That is so sweet.
As far as I remember, the commanding admiral (Hanson or Ranson or somewhat like that) of the Battle of Wolf 359 was directly present and got killed on his ship (some Excelsior ship) And I'm sure that he's not the only one. There are surely other flag officers that joined the standing forces in the 2nd Klingon war and the war against the Dominion-Cardassian union.
Usually, the stellar cartography is somewhere inside the ship, not close to the bridge. The carpet is by now of no concern I'd say, because you stated you need this pattern for orientation. So be it. I'm looking forward for the final version.
