Battle Bridge
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The Battle Bridge is from the fictional Star Trek universe. On Starfleet vessels that have the ability to separate the saucer and secondary hulls, the battle bridge is the control center for the secondary hull during separated operations.
The battle bridge also acts as an auxillary control center for the starship. If the main bridge of the starship is disabled, the entire ship can be controlled from the battle bridge.
On Galaxy class starships, the battle bridge is located at the top of the secondary hull, on deck eight. It can be accessed by regular turbolifts. There is also an emergency turbolift that runs directly from the main bridge to the battle bridge, giving the command staff quick and direct access to the battle bridge. The battle bridge has a ready room for the captain, it is a smaller and less elaborate version of the ready room on the main bridge. Like the main bridge, the battle bridge is also a self contained, plug-in module. This way, the battle bridge can be swapped out.
The battle bridge of the Enterprise-D has been seen three times. It was seen during the pilot episode Encounter at Farpoint. It was also seen during the first season episode The Arsenal of Freedom. A heavily remodeled version of the battle bridge was seen during the fourth season opening episode - The Best of Both Worlds, Part II. The Next Generation technical manual says that between the first and fourth seasons the battle bridge module was swapped out during a maintenance layover.