# Things you'd like to see on Star Trek... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875 "2000-11-06T00:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/1 "2000-11-06T00:48:15Z")
…but know you never will. 1)While battling a Cardassian warship, Captain Picard says “Forget the peace and friendship crap. Mr. Worf, blow them to bits.” 2)Someone - anyone - actually follows the Prime Directive. 3)Someone mistakes a phaser for a remote control and accidentally blows up a viewscreen. any more? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/2 "2000-11-06T00:54:22Z")
Nekkid wimmin. Painted-on Borg-babe catsuits aren’t quite good enough. Any show can be improved with gratuitious nudity… Seriously though, I’d like to see more non-humanoids in Starfleet. Is the major consideration for entrance into the Federation the amount of tailoring needed to fit into a Starfleet uniform? And for the love of Mordach, put some fuses on those control stations. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/3 "2000-11-06T01:10:18Z")
Computer Security. Like, any moron can hack into the main computers, anytime. A starship that can take one or two phaser blasts without losing warp drive. Intelligent Aliens. Q in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/4 "2000-11-06T01:21:07Z")
I’d like to see “manual override” work; it seems a very unreliable system. For people who claim to be all about peace, love and understanding, the Federation is strangely prejudiced in regard to Ferengis. Perhaps some sort of Ferengi antidefamation league. And, of course, a “scientific” explanation in which fewer than two-thirds of the words were made up on the spot by the scriptwriters. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/5 "2000-11-06T01:37:59Z")
Someone backhand Weasley across the mouth Someone on the ship (other than the stars) who doesn’t look like they live at the gym. Have them find somewhere to stow high explosives OTHER than in the bridge consoles. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/6 "2000-11-06T01:43:18Z")
Some FUCKING shields that don’t drop to about 20% after a couple of hits. Holodecks that DON’T go beserk and endanger the ship/crew. Tuvok, Spock, or any Vulcan telling someone to go fuck themselves. A Klingon (especially female) who decides to go to a dentist. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/7 "2000-11-06T01:58:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrFidelius \* > **Seriously though, I’d like to see more non-humanoids in Starfleet. Is the major consideration for entrance into the Federation the amount of tailoring needed to fit into a Starfleet uniform?** There’s precious few non-Humanoid Sentients in the Star Trek galaxy. There’s the Horta (Or Vorta…one’s a rock-thingie, the other’s a Dominion slave-race…I can never remember which is which…), and those things that Capt. Picard once negotiated with, and the Crystal Entity, and…and…um…that’s it, really… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/8 "2000-11-06T02:05:44Z")
Since I utterly LOATHE Star Trek… Darth Vader and the Executor vs. the USS Enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/9 "2000-11-06T02:35:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tengu \* and the Crystal Entity, and…and…um…that’s it, really… \*\* [/QUOTE] Until that woman whose family the entity killed whacked it. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/10 "2000-11-06T02:37:59Z")
How about a red shirt that lives through just one episode ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/11 "2000-11-06T02:48:05Z")
How about Warp Core ejectors that Actually WORK??? They have to be the single most useless piece of equipment on the ship. They NEVER work. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/12 "2000-11-06T02:59:49Z")
An episode where we meet a new person on the ship just to meet him or her. A friendly face in the background where we can say “Hey, there’s Lt. Quacko!” But this person, upon meeting him or her does NOT save the ship from some peril merely to vanish into thin air for the next episode. A science officer laughing at Captain Picard, or Riker saying “ok, so what specialty do you have that I don’t that makes you _more_ qualified to go on an away mission than me?” Troi getting bitch slapped every time she says “I feel great anger from this creature,” after the creature has just fired upon the ship. An obscenely disappointing, cliche ridden, character destroying series ending to DS9. Oh wait, that’s been done already. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/13 "2000-11-06T03:35:56Z")
I couldn’t stand Ben Sisko (what was his title? Commander? StationMeister?) They tried to make him a “rebel”-type leader like Captain Kirk but they screwed it up, and he came out as just an arrogant jerk. I was glad when they killed him off (sort of) at the end of DS9. I also want a real captain on the next Enterprise. Someone like Will Riker. **Catrandom:** You’re right about the Ferengis. They seem to be the only species that Starfleet officers are allowed to badmouth. Them and the Dominion. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/14 "2000-11-06T03:38:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tengu \* > > and those things that Capt. Picard once negotiated with, and the Crystal Entity, and…and…um…that’s it, really… > > \*\* \ Tholian. Don’t ask me why I know. Those yellow crystal thingies are Tholians, and they ain’t too freindly. \ More huge fleet vs fleet battles. More boarding actions (wouldn’t _that_ be cool!) and I’d like them to switch from that “synthehol” crap back to 80 Proof Jack Daniels. Tripler A 20th Century geek for the 21st Century. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/15 "2000-11-06T03:46:56Z")
I would like to see a Phaser (handheld or rifle variant) with an accurate aiming apparatus. Have you ever tried to shoot at something from thirty meters away without peering through some sights or a scope? You CAN’T do it. Furthermore, you’d think that an “advanced society” like the Federation would be capable of better designs in their hand-held weaponry. Am I the only one who notices that those phaser rifles are very poorly designed? Compare their shape to that of an MP5 submachine gun and you’ll see what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/16 "2000-11-06T03:49:34Z")
I’d like to see Counselor Troi handcuff Dr. Crusher to a gurney and do her up the poop-chute with a 13 inch strap-on while Ro and Tasha Yar engage in some sixty-nineage. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/17 "2000-11-06T03:52:32Z")
Tasha Yar comes back to life! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/18 "2000-11-06T03:55:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > \*\*I’d like to see Counselor Troi handcuff Dr. Crusher to a gurney and do her up the poop-chute with a 13 inch strap-on while Ro and Tasha Yar engage in some sixty-nineage. \*\* Torgo, you serve the Master well… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/19 "2000-11-06T04:19:14Z")
No, that should be ToRgO yOu SeRvE tHe MaStEr ReAlLy WeLl. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875/20 "2000-11-06T04:27:35Z")
I’d like to see more Federation fighters. They don’t seem to really use them that much. I think I’ve only heard of them ever being used during the war with the Dominion in DS9. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-on-star-trek/39875.md?page=2)