Timeline for Why are Starfleet bridges positioned so vulnerably?
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| Aug 10, 2017 at 6:22 | comment | added | Xen2050 | Even if "it's not vital, you can still control the ship from engineering" whoever was previously in charge on the bridge would be gone, if it's a fight over revenge or against the captain that would end the fight right there. And maybe the new engineer-captain in engineering doesn't want to join the former bridge crew so would retreat. At the very least, the former captain's tactics would be lost or interrupted, and there would be a brief pause, maybe that's enough for the enemy to take advantage of. | |
| Jan 14, 2016 at 21:41 | comment | added | Charles H | @MarchHo On a real fighting warship. There is the Bridge and there is also the Command and Control Center, usually located deep within the ship. During a battle, the captain stays on the bridge while often the XO will man the C&C, preventing any possibility of a "decapitating" strike. Although I would still point out, that even if the captain and XO were killed, the ship does not lose its ability to fight back, and that's why it is not a priority target. Space combat will obviously be different from naval combat, but in any fight, its best to go for a catastrophic kill over a blinding attack. | |
| Jan 14, 2016 at 15:41 | comment | added | Rob Grant | @Holger from what I remember, targeting the bridge is a disenfranchised baddie move. But I may be mistaken. | |
| Jan 13, 2016 at 11:30 | comment | added | Holger | @Robert Grant: inside the TV show or the movies, it’s not uncommon to target the bridge of a ship. Besides that, space debris doesn’t obey the “You don’t destroy my bridge and I don’t destroy your bridge” contract. The bridge is a dangerous place if it isn’t the bridge of the Enterprise. Even the Enterprise’s bridge gets serious damage several times, but as long as you are not wearing a red shirt you’re still safe… Besides that, even if the outside of a ship wasn’t a dangerous place, that was still no reason to actually do placing the bridge on the outside. | |
| Jan 12, 2016 at 12:08 | comment | added | Slipp D. Thompson | @deworde Of course. It depends a lot on what kind of ship you're attacking. Teleporters, or bot control, or clone storage may be better to hit. I only meant that in the general case towards the beginning of the game using the starter ships, weapons and shields are the best to hit and engines if they're evading so much you can't hit the first two or if they're preparing to jump. And in my experience. But there are numerous strategies & playstyles, of course. | |
| Jan 12, 2016 at 12:02 | comment | added | deworde | @SlippD.Thompson Depends on your weapon payload. An FTL bridge can be better to hit than the engines because it disables the same functionality, and is normally easier to disable (max 3 health). | |
| Jan 12, 2016 at 9:05 | comment | added | Rob Grant | Possibly the reason for not targeting the bridge is because then other people will do that. This is why assassinations are rare. | |
| Jan 12, 2016 at 7:43 | comment | added | Slipp D. Thompson | +1: In playing the hit indie game FTL, one finds that the best areas of an opponent ship to target are their weapons, shields, and/or engine. The bridge is important, but destroying it won't necessarily net you a win. Understandably, this is only one fiction and the Star Trek universe may have distinctly different mechanics, but still. | |
| Jan 12, 2016 at 1:22 | comment | added | user11521 | @Joshua "Computer, transfer command functions to Engineering, Authorization LaForge Omega One Four Seven" | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 23:25 | comment | added | Joshua | @MarchHo: You wanna die when the chief engineer demonstrates zero restraint? Not me. | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 23:14 | comment | added | Zoredache | @MarchHo because most systems can also be controlled from engineering? | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 22:38 | comment | added | March Ho | Why would a decapitation strike not work on a spaceship? | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 21:46 | history | answered | Charles H | CC BY-SA 3.0 |