I don't disagree. Even that glass can be made of solid material to resist water pressure or heavy impact. Or maybe can have an automated metal blind to cover it in times of need.
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What if the Star Trek crew were a sea crew instead of space crew?
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That's why starship bridges don't have them and rely on viewscreens.
Give me a window any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
It's science fiction and allows for some indulgences. Plus, many fictional submarines (and non fictional ones as well) I have enjoyed have windows. It's OK to have windows.
#morewindows
It's science fiction and allows for some indulgences. Plus, many fictional submarines (and non fictional ones as well) I have enjoyed have windows. It's OK to have windows.
#morewindows
How about this one. Although I don't think our sea based Enterprise is a military ship, it still should have defensive capabilities, just like the starships in Starfleet's inventory:
There's plenty of good submarine concepts out there. I even found one of a private submarine with windows from 2018 called the Nautilus 2020.
The windshields on the starship bridges are really the most unnecessary feature included in recent Treks. Space is mostly empty, and when it does come time to look at something, you'd most likely need to magnify the image of it, rather than looking at it from your current position anyway. The simple fact is, most of the time there's nothing to look at anyway, which does also make the constantly on viewscreen simply showing empty space and stars streaking by rather unnecessary. First Contact had the right idea when they had a blank wall at the front of the Enterprise's bridge with a holographic image activating when they needed to look at something, though Paramount executives reportedly got upset over this resulting in the traditional viewscreen replacing it in Insurrection.
If anything, it's just downright silly on Disco where we see a whole bunch of readings and computer graphics overlaid on the window, a screen would literally be more practical in that case. Especially when the bridge systems go offline and the window gets covered with static and snow. What good is the window if it's covered with computerized shit, even when the computers are offline? Screens are much better, and having a solid wall in front of the bridge instead of a huge window makes the bridge more secure.
Since you can literally use a window as a view screen I see no reason to not have a window capability for an emergency, like if power is out.
Also, the bridge is on the top of the ship and once the shields are gone the hulls are nearly useless. One additional bulkhead isn't going to make much of a difference, in my opinion.
And if it makes people feel "more secure" then have armor roll over it but still be able to look out a window in an emergency. If I want a more secure bridge, and sensors and holograms are superior displays, then that bridge is going in the middle of the saucer.
Sure. But having computer readouts turn to static and thus block the window's main purpose basically defeats the purpose of having one.
Yes, but if it goes to static it can be turned off.
The point of the window is flexibility. That's all I want. And I don't see a window being that big of deal in its inclusion.
What if the windows were from other sophisticated materials that are mostly break-proof and immune to pressure changes and automatically magnify.
Seeing as how those kind of windows don't even exist in the 24th century, it'd be damned interesting if they did in the 23rd.
I see them on the Enterprise both OT and even moreso in TNG and Voyager.
Hey, all I remember is that quite a few windows on the Enterprise D smashed when the ship crashed in Generations, including the bridge on the top of the bridge dome which would not have been impacted itself at all.
I don't really disagree.
In that series, Malcom Reed would come from a Starfleet family, who are quite disappointed that he opted for the navy, instead. (his father: "I suppose space was too big for him")
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A starship would be too large and too fast to scan the oceans. It would be like using an Airbus 380 to fly domestically within Holland. Technically it can be done, but would not be economical and and would require a lot of precise calculations and turns.
Yes the Enterprise was used as a submarine to take data from a primitive planet, but it cannot be devoted to scouting a planet's oceans as it's not built for that purpose.
The Enterprise would also be too large to scout rougher terrains within the oceans. It would need to operate on very, very low power. A submarine vessel from the same era but designed smaller and less powered would be more economical and practical.
There was something called DEEP ANGEL that dealt with supercavitating subs as well as torpedoes. I think they finally have bullets that will enter the waterline without breaking up as on Mythbusters IRLI wouldn't want the sub to look like SeaQuest or SewView. I'd prefer something similar yet original:
But there are no windows on the bridge?