What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Farscape One]

I use my phone when I come on here.

It occurs to me, Barrett only did the Federation computers of DS9. The Cardassian ones like the station were performed by Judi Durand, I think.

 

[Phil123]

The Enterprise A should have been a rechristened Excelsior.

Robin Curtis was a better Savek thank Kirsty Alley. Or at least equally good.

DS9 was better before the Dominion. Yes it lead to some great performances from mainly the bad guys, but I was more interested in the more subtle story of post occupation Bajor.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

The Type 1 was a good design for its purpose. A shame we rarely see it.

I concur, it's not much bigger than my Key Fob for my car or a larger pager from the 90's.

Having multiple Type 1's on your person would be a huge advantage if you're randomly kidnapped.

And on a StarFleet vessel, that happens too often when you're out on the final frontier.

Even a few high tech Pocket Knifes would be helpful =D

 

[fireproof78]

Hi tech pocket knives?

 

[Farscape One]

Why not?

Put Scotty and MacGyver in the same room and have them hammer out some ideas. I guarantee they'll come up with lots of portable, versatile, and hidden tools that can be kept as part of any Starfleet uniform.

(They would, however, need to make it work without having pockets. But I believe in them...)

 

[fireproof78]

Why not?

Put Scotty and MacGyver in the same room and have them hammer out some ideas. I guarantee they'll come up with lots of portable, versatile, and hidden tools that can be kept as part of any Starfleet uniform.

(They would, however, need to make it work without having pockets. But I believe in them...)

I am not disagreeing. I think that high tech versions of bladed tools and weapons is essential for Starfleet. I am trying to figure out what makes a pocket knife "high tech?" Size, portability, materials? What are we doing to tech it up here.

 

[1001001]

I am not disagreeing. I think that high tech versions of bladed tools and weapons is essential for Starfleet. I am trying to figure out what makes a pocket knife "high tech?" Size, portability, materials? What are we doing to tech it up here.

Bluetooth.

 

[fireproof78]

Bluetooth.

That answers that.

 

[Farscape One]

I am not disagreeing. I think that high tech versions of bladed tools and weapons is essential for Starfleet. I am trying to figure out what makes a pocket knife "high tech?" Size, portability, materials? What are we doing to tech it up here.

Something along the lines of this example...

I have a lighter that doesn't create a flame. It has an electric current that you use on something that is flammable, like the little tip on a candle. Charges with a USB port. Gets around 100 uses per charge.

I'm sure the likes of Scotty, MacGyver, and O'Brien can come up with all sorts of high tech versions of regular tools.

 

[Oddish]

I concur, it's not much bigger than my Key Fob for my car or a larger pager from the 90's.

A little like my pocket .380: discreet protection.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

(They would, however, need to make it work without having pockets. But I believe in them...)

I'm sure we can invent Pick-Pocket resistant Pockets into the uniforms.

Hi tech pocket knives?

Yes, you heard me.

A knife doesn't only have to only have a basic Pocket Knife Functionality.

Think about all the crazy things you can include given how compact 24th century tech and beyond is.

Ultra-Sonic Vibro Blade for enhanced cutting edges.

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Thermal Blade for Hot Knife on the go to slice through anything that needs a little extra heat applied.

Electro Blade incase you to need to electrocute the thing you touch.

Shield Blade for pairing force fields with your blade to give it the toughness to block beam / bolt blasts without destroying the metal, or have a Phantom blade capabilitiy where it extends the length of the blade via Force Field Projection in the shape of a blade.

So a retractable or fixed 3" knife blade could become a 3' or 3 meter blade with enough energy pumping through it via the built in Shield Emitters into the blade.

Given that many shields in the TNG era were invisible, you can see the advantages of having a blade's length that is deceptively short, yet fast to slash and thrust with while looking like they're the size of a Pocket Knife, but have the length of a sword or pole arm.

Or combine multiple functions like Vibro / Thermal / Electro / Shields in any combination for special effects when applied to the target.

A little like my pocket .380: discreet protection.

How many rounds do you have with a Pocket .380, what's your Muzzle Energy for the type of Ammo you carry?

I'm pretty sure that by the 24th century, you'd want to upgrade to a Type-1 or Type-1½ class Phaser that carries more shots, more Muzzle Energy, etc.

I've already upgraded traditional FireArms in my 26th Century Head Cannon to have Anti-Matter Lead Explosives for StarFleet within the core of the Bullets with Tritianium Tipped Jackets and Penetrators for mass production.

