Science stations I and II are the first two aft stations located
on the bridge aft section. They are used by bridge personnel to provide realtime
scientific data to command personnel. These stations are not assigned full-time
technicians, but are availble for use as needed.
In some case, the science stations are used by personnel attached to secondary missions including researches, science officers, mission specialists, and others who require close operations with the bridge.
Science I and II are generally confirgured for independent operation, but can be linked together when two reseachers wish to work cooperatively. The aft science stations have priority links to Conn, Ops, and Tactical. During Alert status, science stations can have priority access to sensor arrays, if necessary overriding ongoing science department observations and other secondary missions upon approval by the Operations Manager.
The science I station incorporates and isolinear chip matrix panel that permits specialized mission profile programs to be loaded as needed, and also permits investigatiors to accumulate data for later study.