What you have just described is the Combat Information Center (or whatever the current nomenclature may be) - a heavily armored space well inside the hull on most every combat vessel the US Navy has in commission.

see - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_room , http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/cic_yester.htm , (Carrier CIC precis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g55zsOflAQ0

The Bridge is pretty much relegated to shiphandling now, though never let the Captain here you say so.

Doug G

On 5/28/2014 8:20 AM, Peter Berghold wrote:

I have long scoffed at the idea of Star Wars with their flying bridge design on a pedestal high above the rear of the ship.  If I were an adversary that would make quite the tempting target.

I will not be surprised that US Navy warship design transitions away from a bridge in such an exposed area with the exception of peacetime sailing.  Con and combat operations would in my vision be controlled from a space deep inside the hull.  I think you're on the right track Doug.

On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

On 26 May 2014, at 04:18, David Jaques-Watson <xxxxxx@pcug.org.au> wrote:

Dear Folks –

 

Tim replied:

>>Have you seen the version done by Mongoose? It’s in their version of the *Fighting Ships* supplement.

> 

>Bother.  And other really rude words.  I'd completely forgotten about that.  Shame on me for not mentioning it.

 

“ ”Bother!”, cried Pooh, slapping another magazine into his AK-47.”

LOL!

 

As soon as I saw that Mongoose’s Fighting Ships not only had the Tigress (!), not only the Plankwell (!!), but also the Kokirrak-class (!!! one of which we have at Tavonni!) I knew I HAD to buy this book.  ;-)  ;-)

 

I never thought anyone would ever map out the thing. Sorta like Marc probably thought no-one would ever stat all the worlds in the Imperium, let alone the Imperium and all surrounding empires.  %-O

In the Traveller lecture I did recently I showed that off (after explaining what a UWP was) along with travellermap.com.  You could hear the collective jaws of the audience drop.  It was a real Total Perspective Vortex moment.

 

I still love Jennell Jaquays’ comment to me that she’s surprised no-one has come up with better, more interesting ship pics than the ones she drew up at her kitchen table 30+ years ago…

Ah, well that's because she drew the real things.  I mean those ARE the ships! :-)

tc

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