"Located at the top of the saucer section, the Main Bridge is generally manned by the Senior Officer's of the Apache and is commanded by the Captain, or Executive Officer of the Apache. And of course, their is the "big chair" in the center of the bridge.   The Apache was recently outfitted with Starfleet's latest bridge module, so the design is probably rather familiar to you."

"Rats, their is a repair crew coming out of the starboard turbolift.  How about we take a look at Captain Linard's Ready Room?" 

Primary operational control of the New Orleans 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 departmental activities.

The central area of the Main Bridge provides seating and information displays for the commander and one other officer. Directly fore of the command area is the Flight Control Officer’s pit, who faces the main viewer.

Directly aft of the command area is an elevated platform on which is located the tactical control station and the operations station. Also located on the platform, and around the command deck are several workstations, nominally configured as Science 1, Environment, Life Sciences, and Engineering.

At the very front of the bridge chamber is located a large (4.8 x 2.5 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, informational, 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-holographic display elements and is thus capable of displaying three-dimensional information.

Other facilities located on Deck 1 include to port the captain's ready room and head, the starboard 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.

Major connects to the bridge include two standard turbolift shafts, one emergency turboshaft, and four electro plasma power distribution waveguide conduits. Additional connects include four environmental support plenum groups, nine primary and two backup optical data network trunks, two replicator waveguide conduits, and three service crawlways.

Because of the criticality of bridge systems, especially in emergency situations, the Main Bridge is designated as an emergency environmental support shelter, receiving priority life support from two special protected utilities trunks. These feeds permit Class M conditions to be maintained for up to seventy-two hours even in the event of failure of both primary and reserve environmental systems. Also provided within the bridge shell are two emergency atmospheric and power supply modules, each capable of providing up to twenty-four hours of atmosphere and lighting in the event of total environ- mental systems failure.

The Main Bridge module is connected to the spaceframe structure with a series of 320 7.2 cm duranium fastening rods. These fasteners can be disengaged at major starbase lay- over, permitting disconnect and replacement of the entire bridge module. Torsion relief and vibration damping are provided by a series of 17 mm microfoamed AGP semiflexible ceramic gaskets which form the mechanical interface between the structures.

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