Galaxy Class Starship
U.S.S ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D
Deck 1
Main Bridge, Ready Room, Conference Lounge
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Primary operational control of the Galaxy class starship is provided by the Main Bridge, located at the top of the Saucer Module on Deck 1. The Main Bridge directly supervises all primary mission operations and coordinates all deparmental activities.

Exterior look of Main Bridge
Outer look of Main Bridge located on the Saucer Module

The central area of the Main Bridge provides seating and information displays for the commander and two other officers. Directly fore of the command area are the Operations Manager and the Flight Control Officer, both of whom face the main viewer.

Directly aft of the command area is an elevated platform on which is located the tactical control station. Also located on the platform are five workstations, nominally configured as Science I, Science II, Mission Operations (Ops), Environment, and Engineering.

Deck 1
Scale: 3.5x Deck Plan Views

At the very front of the bridge chamber is located a large (4.8x2.5 meter) visual display panel. This main viewer is generally used to display the output of one of the forward optical scanners, but can easily be reset for any other visual, informal, or communications use. When in communications mode, the main viewer shares the use of a dedicated subprocessor, which permits near-instantaneous conversion and display of nearly any visual communications format. The main viewer display matrix includes omni-holograhpic display elements and is thus capable of displaying three-dimensional information.

Behind the aft workstations is a 3.2 meter equipment bay, normally sealed to crew personnel. This equipment bay houses three of the seven dedicated bridge computer optical subprocessors, and six of the twelve shared subprocessors. Also located on this equipment bay area are several power, environmental, and optical data trunks connects.

The remaining computer subprocessors are located in smaller equipment bays integral to the aft stations, in the side bays port and starboard of the command area, and in the deck structure between Conn and Ops and the main viewer. Other facilities located on Deck 1 include the captain's ready room and head, the aft observation lounge, and the crew head adjoining the bridge itself. Both the bridge and the captain's ready room are equipped with food replication terminals.

Main Bridge | Conference Lounge | Ready Room | Turbolift

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