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star trek - How could Picard take control of the fleet so easily?


In the Battle of the Sector 001, when Picard came to Earth to engage Borg after violating his direct order, he had a special coordinate in mind which could blowout the Borg cube and Starfleet had no idea about it.


Then, there's this thing called luck which rolled in the favor of Mankind and Riker was seen saying, "Admiral's ship's been destroyed." After that, Picard wasted no time to broadcast "I am taking command of the fleet." and gave everyone a special coordinate to fire. And, everything went smoothly and quickly. No conflict. No discussion. No thought of conspiracy from Picard (there was a reason why Picard was given orders to stay out of it). How can this happen?



What does protocol say? I don't think Picard was just below the rank of Admiral. Why didn't other seniors object? Specially, when Picard wasn't fit for fighting against the Borg (in the eyes of Starfleet). And, why did everyone follow Picard's order?


Update:
Here’s the Battle of Sector 001 in case you have forgotten:






Answer



Citing the event's of Equinox, we know that



"Starfleet Regulation one hundred ninety one, Article fourteen. In a combat situation involving more than one ship, command falls to the vessel with tactical superiority. I looked it up this morning." - Janeway




In First Contact, we're told that the Enterprise-E is the most advanced ship in the fleet. So that would mean that, the Admiral's ship having been destroyed, command falls to Picard simply by being in command of the most powerful ship present.


Picard first took command of the Stargazer in 2333 and was promoted to Captain some time before 2355, and the Battle of Sector 001 took place in 2373: after at least 18 years as Captain, including 9 of them commanding the flagship, he's one of the most senior and most reputable captains around anyway.


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