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redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Tighclops posted:

to fight the borg switch all shifts to a rotating modulation

*Borg are confounded by these daily roster postings

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WattsvilleBlues
Jan 25, 2005

Every demon wants his pound of flesh

naem posted:

SSSSSHHHHHHHH paramount has forgotten it, just let it keep going and hope they don’t notice sssssshhhhhhhhhh

That aged well.

Mx.
Dec 16, 2006

I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!


WattsvilleBlues posted:

That aged well.

:(

Jimbone Tallshanks
Dec 16, 2005

You can't pull rank on murder.


Is that how they do it?

I've been assuming they do it like every ship I know does it and uses four hour shifts, except for the two hour dog watches to stagger the rotation or you're standing one in two and it's 6-on-6-off.

To me four-shift rotation means there's four shifts (like red, white, blue, green shift) so you end up working 4 on, 12 off, and the shifts are staggered so you don't have the same people working the mids every night.

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Jimbone Tallshanks posted:

Is that how they do it?

I've been assuming they do it like every ship I know does it and uses four hour shifts, except for the two hour dog watches to stagger the rotation or you're standing one in two and it's 6-on-6-off.

To me four-shift rotation means there's four shifts (like red, white, blue, green shift) so you end up working 4 on, 12 off, and the shifts are staggered so you don't have the same people working the mids every night.

This guy shifts

I've imagined this "Colonize Callisto" scenario in my mind for many years, say it takes 3 years to get there then 3 years back. Crew of 30. How would you manage the shift rotations? Knowing that there is no real vacation, no real weekend, even if technically you're not working/on call.

Like, I've spent a lot of thought on it lol.

Brawnfire
Jul 13, 2004

🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
https://linktr.ee/Cylindricule

Ugh, I hate red shift. I can't relax! Even on my time off, I perceive my shift as approaching.

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Brawnfire posted:

Ugh, I hate red shift. I can't relax! Even on my time off, I perceive my shift as approaching.

lol chilling on blue shift....

Jimbone Tallshanks
Dec 16, 2005

You can't pull rank on murder.

I guess they use eight hour shifts, so they're probably manned by enough people so you can go spell off one or two people to go eat during mealtimes and stuff. We certainly see a lot of bridge crew leaving their positions to go on away missions and stuff and someone is available to slide in and take over.

Soul Dentist
Mar 17, 2009

Brawnfire posted:

Ugh, I hate red shift. I can't relax! Even on my time off, I perceive my shift as approaching.

Lol

naem
May 29, 2011

I did a 12 on 8 off for several months while sleeping in a tent and was expected to have a parade level looking uniform and food was only served three times a day and you were just out of luck if the timing didn’t work out

your perception of time gets weird as you slowly through shift through day/night cycles and the only way to manage it was to partner with someone to nap illegally and hope they woke you in time to not get caught

Springfield Fatts
May 24, 2010
Pillbug
Hey thread my dogs' cool collars came in.


Soul Dentist
Mar 17, 2009
Is Dax an older girl?

Jimbone Tallshanks
Dec 16, 2005

You can't pull rank on murder.


So… I barked. I chased cars. I peed on the rug to cover the smell of other dogs. I am an eater of garbage. But the most damning thing of all… I think I can live with it.

Jimbone Tallshanks fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Apr 13, 2024

Springfield Fatts
May 24, 2010
Pillbug
^^ lmao

Soul Dentist posted:

Is Dax an older girl?

Yep! 7 and 6 respectively.

mycomancy
Oct 16, 2016

Jimbone Tallshanks posted:

So… I baked. I chased cars. I peed on the rug to cover the smell of other dogs. I am an eater of garbage. But the most damning thing of all… I think I can live with it.

:shobon:

davidspackage
May 16, 2007

Nap Ghost

Springfield Fatts posted:

^^ lmao

Yep! 7 and 6 respectively.

Do you have her checked for worms regularly :mmmsmug:

counterfeitsaint
Feb 26, 2010

I'm a girl, and you're
gnomes, and it's like
what? Yikes.
Can you imagine how popular dog symbionts would be if they were real.

Jimbone Tallshanks
Dec 16, 2005

You can't pull rank on murder.

