Well, it does fit into the I.D. origin of the humanoid species in the show.
You said it. What especially stands out for me is the NG episode, fairly early one, when one of their sister Galaxy class ships blows up IN FRONT OF THEM, killing all the civilians, and Picard then takes the Enterprise on the same mission. How that didn’t result in every single parent on the ship requesting a transfer, or resigning, I don’t know. But no way they’d keep going on just because Enterprise wasn’t a "military’ vessel.
I think dogs got the boot after capt. Kirk stepped in a steaming pile on his way to the bridge.:smack:
What I recall about the warning buoy cube in Maneuver is that the proportion of size to mass was actually quite huge, both given in metric or not. (And ISTR that it was both in metric.) Or, to put it another way, the mass was quite tiny compared to the size. IOW, extremely low overall density.
All of which might not have been a problem with a hollow cube, especially one with fairly thin walls. By that I mean a cube filled with “air” or some kind of native atmosphere, or else a vacuum.
But no. It was quite clearly described as SOLID.
Well, okay, only someone like me would have thought to make the calculation. :o
But I say IT STILL SUCKS! :mad:
- “Jack”
Absolutely nothing could justify (a) the fundamental misunderstanding of what genes do, and the notion that if you altered the DNA expression of an already fully developed organism, it would magically transform into the shape it would have had if it had developed with that DNA from the gamete stage; (b) the idea that humans are somehow descended from fucking spiders; or (c) Patrick Stewart’s ludicrous performance as a marmoset-man.
Jean-Luc of the Lemurs?
I am—'s why I came in here.
One of the pretty bad examples was on that “Red Badge of Courage” ep of DS9 with Jake & Bashir caught in the crossfire during a Fed/Klingon skirmish. A starfleet infantryman that Jake runs across isn’t wearing body armor or a helmet (in an area where the Klingons are actually using mortars)…or even carrying a canteen.
I’ve started to rationalize it all as “peaceful, non-military” starfleet simply being woefully unprepared for stand-up ground combat thanks to politics and flawed, untested combat doctrine, and acting like the equivilant of an early WWI army.
Yeah, I always figured that if I suddenly found myself in the Star Trek Universe, I’d pack myself an Emergency Bag that contained;
Short Sword
Large Knife
Small Axe
Mechanical Lighter
Blanket
Towel
Good Old Fashioned Pistol with 200 rounds Ammo
Possibly a Shotgun with 50 rounds ammo
Flashlight
3-5 (chemical explosive) Grenades
Sewing kit
Canteen
Whatever else I could fit in the bag that would aid survival.
Then screw “dampening fields” or crashing on a habitable planet, I’m well prepared to deal with the loss of any high tech support system and/or technology. C’mon Klingons, run at my shotgun with your Batleths! Who’s your daddy?
It was a lousy episode, but Stewart’s twitchy performance was somewhat amusing. I remember one of the Nitpickers’ Guides calling into question why this would make Picard increasingly timid, when lemurs are actually quite aggressive.
A coworker a few years ago told me what he liked about Enterprise was that when those guys went down to a planet, they went freakin’ prepared.
When facing Bat’leths, you’d better be prepared.
The fact that Khan marooned the crew of the Reliant on Ceti Alpha V. Whatsamatter? Khan suddenly lose his stomach for killing? (He slaughtered a bunch of people on Earth before he left, IIRC.) And before someone says, “Well, it wasn’t necessary to kill them.” I’m just going to point out that getting the entire crew of the ship (had to be around 100+ people) without killing them isn’t going to be exactly what one would call “easy” even if you do have control of the captain.
Perhaps it was more fun that way. The crew suffering as his people did.
Doesn’t Khan state this explicitly? When Kirk asks about the crew of the Reliant, he says “I left them as you left me,” or something to that effect, IIRC.
Kirk doesn’t ask Khan about the crew of the reliant - Chekov/Captian person tells him when they are rescued. (and IIRC, they were answering Saavik)
Khan’s line is “I shall leave you as you left me - stranded for all eternity…” - it was after Kirk was challenging Khan to come down to the cave and face him.
KHAAAAAAAN!
Sorry, couldn’t resist
The things that have really annoyed me about Star Trek is the fact that neither Seven of Nine or T’Pol have got their tits out, ever!.
Apart from that I’m OK with all the rest of the rubbish
Yep, that was it.
Yes, but that’s the kind of sloppy thinking that can get you killed. Hasn’t Khan read the Evil Overlord List? Specifically items four, six, seven, and eleven?
He was marooning them to be a jackass. He wanted them to suffer the same way he had suffered.
Plus he saw himself as the good guy in this scenario. As it was not NECESSARY for his revenge on Kirk, or getting Genesis, to kill the Reliant’s crew, he chose not to, as otherwise he would not have had (in his own twisted mind) the moral high ground.