If Burnham talks a deranged A.I. into self-destructing through circular logic I will shit stardust and piss rainbows.
Things that ALWAYS happen on Star Trek
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In Space Seed, when presented with an unknown problem in an unfamiliar and obsolete piece of machinery, and asked for an immediate solution, one of Scotty's most accurate and believable replies:
MARLA: A man from the twentieth century coming alive.
MCCOY: Maybe. Heart beat dropping.
KIRK: Circuit shorting.
SCOTT: Probably some dust.
MCCOY: Heartbeat now thirty, dropping fast. It's a heart flutter. He's dying.
MARLA: Do something, Captain.
KIRK: Can we?
SCOTT: It'd take an hour to figure it out.
Which is what I'm always telling my boss, but he never believes me.
Officers will summon the Captain to see something, without ever telling him or her the nature of the something.
The shields always fall at the Speed of Plot.
The words:
Compensate! Enhance!
The shields always fall at the Speed of Plot.
The words:
Compensate! Enhance!
Whenever the story of the week calls for the introduction of yet another Starfleet captain we haven’t met before, you can be sure that one of the crew has a history with them. You could practically recite the exchange before it happens:
“Do you know Captain Arvidsson of the USS Nashville?”
“Yes, we went to the Academy together.”
It’s NEVER “no, I’m not familiar with that vessel, or her crew.” Not only did they almost certainly go to the Academy with the latest Starfleet official of the week, but they were probably in the same class.
Even worse are those dreaded episodes when an “old flame” of one of the crew makes an untimely appearance, inevitably rekindling old passions! In a franchise not generally fond of continuing storylines past the end credits of a given episode, these are the kinds of stories we all know the ending to.
“Do you know Captain Arvidsson of the USS Nashville?”
“Yes, we went to the Academy together.”
It’s NEVER “no, I’m not familiar with that vessel, or her crew.” Not only did they almost certainly go to the Academy with the latest Starfleet official of the week, but they were probably in the same class.
Even worse are those dreaded episodes when an “old flame” of one of the crew makes an untimely appearance, inevitably rekindling old passions! In a franchise not generally fond of continuing storylines past the end credits of a given episode, these are the kinds of stories we all know the ending to.
^ties in with the more general syndrome of not-well-thought out statements and stories that imply a drastical underestimate for the 'feel' of the size of Starfleet, the UFP, or even the entire galaxy. Then again, it would be hard to imagine, much less accurately convey, how mindboggingly huge each of these would be.
A main character will fall madly in love with The Babe of the Week within half an hour of just having met them ... and if the regular is high ranking enough, then the hotty is sure to die, tragically.
And life support.
Manual overrides can't override.
I've got a good one.
When they list "examples from history." They'll give 2 or 3 historical references, then throw in one or two fictional references from other planets
Example from Court Martial:
Cogley says,
"I'd be delighted to, sir, now that I've got something human to talk about. Rights, sir, human rights. The Bible, the Code of Hammurabi and of Justinian, Magna Carta, the Constitution of the United States, Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies, the Statutes of Alpha Three. Gentlemen, these documents all speak of rights."
Star Trek "always" does this, especially when referencing past wars, past tyrants, past treaties, etc
When they list "examples from history." They'll give 2 or 3 historical references, then throw in one or two fictional references from other planets
Example from Court Martial:
Cogley says,
"I'd be delighted to, sir, now that I've got something human to talk about. Rights, sir, human rights. The Bible, the Code of Hammurabi and of Justinian, Magna Carta, the Constitution of the United States, Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies, the Statutes of Alpha Three. Gentlemen, these documents all speak of rights."
Star Trek "always" does this, especially when referencing past wars, past tyrants, past treaties, etc
I really hated that last one. They forgot the most obvious important one: The Federation Charter.
Life support goes out or is turned off and everyone will suffocate either immediately or in a few minutes. Never mind that the volume of the room in question should have hours of usable oxygen left.
If I was Captain. Under my seat cushion should be three things: A phaser, communicator, and a oxygen bottle.
Life support goes out or is turned off and everyone will suffocate either immediately or in a few minutes. Never mind that the volume of the room in question should have hours of usable oxygen left.
If I was Captain. Under my seat cushion should be three things: A phaser, communicator, and a oxygen bottle.
On submarines we had these candles you could burn that gave off oxygen for emergencies. Apparently such technology doesn't exist in the 23rd century.
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