to refer to "taking command." Kirk was not instructing Sulu to jump at the pilot's seat, but to take command of the Enterprise.
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I can't believe I didn't recognise this console picture from Starship Troopers. If you look at the monitor near the top you can see a greenish image of the Rodger Young starship. For God's sakes, I was had big time here. D'oh
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I just noticed... Look at the chair for Sato's station on the right of the big bridge picture. Specifically, the foot of the chair. No wheels! No high-tech feet! Hell, most office chairs look better than that!
If anything, it seems to resemble the chairs from the E-nil. Folks, I think we've found the LINK.
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According to the Technical Manual, 'Conn' is a term which is short for 'Flight Control'. So Conn in this respect I assume is simply taken from the word 'control'. So 'to steer a ship'? technically speaking yes. But it's more of a physical post, or station, so when someone says, "take the Conn" it basically means 'take the flight control' - or 'take the helm'.
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I like the bridge and the helm station. It looks like the helm station has a little 'astrogator' to the right. And look at the science console: Spock's viewer is back!
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I dunno.. I actually don't like the single forward station concept. Thorugh TOS unto the 2250s, all starship bridges had dedicated helm and navigation stations. Now, Mayweather apparently gets to drive this ship all himself? Talk about belittling Chekov.
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Well, there could be a seperate Nav station elsewhere on the bridge ... just because it's not right next to the helm post doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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True, there could be a navigation sub-station somewhereo n the bridge - the navigator doesn't HAVE to look at the viewscreen.
Actually, I'm only more concerned about the Captain's view of the main screen... Like the Defiant, the Pre-E helm console is fairly close to the CO chair, and only one step "down". Archer is going to spend seven years commanding the Pre-E while staring at the back of Mayweather's head. OTOH, the main screen could be gargantuan, and the view no worse than at a movie theatre...
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Man, you guys either don't pay ANY fucking attention or have the memory capacities of LINT. There's a navigation table on the bridge reminiscnet of the one designed for 2010.
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OTOH, the main screen could be gargantuan, and the view no worse than at a movie theatre...
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