Command Chair

Command Chair

1) General term for a Career position within the Union Navy. Such terms as: "They do not pull out the Command Chair for everyone" or "This is a Command Chair decision" are very common phrases.

2) A piece of furniture in a central location of a Union Ship Bridge. In general these chairs provide the commanding officer with more than just a place to sit, but have a host of systems integrated to assist the CO.

The Command Chairs are in general varimatic to allow a great number of beings to use the Command Chair (also the Conn)[1]

Modern Command Chairs include individual shield generators, are able to act as Life boats and can be jettisoned. The Command Chair is armed and has hidden weapon systems to defend the chair occupier ( Called the Captains Final Answer) [2]

There are automatic restraining systems and systems to overwrite all other systems aboard a ship. It is equipped with an AI kill switch, a Main Memory Dump function.

Modern Command Chairs have Intuitive Controls and can raise into the Battle Dome. (In most cases the Battle dome is simulated)

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[1] The Conn aboard a United Stars Space Ship is the Command Chair and it must be occupied at all time, from the time a ship is commissioned and until it is decommisioned. Irregardless where the Ship might be (dock, port or space)

[2] The Chair weapon systems are a omission and design feature that has been introduced by Attikan Engineers. Some Captains have the Weapon systems officially disabled.

The Conn is manned by the OOD (Conning Officer or Officer of the Deck)