|
I have to assume other aliens call us Earthorians when we’re not in the room
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 05:17
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 22, 2024 06:35 |
|
|
Powered Descent posted:Unless it was a Tarellian, or a Tamarian, or a Terrellian. Talaxian? Talonian? They're so hard to keep track of. Tarkanian? Tarkalean? Now they're all just starting to sound funny. Hell, at this point it might have even been a Tellarite or a Terran. that boy has never hosed a terran
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 05:20
|
|
|
Powered Descent posted:Unless it was a Tarellian, or a Tamarian, or a Terrellian. Talaxian? Talonian? They're so hard to keep track of. Tarkanian? Tarkalean? Now they're all just starting to sound funny. Hell, at this point it might have even been a Tellarite or a Terran. Thelusian. because frontier medicine
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 05:21
|
|
|
Farmer Crack-rear end posted:that was the alien that murdered the replicant though, it wasn't one of the starfleet people and, just like when O'Brien got decades of virtual prison, everyone just shrugs their shoulders at the alien who just ensured that O'Brien must suffer
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 05:44
|
|
|
Endless Trash posted:I have to assume other aliens call us Earthorians when we’re not in the room The universal translator also has us say Sol III every single time we mention Earth. (so really we would be Solarians, but that's actually it's own System near Cardassia and Bajor I guess.) Syfe fucked around with this message at 06:51 on Aug 11, 2020 |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 06:47
|
|
|
Solians
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 06:53
|
|
|
Syfe posted:The universal translator also has us say Sol III every single time we mention Earth. Lord Avatar II's fake religion wins in the end, I guess
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 07:14
|
|
|
Imagine how pissed you’d be if you were chosen to be a joined trill but you got a brand new symbiont. Everyone else going “wow! I just got ten lifetimes of experience! I’m a master pianist now!” and you‘re just there like oh... cool... so happy for you...
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 08:14
|
|
|
Prism Mirror Lens posted:Imagine how pissed you’d be if you were chosen to be a joined trill but you got a brand new symbiont. Everyone else going “wow! I just got ten lifetimes of experience! I’m a master pianist now!” and you‘re just there like oh... cool... so happy for you... Also if you're getting an old Trill you're getting several lifetimes worth of embarrassing moments that are now subjectively yours to live with. All those moments your prior hosts would REALLY rather forget, now yours forever with perfect recall.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 08:32
|
|
|
Wow, ten lifetimes of "that time I poo poo my pants" stories!
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 08:34
|
|
|
They poo poo their bodysuits in the future.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 09:04
|
|
|
Prism Mirror Lens posted:Imagine how pissed you’d be if you were chosen to be a joined trill but you got a brand new symbiont. Everyone else going “wow! I just got ten lifetimes of experience! I’m a master pianist now!” and you‘re just there like oh... cool... so happy for you... Memories of splashing and zapping around in the pond.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 09:09
|
|
|
shadow puppet of a posted:They poo poo their bodysuits in the future. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 09:16
|
|
|
Why do you think they have dedicated Transport Operators at-station 24-7, even though they rarely have anyone using them?
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 09:34
|
|
|
Neddy Seagoon posted:Why do you think they have dedicated Transport Operators at-station 24-7, even though they rarely have anyone using them? Because everyone hates Chief O'Brien https://chiefobrienatwork.com/post/106684455801/episode-1-r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9-builder-read-the-next-episode
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 10:25
|
|
|
calling klingons wookies and calling wookies luxans just to piss everyone off
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 12:32
|
|
|
do they ever explain why voyager’s warp nacelles move up and down? e: aside from marketing of course
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 16:37
|
|
|
Centrist Committee posted:do they ever explain why voyager’s warp nacelles move up and down? They don't tear holes in the fabric of the universe and require they adhere to the Warp-5 "Speed Limit" that TNG imposed, and immediately regretted, with repeated "we're allowed to exceed the speed limit ~Just This Once~" lines forever after.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 16:43
|
|
|
Figures when I put on BBC America, they're showing the Bell Riots episodes of DS9 and once again, wow, this is optimistic for 2024... Edit: Probably pretty spot on for Clint Howard, though... Cthulu Carl fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Aug 11, 2020 |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 16:43
|
|
|
Neddy Seagoon posted:They don't tear holes in the fabric of the universe and require they adhere to the Warp-5 "Speed Limit" that TNG imposed, and immediately regretted, with repeated "we're allowed to exceed the speed limit ~Just This Once~" lines forever after. Haha I forgot about that episode
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 17:05
|
|
|
Neddy Seagoon posted:They don't tear holes in the fabric of the universe and require they adhere to the Warp-5 "Speed Limit" That was the original idea behind it, but in seven seasons they never actually got around to mentioning that on screen, so it's not actually canon. Oopsie.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 17:17
|
|
|
Centrist Committee posted:do they ever explain why voyager’s warp nacelles move up and down? landing? they landed/crashed the ship a bunch of times
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 17:19
|
|
|
So why does “tilt the nacels” solve it? why must there be a complicated mechanism/more points of failure instead of just them being fixed in that position? Why do other ships in post-voyager movies and DS9 episodes not also use that design? They really should’ve just said in TNG “we all figured out how to recalibrate the warp core so it’s not a problem anymore” and never mention it again.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 17:33
|
|
|
