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The briefing room was a dedicated area on Federation starships and Federation and alien facilities where the senior staff or military leaders could conduct meetings and various conferences. On starships, it was generally located near the ship's main bridge.

On NX class starships, the briefing room was referred to as the situation room located at the rear of the main bridge, and was designed for officers to discuss mission details. (Star Trek: Enterprise)

On Template:ShipClass and Template:ShipClass starships, the briefing room was referred to as the conference or observation lounge.

Constitution-class

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The briefing room aboard the USS Enterprise

The original Template:ShipClass had at least two briefing rooms, but they were not located in close proximity to the bridge. They also lacked windows, though not a wall viewer. A conference table with a computer terminal for the display of information was placed in the center of a room around which were several chairs. (TOS: "The Naked Time", "Space Seed"; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

In the episode "The Naked Time", there is a sign which reads Briefing Room 2 which is the clearest evidence we have for the existence of at least two of these rooms.


Defiant-class

The Template:ShipClass did not have a dedicated space for a briefing room, but the aft part of the bridge had a built-in table that acted as an informal area for officers to discuss mission-specific details. (DS9: "The Search, Part I") The mess hall could also be used for briefings. (DS9: "To the Death", "Trials and Tribble-ations", "Valiant")

Intrepid-class

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The briefing room aboard the USS Voyager

On Template:ShipClass vessels, the briefing room was located to the port side of the bridge, with three large view ports facing the front of the ship. The room offered many comforts and was equipped to provide a relaxed area for briefing. An odd-shaped table was located in the center of the room and could support seven chairs. The captain customarily sat at the head of the table, closest to the windows. A monitor was provided to allow visual aspects to be involved in a briefing. For more comfort, a replicator was provided.

The briefing room of the USS Voyager was decorated with various objects of art. (VOY: "Parallax")

Voyager's briefing room was a new set, but utilized the windows of Ten Forward from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was also redressed to serve as the briefing room of the USS Bellerophon in DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges".

Dominion Headquarters

Dominion Headquarters had a briefing room where Dominion personnel, including Weyoun, the Female Changeling, Damar, Gor and Pran, directed the war from. It was quite far from the cargo bay door of the building to the briefing room. Kira Nerys, Elim Garak, Ekoor and other Cardassian Rebellion members were able to fight their way there in late 2375. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")

Appearances

Background information

The script of DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited" described the location where Benjamin Sisko, Miles O'Brien, Julian Bashir, and Alexander Rozhenko met Worf and Martok as one of Deep Space 9's briefing rooms.

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