Exactly how… closely… are the two of you “sitting” in that seat? Also, are you sure it’s wise to be so… distracted… while flying a primitive airplane?
IIRC, holodecks are run with a trifecta of replicators, holograms, and tractor beams. So anything you touch is physically real. Anything you fuck is a meatpuppet.
And since the holodeck can disassemble at the end of the session everything it created, presumably it can also take care of anything you’ve… produced as well.
If I were designing the Holodeck, one of the basic safety protocols would be: Nothing that comes in the door goes out the door, and nothing goes away with the holoplay. It’s the slippery slope starting with holo-hoovering jism, sweat and blood, then includes teeth that get knocked out, and ends with dematerializing the ensign. Especially in a multicultural federation, where the ensign could be difficult to identify as organic or alive in the first place. You wouldn’t want the holodeck to remove your dead skin and hair after you’ve been holo-mud-wrestling.
This would be why I have them dress up before they walk in, and any bloodstains or ejaculate have to be cleaned up with mops. Sorry.
Er, did you mean that *everything *that comes in the door goes out the door? Because otherwise I’m pretty sure we’re in a “Hotel California” situation.
ETA: Note to self: Remember to use the bathroom *before *I go to the holodeck.
No, but they have the exact same structure and memories, so it might as well be. Of course, sometimes you end up with hilarious accidents [del]that introduce the possibility for hot hot Riker-on-Riker action[/del].
Oh, I dunno. “Sorry, can’t come in to work today–trapped in a magical land of fantasy forever” has a certain ring to it.
Although, uh, not so much when the feces start piling up.
I’m all for the federation’s dedication to multiculturalism, but if there’s an ensign that the scanners can’t differentiate from jism, I really don’t want to be working next to him, you know?
But how would you remember? Once you’re recorporealized on the other end, how can the new body have any knowledge of the pain of losing something it’s never had?
But for her to be naked, she has to be *in *it. Presumably replacing someone who can actually act.
Eh, maybe she’d do an okay job with a decent script. But all I can think of is Star Wars and UR BREAKIN MY <3 :’’’’’(
Actually no, at least not for the latter. When Tuvok mind melded with a psychotic crew member in Voyager he absorbed part of his murderous tendancies and started to feel violent impulses. It ended up being so strong he strangled a holo-Neelix to death (well, who wouldn’t?). Bear in mind this is in the Voyager era of Trek when hand wringing and namby pambyism was at its most rife.
Tuvok also wrote a mutiny program for the holodeck, intended as a security training program, during which it was possible to kill holo-crewmates. Of course, things didn’t quite work out as planned…
It is a toss-up for me between participating in a holonovel with me as the protagonist being a superhero (Green Lantern comes to mind) or a D&D wizard. If the holonovel just happens to include a romantic interest (perhaps Jean Grey), then I would go along because after all it IS just a holonovel.
What can I say? I am old school. But I will definitely will use the capability of holodeck to materialize important props, miniatures, dice, maps - whatever I need, on the fly. Change the background scenery and set the mood music too.
Ha. Precisely why all the players are to be generated by the holo-deck.
