HappyDaze said:
Does it specifically say this is done by a button push from the bridge? Many of the starship actions are merely ordered from the bridge and then direct action is taken from someone more local. in the case you mention, repair crews seal the area and vent the fire and any unfortunates that were isolated by the fire - the button push isn't the direct cause anymore than someone on the bridge directly controlling a gun battery.
But seriously, if that's always the case then how would threatening of venting entire compartments into the void even be a viable threat if it means that you'd have to stand next to the door in question to actually do it? I mean, if you were to make such a threat then what's to stop the mutineers from simply putting up guard posts at the key pressure doors and defending their controls, thereby making it pretty much impossible for the captain to actually vent the entire compartment without suffering heavy casualties and effectively making it a suicide mission to even try for whatever shipratings he decides to send to do it?
Clearly, you'd have to have access to some central control that the mutineers can't access to be able to threaten them with something like that.