Star Ranger4 Wrote:In addition, they were working to an existing form factor; in the generation of ships when the Yamato was built, the bridge and the flag bridge were intentionally placed as high in the superstructure as possible for a reason... to give the CO and the Admiral as good a field of view of the action as possible; the JIN still used the mark I eyeball to a large extent. It wasnt until the 1980s and large improvements in electronic displays and such that an admiral could work where he couldnt directly see all the ships under his command but still excercise viable tactcial control of the sameIt was more than the JIN at the time. Yes, you might have had some radar and radio assist, but overall, you still had to rely on MKI eyeballs and MKII binoculars for most of your battlefield information.
Besides, I've basically been taking some of the "brought along for the ride" design decisions inherent in the rebuilt Yamato as being in part making her into a symbol for those on Earth, as much as trying to make as much use of the space of the disguise as they could.
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