Dylan, Charlemagne and others in “Unfinished Business”

Dylan

And, in the case of an emergency, the ship can be piloted from the gunnery nose.

Emergency? You mean in the event that the Command Deck crew is reduced to a fine red mist and splattered across the walls in a bloody mural?

Dylan

That would qualify, yes.

Fascinating! And do such emergencies happen with a degree of frequency, or are they a rare occurrence?