PermalinkSubmitted by Chief_Sonya on February 3, 2020 - 12:23
The intention is you would shift those panels between flight modes. When you were in FTL, for example, you wouldn't need access to some of the impulse screens (like inpulse nav, for example) so you would repurpose that panel for FTL.
As I understand it that console hardware configuration is expandable - you could up to add another three monitors behind the ones you see in the pic.
PermalinkSubmitted by Nick (not verified) on February 6, 2020 - 10:32
Some people might expect a big viewscreen because shows like Star Trek have normalised that on Federation vessels. The big viewscreen suits Federation style operation - collaborative and open - with frequently the whole bridge being invited to participate in or comment on whatever's happening on the viewscreen. It varies on other ships. Dominion vessels are at the other end of the spectrum with no viewscreen and unquestionable Vorta captains receiving all command related info through their visor.
In Star Wars large vessels tend not to have them, with bridge crew each having their own panels and often not all facing the same direction. The captain makes all command decisions and crew don't comment on them.
The ISDC being a military style organisation no large viewscreen on the bridge might make sense. If the bridge layout draws inspiration from submarines - captain's chair at the back in the middle and with their viewscreen in place of a periscope - many people would just see submarine-in-space and think that normal. There could be one or more conference rooms with big viewscreens for times / scenes when you need that.
PermalinkSubmitted by mattm on February 12, 2020 - 10:10
In this configuration the conn will have two panels, displaying a read-only version of the contacts board that also includes the compass and vessel EM output. The other screen will be the TOE grid. The screens can be repurposed as needed, though.
If we had a big viewscreen then, what would be useful to display on it? The TOE grid springs to mind, but that's of limited use if it's fixed in a 360º environment (or it could be linked to show whatever view the conn's TOE panel is showing).
The current configuration is by no means fixed - one of the points of the modular design is to provide for experiemntation and trying different options.
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3 screens enough?
Are three screens going to be enough for everything the helm does? Including FTL and RCS? This just seems to cover impulse.
The intention is you would
The intention is you would shift those panels between flight modes. When you were in FTL, for example, you wouldn't need access to some of the impulse screens (like inpulse nav, for example) so you would repurpose that panel for FTL.
As I understand it that console hardware configuration is expandable - you could up to add another three monitors behind the ones you see in the pic.
Big viewscreen
Some people might expect a big viewscreen because shows like Star Trek have normalised that on Federation vessels. The big viewscreen suits Federation style operation - collaborative and open - with frequently the whole bridge being invited to participate in or comment on whatever's happening on the viewscreen. It varies on other ships. Dominion vessels are at the other end of the spectrum with no viewscreen and unquestionable Vorta captains receiving all command related info through their visor.
In Star Wars large vessels tend not to have them, with bridge crew each having their own panels and often not all facing the same direction. The captain makes all command decisions and crew don't comment on them.
The ISDC being a military style organisation no large viewscreen on the bridge might make sense. If the bridge layout draws inspiration from submarines - captain's chair at the back in the middle and with their viewscreen in place of a periscope - many people would just see submarine-in-space and think that normal. There could be one or more conference rooms with big viewscreens for times / scenes when you need that.
Conn has own panels
In this configuration the conn will have two panels, displaying a read-only version of the contacts board that also includes the compass and vessel EM output. The other screen will be the TOE grid. The screens can be repurposed as needed, though.
If we had a big viewscreen then, what would be useful to display on it? The TOE grid springs to mind, but that's of limited use if it's fixed in a 360º environment (or it could be linked to show whatever view the conn's TOE panel is showing).
The current configuration is by no means fixed - one of the points of the modular design is to provide for experiemntation and trying different options.