The Venator's raised bridge looks imposing, but a space warship has little reason to expose its command spaces so prominently. At the speeds involved, anything first detected by eye is either already too close to avoid or so large that it can be seen from a better-protected position. Sensors rather than windows must therefore provide practical situational awareness. The design gains visual presence at the price of an unnecessary survivability weakness.
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The Venator's exposed bridge trades protection for image
A high projecting bridge creates an imposing silhouette, but visual navigation cannot justify exposing command spaces when space-combat speeds require sensors and instruments.