Spaceship Weapons and Gravity Layout

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Daigoro

You might have the command bridge with naval setting, so they can walk around and look out the front of the bridge (said gimballing optional). The problem with rocket-orientation is that you have to lie on your back to see where you're going- unless everything is done by instruments only.

1. Everything is probably done by instrument anyway, instruments are more useful than vision for space maneuvering by TL 6 and for basically everything you might want to do in space by TL 8.
2. There is no guarantee that the ship's nose is pointed in the direction it's traveling.
3. There is no guarantee that the direction you want to look is towards the ship's nose. For realistic maneuvering it's far more likely to the direction the drives are pointed, as things like landings are done jets-first.