So every bullet is effectively a Bullet Propelled Photon (M/A-M) Grenade of significant yield depending on your caliber of ammo.

 

[fireproof78]

A knife doesn't only have to only have a basic Pocket Knife Functionality.

Think about all the crazy things you can include given how compact 24th century tech and beyond is.

Thank you.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Bluetooth.

Speaking of Wireless, all StarFleet inventoried Weapons & Gear could have hidden SubSpace Smart RFID tags that only emit a response once you give it the proper PassCode that correlates with the current time and Unique Encrypted Seed #. This allows it to only emit a Location Response Pulse so Transporters can Triangulate your location and beam back your stuff if you lose it. It also prevents you from transmitting the location of your gear when you don’t want it to.

Losing Weapons & Gear sucks, getting it back is a priority IMO for StarFleet. You don't want your tech falling into the wrong hands.

 

[fireproof78]

Speaking of Wireless, all StarFleet inventoried Weapons & Gear could have hidden SubSpace Smart RFID tags that only emit a response once you give it the proper PassCode that correlates with the current time and Unique Encrypted Seed #. This allows it to only emit a Location Response Pulse so Transporters can Triangulate your location and beam back your stuff if you lose it. It also prevents you from transmitting the location of your gear when you don’t want it to.

Losing Weapons & Gear sucks, getting it back is a priority IMO for StarFleet. You don't want your tech falling into the wrong hands.

I mean, they appeared capable of doing so with that time traveling huckster in TNG.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I mean, they appeared capable of doing so with that time traveling huckster in TNG.

Don't forget that the Sona were doing that in ST Insurrection with Drones that fired Transporter Tags onto people to beam them into a Jail Cell.

So beaming equipment should be easy enough once you build them with the SubSpace Smart RFID Transponder into your gear.

 

[cooleddie74]

Even in TOS transponder tech was so advanced you could use a hypospray to inject a tiny tracker into the skin of a living crewmember and track and beam them back to the ship.

 

[Oddish]

How many rounds do you have with a Pocket .380, what's your Muzzle Energy for the type of Ammo you carry?

7 rounds (6+1), and 180-200 fpe is the norm.

I'm pretty sure that by the 24th century, you'd want to upgrade to a Type-1 or Type-1½ class Phaser that carries more shots, more Muzzle Energy, etc.

If the phaser became available and legal for civilians, I'd upgrade for sure.

Even in TOS transponder tech was so advanced you could use a hypospray to inject a tiny tracker into the skin of a living crewmember and track an

Problem is, the signal can be blocked.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Problem is, the signal can be blocked.

The other issue is that with Subdermal and trackers injected into the blood stream, the signals aren't usually very strong due to needing low power emissions of Radio Waves to not interfere with biological matter in the body.

Ergo the range is usually limited.

If the phaser became available and legal for civilians, I'd upgrade for sure.

It is in my head canon, you're not limited to plasma rifles like the Farmer we saw in ST:ENT in the first episode or Plasma Pistols.

While nothing wrong with Plasma Weaponry, Klingons / Romulans still use them.

I like the Phaser and what it can do. The Flexibility of it is very nice.

Same with a variety of projectile weapons, everything has it's place.

And the inherent size of the power packs and the Blaster's physical body usually limit what's practical to carry on your person.

My main issue is that the designs in 23rd & 24th century seems to go back & forth between Bolt focused and pure Beam focused Hand Phasers.

They don't have a Revolver like System to create Crystal Emitters that are optimized for each Beam Pattern.

Bolts are optimum for fire fights between people where you can easily shoot & scoot since you're likely to be fired upon by the enemy.

Beams are better for taking down hard stationary or slow moving objects where you're not worried about having enemy fire return to you.

And other Phaser Energy emission patterns have their use.

Conical Beam is good for sweeping an area for changelings.
That's why Phaser Sweeps are used to check rooms for Changelings.

Wide Fan shot is good for taking out a group of People standing around.

I'm sure there are other shot patterns that could be useful.

 

[dupersuper]

Is it controversial to say my favourite Trek movie is The Voyage Home?

Seems to get less love these days, but it’s fun from start to finish IMO. I love it.

I go back and forth between 2 and 4, but it's definitely up there.

These days I go:

2
4
8
6
3
13
1
5
11
7
9
12
10

 

[at Quark's]

I would imagine a 'pocket knife' fitted with a mini-replicator that can replicate any tool desired (whether it's a knife with specific properties, or a spoon, or a drill, or a rotating sawblade, or what-have-you), to come in handy at lots of occasions. Basically a non-sentient pocket version of those exocomps.