..?Dark-matter Quicksand? (Episode?)

ipso · October 2 2012, 05:45 PM

Hi,
I’m trying to recall the name of the phenomenon where the USS Enterprise enters an area of space and gets stuck. The more power they use to try and get out, the more the field uses that exerted energy back against them to hold them there – some kind of dark-matter quicksand. What is that?

Thanks!

Christopher · October 2 2012, 06:23 PM

Err, the concept of "dark matter" wasn't widely known when the original series was on the air. It was never mentioned in Star Trek until The Next Generation. You might be thinking of the power-draining "zone of darkness" from "The Immunity Syndrome," although your description also sounds like a couple of episodes of TNG and Voyager.

1001001 · October 2 2012, 06:30 PM

Right.

Voyager hit a "subspace sandbar" in Bride of Chaotica, but that doesn't sound like what you're talking about.

It sounds like you're referring to TNG's Booby Trap.

ipso · October 2 2012, 06:37 PM

Thanks guys. I'll have to check all of those out tonight to try and find it, and report back.

(Yeah "dark-matter" and "quicksand" were abstracts, because I don't know what else to call it.

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October 2 2012, 05:45 PM	#1
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October 2 2012, 06:23 PM	#2
Christopher Writer	Re: ..?Dark-matter Quicksand? (Episode?) Err, the concept of "dark matter" wasn't widely known when the original series was on the air. It was never mentioned in Star Trek until The Next Generation. You might be thinking of the power-draining "zone of darkness" from "The Immunity Syndrome," although your description also sounds like a couple of episodes of TNG and Voyager. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

October 2 2012, 06:30 PM	#3
1001001 Putting the F-U Back in FUN! Location: People's Gaypublic of Drugafornia	Re: ..?Dark-matter Quicksand? (Episode?) Right. Voyager hit a "subspace sandbar" in Bride of Chaotica, but that doesn't sound like what you're talking about. It sounds like you're referring to TNG's Booby Trap. __________________ “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.” - Isaac Asimov

October 2 2012, 06:37 PM	#4
ipso Cadet Location: Santa Monica	Re: ..?Dark-matter Quicksand? (Episode?) Thanks guys. I'll have to check all of those out tonight to try and find it, and report back. (Yeah "dark-matter" and "quicksand" were abstracts, because I don't know what else to call it. )

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