Centrist Committee posted:do they ever explain why voyager’s warp nacelles move up and down? Never any reasoning other than marketing. It looked cool, so they did it.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 17:52
|
|
|
nothing will ever look cooler than a warbird, sorry
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 17:56
|
|
|
GolfHole posted:nothing will ever look cooler than a warbird, sorry turn your monitor off 
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 18:00
|
|
|
Gutcruncher posted:So why does “tilt the nacels” solve it? why must there be a complicated mechanism/more points of failure instead of just them being fixed in that position? Why do other ships in post-voyager movies and DS9 episodes not also use that design? I wondered this from time to time whenever I heard about the movable pylons. Like, why does a 20 degree rotation solve the problem? Personally I wonder if somebody involved in the design just had a fetish for the variable geometry fighter planes like the Tomcat and Tornado that were in service at the time. I can't think what else might have inspired the idea, and you can make the mental association between wings move = goes faster and pylons moves = goes faster (without breaking space) easily enough. The problem with this as a "theory" is that those planes were already 20 years old by the time Voyager came out, and the design principle was already outdated and abandoned for newer generations of planes.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 18:09
|
|
|
The nacelle tilting is the starship equivalent of the Naruto run, which makes it go faster
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 18:22
|
|
|
Danaru posted:The nacelle tilting is the starship equivalent of the Naruto run, which makes it go faster Can confirm that it does
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 18:39
|
|
|
communism bitch posted:I wondered this from time to time whenever I heard about the movable pylons. Like, why does a 20 degree rotation solve the problem? That depends on the exact frequency of the local phase space gradients, but what it essentially does is rotate the dynamic matrix aspect of the warp field by 349.1 mrad and also translates it by a very specific offset so it is counter-proportional to what we call the phase-weight. If the phase-weight of the dynamic matrix aspect (DMA) is not a cube root of the local invariant cluster of the local phase space gradients, then you end up creating tiny micro fractures in those structures. Whereas rotating so that the accumulated energy of the field is counter-proportional means that the phase-weight of the warp field is a cube root of the local invariant cluster, so hyperfunctional-tension is not caused between the warp field and local space, allowing you to smoothly glide through space and also allowing higher speeds to be achieved. A nice metaphor is to think back to polarized light and how specific angles of polarized filters block the light. alexandriao fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Aug 11, 2020 |
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 19:49
|
|
|
hire me, CBS
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 19:50
|
|
|
alexandriao posted:That depends on the exact frequency of the local phase space gradients, but what it essentially does is rotate the dynamic matrix aspect of the warp field by 349.1 mrad and also translates it by a very specific offset so it is counter-proportional to what we call the phase-weight. If the phase-weight of the dynamic matrix aspect (DMA) is not a cube root of the local invariant cluster of the local phase space gradients, then you end up creating tiny micro fractures in those structures. wait so are the nacelles actually supposed to be moving around like adaptive optics, if so why does it need such a wide angle of movement, and if so why do only see them in up or down positions 
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 19:57
|
|
|
If I believed the Voyager showrunners gave even the slightest gently caress about Star Trek technical canon, I'd say Voyager's nacelles need to tilt so that they are in line of sight with one another because Roddenberry's original rules for nacelles were that they always came in pairs and had unobstructed line of sight because the actual warp effect took place between the nacelles. Don't ask me why Voyager's nacelles wouldn't just be fixed at the proper angle, tho.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 20:35
|
|
|
The bioneural gel packs cause Voyager's nacelles to erect.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 20:40
|
|
|
tmm3k posted:The bioneural gel packs cause Voyager's nacelles to erect.  I love how they made a huge deal about how Voyager had this new tech in the lead up to the show, then it was the plot point for exactly one episode.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 20:46
|
|
|
Iron Crowned posted:
Every piece of new tech is a plot point for exactly one episode. There's an episode of TNG, Unnatural Selection, where Pulaski is on an away mission where she's infected by a disease that makes her old. O'Brien realizes they can use the transporter to basically just beam a copy of her when she wasn't sick, and she'll be back to normal, and they do and she's saved. Does that ever come up again, even though it seems like it would be really useful? Nope.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 20:54
|
|
|
Epicurius posted:Every piece of new tech is a plot point for exactly one episode. There's an episode of TNG, Unnatural Selection, where Pulaski is on an away mission where she's infected by a disease that makes her old. O'Brien realizes they can use the transporter to basically just beam a copy of her when she wasn't sick, and she'll be back to normal, and they do and she's saved. Does that ever come up again, even though it seems like it would be really useful? Nope. Dude, they were using the Transporter in like every episode. Also Thomas Riker exists 
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 20:58
|
|
|
When I’m old please just transport me back into my young body so I never die! See that’s why McCoy looked like dogshit in Encounter at Farpoint, he doesn’t trust the transporter.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 21:02
|
|
|
Does the transporter kill and replicate you, or physically send your atoms through space? I'd be too superstitious to use Transporters.
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 21:11
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 22, 2024 06:35 |
|
|
communism bitch posted:Does the transporter kill and replicate you, or physically send your atoms through space? I'd be too superstitious to use Transporters. yes. and also no. See: Thomas Riker, Barclay's Space Worms
|
|
#
?
Aug 11, 2020 21:13
|
|