(covers information from several alternate timelines)
The manual steering column in the command chair aboard the Kelvin-type USS Kelvin in 2233
The manual steering column was a helm control option aboard some spacecraft that resembled a joystick. It was capable of providing fine piloting control in situations where the normal helm controls were not precise enough.
The USS Franklin had a manual steering column at the helm. (Star Trek Beyond)
NX-class starships employed manual steering columns for performing exacting maneuvers. (ENT: "Breaking the Ice", "Minefield", "Singularity", "The Expanse")
The command area at the catwalk aboard Enterprise NX-01 was also equipped with a manual steering column. (ENT: "The Catwalk")
In 2154, Ensign Travis Mayweather used a manual-control joystick on Shuttlepod 1, which he referred to as "a stick and rudder system", during a covert visit to Vulcan. (ENT: "Awakening")
In 2233, Kelvin-type starships had a manual steering column in the right armrest of the command chair. (Star Trek)
In 2256, the Walker-class USS Shenzhou had a pair of manual steering columns at the helm. (DIS: "The Vulcan Hello")
In the alternate reality, Constitution-type escape pods were equipped with at least one manual steering column. (Star Trek)
The Sovereign-class USS Enterprise-E had a manual steering column that allowed the conn to manually control helm functions, if the need arose. Commander Riker utilized the column when performing precise maneuvers inside the Briar Patch to collect metreon gas with the ship's ramscoops and subsequently release it in the vicinity of two Son'a battle cruisers. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
The Delta Flyer had at least one manual steering column in its cockpit. (VOY: "In the Flesh")
The second Delta Flyer used two manual steering columns in its helm configuration, which completely replaced the old LCARS controls that had been used on the original Delta Flyer. (VOY: "Drive")
The manual steering column of California-class USS Cerritos was located in the right armrest of the first officer's chair at the bridge. It was folded and flush with the underside of the armrest when not in use. Commander Jack Ransom once remarked, "Nothing compares to the firm, hot pulse of a joystick in your hand." In 2381, he used the manual steering column to pilot the Cerritos through a debris field in the Laap system, in order to save the disabled USS Archimedes. (LD: "Envoys", "First First Contact")
