Never to be seen/heard from/used again

[Richard Baker]

Lt. Barclay's weird space warping super drive from 'The Nth Degree'. It was not just a one shot deal, they used it to return home and while the modifications may not have been completely understood, there should be a record of them.
The Aliens also exchanged information with the Enterprise- not the first time an advanced civilization of being has left a vast amount of info in the ships computer only to never been heard of again.
Lt. Barclay also seemed to be able to play chess at an expert level which he could not do before as the show ended but we never heard anything about that or any other talent which might have remained from the experience.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

It's probably safe to assume that the Cytherians removed all of Barclay's modifications from the ship, including the super-warp-drive. Remember, it was the Cytherians who returned the ship to Federation space, the crew didn't do it themselves.

 

[flandry84]

The self-replicating,adaptive killer drones.
No,not the Borg...the "arsenal of freedom" ones.(they could've come in handy).

 

[at Quark's]

It's probably safe to assume that the Cytherians removed all of Barclay's modifications from the ship, including the super-warp-drive. Remember, it was the Cytherians who returned the ship to Federation space, the crew didn't do it themselves.

Perhaps, but, then again, why would they ? Seeing as the whole purpose of the probe was to bring others to them to 'exchange knowledge', and the Enterprise crew got so much 'knowledge of their race' that it would 'take our scholars decades to examine.'? Why not leave the superdrive intact, too, then? Or would all knowledge exchanged have been more along the lines of culture and such ?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Because the Cytherians would probably judge that the Federation isn't yet ready for a warp drive like that.

 

[Richard Baker]

^Sounds like the Vulcans...

 

[Enterprise1701]

The Cytherians returned in the TNG novel Takedown, which featured some of their advanced capabilities.

 

[at Quark's]

^ Because the Cytherians would probably judge that the Federation isn't yet ready for a warp drive like that.

That, in my opinion, is just making assumptions to arrive at a desired result. (Unless there's something substantial in the episode implicating this I overlooked).

Moreover, I'm curious how a society can be 'not ready for transwarp' (for want of a better term) when they have been warping around for centuries. I mean, I can understand that discovering warp can have a profound effect on the perspective of a society, meeting aliens for the first time and such. Transwarp, in my opinion, just allows easier access and more of the same, but surely nothing that would require a profound re-evaluation of perspective for that society again?

I could understand though if they'd want to protect the Federation from their own naive curiosity -- going to explore into areas like J-25, areas that perhaps are better left unexplored given primitive Federation technology and safely out of reach without transwarp for now. (and yes, that's also an assumption pulled out of thin air )

 

[Vger23]

Two words:
subcutaneous transponders

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

TNG and 'Interface' from season 7, I don't remember seeing that interfacey tech later...

Wasn't it implied that the only reason that thing even worked at all was because of Geordi's VISOR?

Meaning, the device couldn't integrate with anyone other than Geordi, because his pre-existing modifications - which enabled the VISOR to work - also let him use the interface device.

 

[The Wormhole]

Hell, what about Geordi's VISOR? Or even his ocular implants? Why haven't we ever seen anyone else with either? Hell, when Tuvok was blinded on Voyager, he had to stay blind with only a special interface set up so he could operate his console. Granted, that was Year of Hell, when resources were very limited, but setting up such an interface sounds more complicated than replicating a VISOR anyway.

 

[Jedman67]

In both cases, Paramount came down hard on them for these ideas, stating that you just don't mess with the viewscreen. Which seems really strange these days, given they've let Abrams replace it with a windshield.

Also, Ron Moore claims he'd been trying to introduce the holo-communicator since he first joined DS9, but it was always met with high resistance. It was only grudgingly allowed in For the Uniform for the convenience of having Kenneth Marshall (Eddington) on set with Avery Brooks and having the two of them play off each other (you don't get that with the way viewscreen conversations are filmed).

It was used throughout the later seasons of DS9.

Moreover, I'm curious how a society can be 'not ready for transwarp' (for want of a better term)

We are not ready for our officers to turn into lizards and have lizard babies with each other.

Two words:
subcutaneous transponders

Seen here and there in TNG, DS9 and Voyager.

 

[Vger23]

It was used throughout the later seasons of DS9.


We are not ready for our officers to turn into lizards and have lizard babies with each other.


Seen here and there in TNG, DS9 and Voyager.

Where? I don't remember that.

 

[borgboy]

Where? I don't remember that.

It was on Voyager. We try to forget it.

 

[Vger23]

It was on Voyager. We try to forget it.

Haha! Fair enough, sir.

 

[The Wormhole]

It was used throughout the later seasons of DS9.

The holo-communicator was only used in two episodes: For the Uniform and Doctor Bashir, I Presume. And both times, it was for production related reasons. Like I mentioned above in For the Uniform it was so Avery Brooks and Kenneth Marshall could be on set together and playing off each other. In DBIP it was felt the most convenient way of having the Admiral be able to address everyone else in the scene.

 

[Enterprise1701]

Anyone notice that site to site beaming (first seen in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and was ubiquitous in 24th century) appeared in Star Trek Into Darkness? That's a small but pleasant thing to see again after it necessarily did not appear in the ENT era.

 

[Jedman67]

The holo-communicator was only used in two episodes: For the Uniform and Doctor Bashir, I Presume. And both times, it was for production related reasons. Like I mentioned above in For the Uniform it was so Avery Brooks and Kenneth Marshall could be on set together and playing off each other. In DBIP it was felt the most convenient way of having the Admiral be able to address everyone else in the scene.

I remember it being used a bunch of times, especially in the final season. But Memory-Alpha agrees with you, so I guess i'm just misremembering.

Anyone notice that site to site beaming (first seen in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and was ubiquitous in 24th century) appeared in Star Trek Into Darkness? That's a small but pleasant thing to see again after it necessarily did not appear in the ENT era.

I haven't seen STID yet. I thought it got tiring and overused in VOY. In TNG it was seen as doable, but needed to be done carefully. The transwarp beaming in ST09 I felt was a very weak plot device.

 

[MarsWeeps]

Two words:
subcutaneous transponders

I was scanning through the posts not believing that nobody had mentioned this yet. To me, it's the most obvious example of where a useful technology was used only once (and not even for its intended purpose) and then forgotten about.

 

[Shawnster]

I thought the Cytherian propulsion system was pretty obvious. I don't get the impression the Cytherians were the type to remove all trace of their technology. "Oh, hai, nice to meet you. Now go away and we'll never speak of this again."

I understand removing their modifications from Barkley. He wasn't designed or biologically capable of living like that forever. It's a quality of life issue if nothing else.

But surely the Holodeck has a keystroke logger,.