The tactical station aboard the Federation starship Enterprise-D in the year 2364.
A tactical console or tactical station was an adaptation of technology, a computer control console interface for tactical systems manned by a tactical officer or tactical personnel. Tactical consoles provided electronic and mechanical support and tactical display readouts for tactical weapons and defense systems on space stations, spacecraft and outposts.
- Tactical consoles are one of the main consoles in the game mechanics of ST video game: Star Trek Online.
History and specifications[]
Galaxy-class tactical station, standard configuration computer displays.
Subsystem overview[]
In the 22nd century, the United Earth's Earth Starfleet had a tactical station of the main bridge of early spacecraft, usually manned by the armory officer, an operations division position that included the duties that are usually associated with the tactical officer. (Enterprise)
By the 23rd century, a Federation Starfleet tactical station could be configured to be operated from a number of other panels on the bridge or operations center. In some cases, the security officer on the bridge doubled as tactical officer. (Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)
In other cases certain tactical functions could be controlled by the crew at the navigator or operations stations. Other weapons and defense functions could remain at a separate console in that case. Weapons control could sometimes also be assigned to the helm. (Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: The Original Series; ST reference: Star Fleet Technical Manual)
When the starship Enterprise was refit in the 2270s decade, a new tactical station was installed on the bridge's port fore quarter. This was nominally occupied by the tactical officer who would also serve as the weapons officer and bridge security officer. (TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Motion Picture)
In the 24th century, a Federation starship's tactical station usually included security, defense systems, weapons control and communications. Configurations of this type included the Galaxy-class Enterprise-D, Intrepid-class Voyager, Defiant-class USS Defiant and California-class USS Cerritos. (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Lower Decks)
Detailed subsystems[]
Installation of compatible tactical consoles boosted damage output of weapons, including cannon and beam array-based directed energy weapons and kinetic weapon types like torpedo launchers and mine launchers. (ST video game: Star Trek Online)
- directed energy distribution manifold (beam weapons)
- prefire chamber (cannon weapons)
- variable geometry detonators (mine weapons)
- warhead yield chamber (torpedo weapons)
- energy weapon damage consoles:
- phaser relay
- disruptor induction coil
- plasma infuser
- tetryon pulse generator
- polaron phase modulator
- antiproton mag regulator
- kinetic weapon damage consoles:
- photon detonation assembly
- zero point quantum chamber
- ambiplasma envelope
- transphasic compressor
- chroniton flux regulator
- TCD subspace infuser (tricobalt weapons)
- special tactical consoles:
- energetic protomatter matrix infuser
- kinetic protomatter matrix infuser
- vulnerability exploiter
- vulnerability locator
- auto targeting module
- Bellum directed energy distribution manifold
- Bellum prefire chamber
- Bellum variable geometry detonators
- Bellum warhead yield chamber
- Pax directed energy distribution manifold
- Pax prefire chamber
- Pax variable geometry detonators
- Pax warhead yield chamber
- automated defense turret
- light phaser satellite turret
- counter-command multi-conduit energy relay
- harmonic resonance relay
- chronometric capacitor
Appendices[]
References[]
- ST video game: Star Trek Online
- ENT novel: The Good That Men Do
- VOY novel: Children of the Storm
- ST - The Fall novel: Peaceable Kingdoms
- TOS novel: Foul Deeds Will Rise
- ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Uncertain Logic
- DS9 novel: Sacraments of Fire
- Seekers novel: Long Shot
- VOY novel: Atonement
- TNG novel: Available Light
- DSC novel: The Enterprise War
- TOS novel: The Antares Maelstrom
- TNG reference: On Board the USS Enterprise
- Seekers novel: Point of Divergence
- ST - Myriad Universes - Echoes and Refractions novel: A Gutted World
- TNG novel: Indistinguishable from Magic
- TNG novel: Collateral Damage