USS VOYAGER'S BRIDGE: OPERATIONS (OPS)
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| This page | THE POST OF OPERATIONS MANAGER, LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE OPS STATION |
| Page 2 | REAR AND WALL-MOUNTED CONSOLES, FORWARD FACING CONSOLE |
| Page 3 | VIEWS FROM THE OPS STATION |
THE POST OF OPERATIONS MANAGER
The introduction of the role of operations manager to Starfleet vessels in the 24th century leads to the installation of a dedicated workstation for this officer. The workstation is generally called the "ops station" or, more commonly, "ops".
| On board USS Voyager, Ensign Harry Kim fulfils this important role of operations manager. Ops is the workstation where he, as operations manager (also known as operations officer) carries out his routine scheduling and resource management duties as well as any number of additional functions required during a mission. Kim's role has expanded due to Voyager's unusual situation, namely the only Federation starship in the Delta Quadrant (USS Equinox in [Equinox] excluded). Those additional functions include frequent operation of the transporters, special sensor sweeps and emergency manipulation of the ship's engines. Although the ops station has not been adapted or changed from the original design, Ensign Kim uses the reconfigurable control interfaces to their greatest advantage in order to fulfill his expanded role. |  Ensign Kim at his ops station. To Kim's immediate right is the way in to the bridge from the corridor. In the distance, at the rear of the bridge, can be seen three bridge personnel attending the master situation display which is flanked either side by mission ops I and mission ops II. [One Small Step] |
LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE OPS STATION
 Here is another (more detailed) diagram of the bridge. |
The ops station is located to the rear port side of the main bridge. The ops station is located between an access corridor to its right, and the lower level entrance to the briefing room to its left. This allows the ops officer to take his station quickly on entering the bridge, or directly after a briefing. The position on the higher rear level gives an excellent view of the viewscreen and all other control stations. |  [Distant Origin]  |
The ops station's proximity to the senior command officers allows fast and direct communication. Likewise, its proximity to the support stations mission ops I and mission ops II (which flank the also very useful master situation display at the rear of the bridge) means that the operations manager has immediate and constant access to support resources, information and updates. Beam to close-up views of the mission ops stations and the master situation display.
Ops consists of a main curving console constructed out of light and dark grey panels to the front, and a series of bulkhead-mounted display screens and interfaces to the rear, allowing Kim to control a wide variety of functions from a standing position, or seated on the high stool that is supplied for long-term comfort during a duty shift.
As with the main tactical station located symmetrically opposite, the main illumination for the ops area comes from three strip lights mounted into the upper stepped ceiling support above the bulkhead mounted control panels. The ops station also features a duplicate of the bio-neural circuitry display built into the corner of the tactical station, with a series of animated readouts showing the advanced circuitry's status on a curved display panel. Located to the left of this control column are the main controls for the LCARS and operations management.
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