Star Trek Holodeck with safties on?

[Ethilrist]

@Bryan_Ekers

I’m curious how that could be made potentially lethal - the holodeck has, what, a four- or five-meter ceiling? Assuming there is perfect control of local gravity coordinated with holographic scenery, so the holodeck could make a person hover, generate a wind force from below and adjust the scenery to create a perfect illusion of falling, but how much damage could you suffer from hitting the ground/floor? Can the holodeck hover you at 4 meters, then crank up the local gravity to 20g so you hit the floor in 0.202 seconds at 143 kph? Ouch.

If I recall correctly, the issue wasn’t whether or not she’d pancake, it was whether or not she’d burn up on re-entry.

[kanicbird]

@simster

The episode where Geordi was using the holodeck to work on the engines - everytime he blew up the ship, the holodeck went blank.

Thats likely as close as you get - I’d also guess that depending on your activity at the time, you’re likely to be running/cussing/falling as appropriate.

That’s what I remember, it just ends the simulation at that point and you get dumped onto the hologrid.

[Cartoonacy]

Just be sure that you’re in the right room to begin with.

[Miller]

@grude

It would be like if you could turn off the safety on the food replicator and have it make a cup cake with cyanide in it, or earl grey with a lethal dose of caffeine. There is no legit need for food with fatal poison in it, so it would be a hard coded limitation with no off switch because it would be used for suicide or murdering other crew.

Except that with a multi-species crew, one man’s poison is another man’s essential nutrient.

[Ranchoth]

Well, if it counts for anything, Voyager’s “Threshold” had a character piloting a shuttle in a holodeck engineering simulation—when the simulated shuttle was destroyed, the entire program ended, leaving the character sitting on the deck in a bare room.

[grude]

@Miller

Except that with a multi-species crew, one man’s poison is another man’s essential nutrient.

Well…very good point you have there…

But there has to be some kind of safety protocol or anytime a human crew member is feeling adventurous at lunch and decides to try Ulgorna’ gtahlgh type 5 for lunch leads to a fatality or med bay emergency…nah has to be some kind of protocol.

Maybe customized food replicator profiles for each species?

There was one ep in TNG where Riker preparing for a exchange program with a Klingon ship replicates a bunch of Klingon food, to like said random curiosity leads to potentially fatal mistakes. Has to be a safety, imagine how dangerous a grocery in San Francisco would be for a random species in the ST universe otherwise.

[alphaboi867]

@grude

Well…very good point you have there…

But there has to be some kind of safety protocol or anytime a human crew member is feeling adventurous at lunch and decides to try Ulgorna’ gtahlgh type 5 for lunch leads to a fatality or med bay emergency…nah has to be some kind of protocol…

The Computer would replicate a facsimile of Ulgorna’ gtahlgh type 5 that’s both non-lethal and completely healthy for humans.T here was an episode where Deana order a “real hot fudge sundae” from the replicator. The Computer gave her multiple warnings, and she had enter a command override. Another episode had Dr Pulaski having a Klingon tea ceremony with Work (Klingon tea being fatal to humans); after having replicated (off-screen) both the tea and the antidote she needed to take immediately to avoid dying.

[Learjeff]

I’m guessing the OP never played paintball.

My first time, it was cold and rainy out, a real miserable day. As soon as the game started, nobody noticed the cold: we were all too busy satying “alive” and working towards the goal.

No danger involved, other than trip hazards or maybe getting a paintball in the eyes if you were silly enough to take your goggles off. Engaging? Totally.

Actual fear of death isn’t required to have a good time “playing army”. Hell, it’s not even required to have fun jumping off a cliff into water. Even from 15 feet that scares the hell outta me. Big fun!

[DWMarch]

@Miller

Except that with a multi-species crew, one man’s poison is another man’s essential nutrient.

There are certain substances the replicator will not provide, such as Nogatch hemlock.

[Chimera]

What, you want Sauron taking over the Enterprise when you run you LotR simulation?