In Star Trek: Nemesis, just before the Enterprise rams into the Scimitar, Picard sends a text message from his captain's chair arm pad to Troi — who is manning the helm in lieu of the crewman who was just blown out through what was once the view screen — indicating that she should put full impulse on standby. (Literally, if you watch the scene closely, Troi's console prefaces the order with "TXT MSG" !)
My question is: Did Picard also somehow warn crew members in the forward saucer section about what was about to happen?
The ramming of the Scimitar was a heat of the moment decision. Considering that he also resorted to calling the auto-destruct sequence shortly after (which ended up being offline), he probably was of the mindset that any losses would be acceptable in order to hault Shinzon's march to Earth.
Still, I'm curious.
Answer
The original script indicates that he called for the crew to "brace for impact". Whether that call (or the commands he was typing before giving the order to ram the Scimitar) resulted in people leaving the nose section isn't confirmed:
Picard continues to enter command codes -- transmits them to Deanna at helm -- she receives the commands, nods. All of this as Picard buys some time:
PICARD : I never told you about my first Academy evaluation, did I? I received very high marks for my studies. But I was found lacking in certain other areas. Personality traits, you might say. In particular I was thought to be extremely...over-confident.
Picard indicates for Data to end the communication. Then:
PICARD (quickly) Geordi, put power to the engines. Take it from life support if you have to -- everything you can give me.
GEORDI : Aye, sir.
PICARD : Deanna, on my mark.
GEORDI : Ready, sir!
Picard leans forward in his chair:
PICARD : (on comm) All hands, brace for impact! (to Deanna) ENGAGE.
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