His bridge chairs were pink and when under attack his command was "Prepare for evasive?"
I do think he was captain enough for nice safe missions well inside Federation boundaries, but he couldn't take a piss without checking with Starfleet first.
How was USS Grissom destroyed so easily?
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I do think he was captain enough for nice safe missions well inside Federation boundaries, but he couldn't take a piss without checking with Starfleet first.
I don't play Star Trek Online.But Sci ships have epic shields. Any STO player knows that.
In the 23rd century, humanity have evolved to the point where they don't attribute wussiness to certain colors.
Neither do the Kzinti, as seen in TAS.
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I recently read that until about the fifties pink was a 'manly' colour.
I wouldn't wear it myself. Though I did once die my hair that colour.
Yup. The Victorians saw it as a firey masculine colour, whereas blue was soft and feminine. It was pink for a boy and blue for girls.
Yep. Pink as girly colour is purely a product of late 20th century gendered marketing.
Didn't he dodge socks? And keep a pet alligator...dude was out there.
Actually it's the eighties. Pink was in especially if electric.
Nitpick correction: Sonny carried a Bren 10, which was a 10mm not a .45. Tho don Johnson did carry a .45 in Nash bridges.
It wasn't even that. If you just look at the Grissom itself you can quickly figure out what she was. She was a low speed Science Vessel designed for Planetary Survey. That big canoe slung under her? That wasn't the secondary hull. That was a downward pointing sensor platform. The Grissom itself was essentially a deep space tug with all the science sensors bolted in. In short the Grissom was the Federation equivalent of a NOAA vessel. She wasn't an explorer. She was what follows the explorer ships once things are safe.
The Oberth class was the top part of the ship. What we might think of as a modular multi role support vessel, capable of the base design being adapted to a number of tasks cheaply and quickly. (Just as NOAA vessels today are modular and can socket a number of carried specialized lab modules). There were probably cargo, rescue/towing, construction variants etc. useful utilitarian ships filling needed but unglamorous roles and tasks. Which goes a long way to explain their longevity.
As I said, think of the Grissom like a modern NOAA research ship, or something like a modern icebreaker. A ship operated by the military for mixed military/civilian purpose, but without combat capabilities beyond some light defense. The order to "raise shields" was likely a rarity during that era on a ship of that sort.
We saw what a BOP did to the Grissom. I'll put my money on the Enterprise with only five guys over the Grissom any day of the week.
As long as the automation center doesn't get overloaded.
Apparently all they need is one shot!
Yeah, what were you expecting? To take her into combat? 
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