# Incredible powers discovered/revealed on Star Trek that are used once and dismissed forever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [April 7, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963 "2024-04-07T01:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/61 "2024-04-08T10:06:31Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You would think that the TOS enterprise would carry some extra Dilithium crystals, eh? Scotty ate those for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/62 "2024-04-08T10:21:40Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Set to kill, a phaser will make you glow with a colored halo before you wink out of existence. > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > So, where does the mass from self-replicating mines come from? > [@abcdefghij](#): > > Subspace. It comes from subspace. Obviously, the people who are phased out of existence are converted into mass for the self-repping mines and fuel for the starships. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/63 "2024-04-08T11:26:38Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Why not use the transporter as a weapon? Just start transporting away important parts of the enemy vessel - such as tiny but important pieces of the main reactor, or key structural components, or the enemy captain’s aorta. It doesn’t even matter if you can’t rematerialise them, as long as you can do the dematerialising part. And that seems to be the hard part of transporting through shields, anyway: You can do it, but the thing you’re transporting doesn’t stay intact. Which, if the object is just to break up the enemy hull, is as you say something you don’t even care about. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/64 "2024-04-08T12:46:19Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The Squire of Gothos I thought Trelane’s machine was fake. It was all part of his game. He could move his planet at warp speed, after all. He’s Q-ish.\* \*I alwys thought he literally was Q, hence his obsession with the Enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/65 "2024-04-08T12:57:24Z")
[They can power your starship. And make your breath as fresh as a summer ham.LINK](https://www.amazon.com/Unemployed-Philosophers-Guild-Dilithium-Crystal/dp/B074WGJ763) ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/66 "2024-04-08T12:59:47Z")
Spock mentioned pon farr to a human woman (who looked like she would definitely be into it) in the season three episode _The Cloud Minders_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/67 "2024-04-08T13:17:54Z")
I recall exactly that (swiping parts of a ship to get it to back off) happening in an _Enterprise_ episode, but I don’t recall if the Enterprise was doing it to another ship when things were particularly desperate or someone else did it to Enterprise. It might have been the episode with two Enterprises. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/68 "2024-04-08T13:54:32Z")
The man was a menace ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/69 "2024-04-08T14:00:08Z")
McCoy is operating _at warp speed_!!!\* \*on Spock’s brain. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/70 "2024-04-08T14:00:29Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Why not use the transporter as a weapon? Just start transporting away important parts of the enemy vessel - such as tiny but important pieces of the main reactor, or key structural components, or the enemy captain’s aorta. One of the novels referenced something that was shown on screen: antimatter can only get beamed via transporter if it’s inside a very special container. This came up when an outgunned Scotty opted to beam just such a container off an enemy ship. That’s right, just the container. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/71 "2024-04-08T15:49:01Z")
What good did that do? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/72 "2024-04-08T16:08:07Z")
I contained antimatter goes “BOOM!” ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/73 "2024-04-08T16:10:31Z")
But I thought he sent just the container…? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/74 "2024-04-08T16:20:35Z")
Looks like he just retrieved the container. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/75 "2024-04-08T16:21:25Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > But I thought he sent just the container…? No, the enemy was storing antimatter in a container. Scotty took, not sent, but took the container from them, leaving the antimatter behind. Enemy ship go boom. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/76 "2024-04-08T16:37:31Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > …all of it may just be an elaborate simulation running inside a little device sitting on someone’s table. … in their Mom’s basement. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/77 "2024-04-08T16:45:59Z")
Are you talking about Enterprise: [E^2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C2%B2)? Since both ships are considered ‘friendlies’ so, different circumstances. Or [Damage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damage_(Star_Trek:_Enterprise)) which is directly referenced in E^2? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/78 "2024-04-08T17:15:56Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > Spock mentioned pon farr to a human woman (who looked like she would definitely be into it) in the season three episode _The Cloud Minders_ She was a Stratos-ian humanoid. Not that such things ever mattered to Kirk and crew when it came to intimate relationships. At least she wasn’t a mermaid… [![](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2658/5727703165_42f0678278_b.jpg) ](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2658/5727703165_42f0678278_b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/79 "2024-04-08T18:49:59Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > No, the enemy was storing antimatter in a container. Scotty took, not sent, but took the container from them, leaving the antimatter behind. Enemy ship go boom. Got it. That Scotty, what a prankster! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963/80 "2024-04-08T19:00:09Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > No, the enemy was storing antimatter in a container. Scotty took, not sent, but took the container from them, leaving the antimatter behind. Presumably it was ionic-type antimatter, because the only way you could contain antimatter is with some sort of magnetic field. All you would then have to do is transport away enough of the containment field generator and the antimatter would touch the physical container (made of matter) and there you go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963.md?page=5)