Jun 11, 2021 · The helmsman of those vessels worked in concert with the navigator, who plotted the ship's course. On the USS Enterprise, the helmsman controlled both the speed and attitude of the ship, as well as the ship's weapon and shield systems. Note: By the 24th century, the helm and navigation stations became combined as the flight control officer ...

Aug 11, 2020 · So Star Trek shows which depict helmsman as a job for low ranking crew members seem to be in line with Earth's nautical history and with the logic of interstellar travel. Star Trek shows like TOS which depict the job of helmsman as an important position filled by officers seem to be the odd ones.

Ensign - Pavel Checkov - Helmsman, Weapons Officer This would be the order of command in the event of an emergency with only the bridge crew available. However, we are often left with Lt Commander, Montgomery Scott, who despite being in Engineering most of the time, is still considered, the Second Officer and in charge of the ship since he ...

Jan 9, 2019 · Both the watch officer (such as the captain) or the helmsman can be said to "have the conn" at any given time. The helmsman has the conn because he is physically manning the station and steering the ship. A watch officer may have the conn because while he doesn't man the station, he directs the helmsman, at the conn, where the ship is to be ...

Aug 13, 2015 · (In normal circumstances, the ship can fly itself if necessary, and the computer can also implement pre-programmed evasive maneuvers in an emergency, but a competent helmsman is required for most real battle scenarios. That's one of the reasons why starships still have helmsmen.) Voyager's primary helmsman was Lt. Stadi. However, she was killed ...

Apr 13, 2017 · In addition to answer 18, Geordi was chosen for the chief engineer role as having a blind helmsman was seen as a little "off" in hindsight – user23990 Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 15:13

Apr 6, 2014 · Because the producer's gave Robert Duncan McNeill the role of Tom Paris, helm officer of the U.S.S Voyager and viewers don't want to see story-lines about random pilot of the week, nor did anyone want to pay someone else for a …

Aug 19, 2015 · Think about the changing helmsman aboard the Enterprise-D: they frequently change. In TOS aboard the Enterprise under Kirk we also see that the navigator's position changes regularly (there were at least 7 other than Checkhov).

@Randal'Thor : The "conn" is the helm. Both the helmsman and navigator are conn officers. While not at the conn, relief conn officers generally remain at the back of the bridge and carry out the commands of the captain or whoever is in charge of the bridge at that time.

May 20, 2015 · Tom Paris, for instance, is officially the ship's helmsman (thus wearing a red uniform), but is also considered an expert in the subjects of aerodynamics & warp field theory. Kathryn Janeway is another good example - she wears red because of her role as Captain, yet the majority of her experience is that of a physicist and scientist.