Registration:

NCC-1701-D

Name:

u.s.s. enterprise

Location:

deck 8

Plan:

battle bridge

the battle bridge is involved in a number of significant events

The battle bridge is an auxiliary control center located on Galaxy class starships. Since vessels of that class are designed to separate as a routine measure, duplicates of key systems are needed throughout both hulls, including command areas.

Located on Deck 8 of the secondary hull, this bridge duplicates most of the stations and functions of the main bridge, such as a viewscreen, the captain's chair, conn, ops, and tactical, but places emphasis on piloting, support, and defensive operations. The main bridge and battle bridge are connected by a dedicated emergency turbolift which can be accessed from other decks as well. The battle bridge can also be entered by standard turbolift or through a corridor on Deck 8. A small captain's ready room is located on the port side of the bridge, although it is much smaller than the one off the main bridge and lacks a window. Although the battle bridge could potentially be used to control the entire docked ship in the event of damage to the main bridge, usually command was rerouted to Main Engineering.

To keep in tune with changing technologies, the battle bridge is modular like the main bridge. The Enterprise-D had at least two different battle bridges installed during its lifetime. The version launched with the ship had the captain's chair in the center, with conn and ops to the front of the captain and tactical behind. Two duty stations were located at the back of the bridge, on the port and starboard rear walls. The tactical and rear stations were separated by turbolifts; the standard turbolift on the port side, and the emergency turbolift on the starboard. By the time of the second Borg incursion in 2367, the battle bridge was slightly modified. The tactical position behind the captain had been moved to the port station, replaced by expanded information displays. The turbolift alcoves at the back of the bridge were also gone, possibly moved elsewhere.