Master Systems Display (MSD)

== A Starship's Master Systems Display, or MSD, is located on the bridge, usually on the rear section of control consoles, directly behind the captain and first officer’s command chairs. This dedicated station allows any officer to get an abstract picture of the ship and any problems that may arise. Its attached console allows certain situations to be dealt with right in front of the MSD without further intervention. This console is usually where a duty engineering officer is stationed, adjacent to the bridge engineering console, during Alert. The MSD generates a constant visual "Damage Report" and is technically part of the bridge engineering console. The MSD generally displays a "cutaway" view of the side of the spacecraft, and shows locations of primary and secondary systems. If, for example, the starboard torpedo tube on Deck Four were damaged or otherwise malfunctioning, the system displayed on screen would change to red, and a detailed report of what's going wrong with it is concisely reported, along with engineering's estimate on how long it will take to repair the damaged system. If a primary system such as the main Structural Integrity Field Generator on Deck Five were to be off-line, a crewmember in front of the MSD has the option to manually bypass to an auxiliary generator (although in such a case, the Main Computer generally does this automatically, because the SIF and IDF generators are part of the Life Support System. A crewmember would only have to manually make adjustments to this if the computer itself were malfunctioning.) == Below, is the MSD for USS Twilight NCC-74413. Displayed are all 8 decks, with primary systems and compartments highlighted. If desired, the reader may click on this display and enhance; the words indicating specific systems are not gibberish; they are quite detailed.