Like a symbiont for your dog so they become Porthos Bork and when they pass you get a new dog and transplant the symbiont to make Butler Bork and they remember you and know the same tricks?

Sitcom idea: a trill that bonded with a dog symbiont by mistake and must resist the urge to sniff butts and scratch with his leg

TheKingslayer
Sep 3, 2008

I love that The Doctor's version of the bridge crew in Author, Author are pretty much porn parody versions of themselves.

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


TheKingslayer posted:

I love that The Doctor's version of the bridge crew in Author, Author are pretty much porn parody versions of themselves.

Great names too

Jimbone Tallshanks
Dec 16, 2005

You can't pull rank on murder.

Tulak having the goatee is a nice touch.

And Vortex being constantly at red alert

Jimbone Tallshanks fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Apr 13, 2024

TheKingslayer
Sep 3, 2008

Voyager plots are so silly.

Tom goes to traffic school.

Seven drops her cell phone and gets lost.

Chakotay accidentally becomes God to a primitive culture.

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Tuvok and Neelix become one together.

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Neelix serves a gnarly stew....

Endless Trash
Aug 12, 2007


Janeway has a spa day that challenges her belief in science!

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


Harry is promoted but starts referring to himself as "Leftenant" Jr grade. Sick of his bullshit he is promoted directly to commander to avoid any other pronunciation issues

davidspackage
May 16, 2007

Nap Ghost
Paris is scared to have his tonsils taken out, so he keeps sneaking out of sick bay until an accident knocks him out and he wakes up in sick bay with his tonsils out and he gets to eat lots of ice cream!

alexandriao
Jul 20, 2019


Kibayasu posted:

That’s always the trick with Vulcans, either by the actors or the people directing them. In normal circumstances there still needs to be emotion, just very little of it displayed. It’s a very tight line to walk on. Main character Vulcans usually do get it mostly right though.

It’s almost certainly being done for comedy but I think Lower Decks has my least favorite Vulcans of all? Too robotic in all things, too commonly rude and short with everyone.

my favourite Vulcan was the late Gary Graham. He plays the "restrained anger" so drat well

LRADIKAL
Jun 10, 2001

Fun Shoe

Kibayasu posted:

It’s almost certainly being done for comedy but I think Lower Decks has my least favorite Vulcans of all? Too robotic in all things, too commonly rude and short with everyone.

I feel like the writers probably took the easy way out and made her game that she is, in fact, a Mariner style maniac to other Vulcans, and that is still so square.

naem
May 29, 2011

alexandriao posted:

my favourite Vulcan was the late Gary Graham. He plays the "restrained anger" so drat well

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007


lol this sums it up.

mycomancy
Oct 16, 2016
ENT is four years of humans telling Vulcans, "No. gently caress YOU, Dad."

Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"

mycomancy posted:

ENT is four years of humans telling Vulcans, "No. gently caress YOU, Dad."

Three years. Fourth year is when the Vulcans finally start listening. A little. Near the end.

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


Trip really shut them the gently caress up by posing one simple question: Are you a VulCAN or a VulCAN'T?

davidspackage
May 16, 2007

Nap Ghost

John Wick of Dogs posted:

Trip really shut them the gently caress up by posing one simple question: Are you a VulCAN or a VulCAN'T?

*Vulcans back away, hissing* he has mastered the very heart of logic itself

Brawnfire
Jul 13, 2004

🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
https://linktr.ee/Cylindricule

"IDIC"

"You dick, indeed."

":mad:"

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Can you give yourself the Vulcan nerve pinch?

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

lol imagining the Earl Weaver of Vulcan baseball coaches.

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

Well it took me a full 3-4 years longer than I thought it would but I'm finally making my way through DS9, and I've just hit Move Along Home. I was not prepared :allears:

from the exposition I'm forced to conclude that the Vulcans made first contact with the Wadi and immediately told them about the hot rear end can't-miss gambling joint they have on DS9, which, on second thought, is actually perfectly logical indeed. If you meet a warrior people you show them the phaser banks.

Bashir is just so elated at the idea of being stuck in a behavioral experiment against his will. Just completely in a familiar element.

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Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

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