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Transcription: A side by side picture of Star Trek Strange New Worlds character Hemmer and The Next Generation character Geordi La Forge.

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[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Reminds me when Data and Geordi was testing that phaser right next to the damn Warp Core.

Forget the episode but it's the one Romulans mind controlled Geordi.

[–] teft@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago

"The Mind's Eye" Season 4 Episode 24

[–] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's crazy that the entire engineering section on Starfleet ships is just right next to the warp core, with absolutely zero structural separation.

The number of times ships had to eject their warp core, or had the warp core go critical, or had other warp core related accidents, you'd think Starfleet would have learned not to exclusively rely on emergency force fields and that they would have simply built two separate sections for engineering and for the warp core.

But no, even after all those experiences, they instead even ditched the isolation doors when they designed the Intrepid class, and basically wrapped the engineering section around the open warp core.

Cause what could possibly go wrong with that approach, eh?

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Hobbes@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks I hadn't read that in a few years. Classic.

[–] teft@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait, are we the Pakled?

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

"Quick! Eject the ~~warp core~~ engineers!"

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like they do that all the time throughout the TNG era, owing to the fact that they didn't have a "science lab" set in addition to the warp core set which at any rate looked cool and they wanted to use it whenever they could.

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sets are expensive.

But yes never ever test a phaser next to the Warp Core, kids. That's a violation of the OSHA Directive.

[–] Hobbes@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean at least the pointed it away from the core.

IIRC either data or Geordie were standing right next to the target box when they first it the first time. They sure trusted their aim.