What is your personal head canon?

[Kamen Rider Blade]

The lack of combat response definitely gives me pause for Riker.

IRL, most Combat Pilots end up doing better in real fights after they go through plenty of war games like "Red Flag" in Las Vegas.

USAF studies show that plenty of big training exercises improves survivability odds by a significant factor with "Force on Force" War Games.

That's something StarFleet doesn't do enough of.

 

[Farscape One]

Sounds like the Hathaway needs more use throughout the fleet...

 

[Shawnster]

I have a lot of questions in terms of Riker's tactical decision making in starship combat. He's overtaken rather easily in Rascals and Generations the immediate decision is to turn weapons away from the attacking ship? What?

The lack of combat response definitely gives me pause for Riker.

That's because Riker is a diplomat, not a soldier. Or is that scientist? At any rate, he should leave the fighting to the mil.... those trained in combat and whose mission it is to defend the Federation against aggressors.

 

[Farscape One]

In other words, the military. Or in other words, Starfleet officers.

Sad part is, Riker is trained in all these things, and he has proven himself to be effective in matters of combat and strategy. The situation in "Peak Performance". The Borg.

But somehow, Birds of Prey are his weakness.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

But somehow, Birds of Prey are his weakness.

More like when somebody has a trick up their sleeves against him.

 

[BillJ]

But somehow, Birds of Prey are his weakness.

Writer inexperience is his biggest weakness.

 

[Farscape One]

More like when somebody has a trick up their sleeves against him.

For GENERATIONS, sure. But he could, and should, have fired more than a single phaser shot.

But in "Rascals", the Ferengi didn't have any tricks up their sleeve. Definitely no excuse there, either.

 

[FredH]

For GENERATIONS, sure. But he could, and should, have fired more than a single phaser shot.

But in "Rascals", the Ferengi didn't have any tricks up their sleeve. Definitely no excuse there, either.

I think it has to be remembered that in the TNG years, before they started upping things for DS9 (and before any remastering that may have come along later), battles tended to be slow and involve widely-spaced single shots — I assume because the effects were expensive. So you’d think a ship ought to be able to just let loose with a barrage, but they usually didn’t, despite plainly having the ability to on paper.

 

[Farscape One]

I think it has to be remembered that in the TNG years, before they started upping things for DS9 (and before any remastering that may have come along later), battles tended to be slow and involve widely-spaced single shots — I assume because the effects were expensive. So you’d think a ship ought to be able to just let loose with a barrage, but they usually didn’t, despite plainly having the ability to on paper.

GENERATIONS was a theatrical movie release. They could have added at least ONE more phaser shot, despite the re-use of the Bird of Prey exploding from ST VI. And I know they had budget problems for that movie, but one more phaser blast couldn't have hurt that much.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

For GENERATIONS, sure. But he could, and should, have fired more than a single phaser shot.

I concur, I would've unloaded MUCH more than what he did.

But in "Rascals", the Ferengi didn't have any tricks up their sleeve. Definitely no excuse there, either.

TV Show Budgets unfortunately hinder that.

 

[Farscape One]

I concur, I would've unloaded MUCH more than what he did.


TV Show Budgets unfortunately hinder that.

Except we have had a couple times where Picard or someone orders "fire phasers" and we don't actually see the phasers fired, only a beep from Worf touching the console.

Simple dialogue can do wonders...

 

[Oddish]

Everything about "Rascals" was appalling. If I could delete episodes from Trek canon, it would be in my top 5.

 

[cooleddie74]

"Rascals" is dumb as dirt but I'll salvage it so long as we get to jettison a few others.

 

[Oddish]

Nah. Send that crap episode the way of Spock's Brain, Profit and Lace, and Threshold.

 

[fireproof78]

More like when somebody has a trick up their sleeves against him.

What was the trick in Rascals?

Now, I enjoy several aspects of Rascals, including the child actors and Ro Laren getting great development.

But, the means of the crisis is poorly written.

 

[Oddish]

If I was doing a quiz on TNG in the same vein as I did about VOY, it would have far fewer questions overall, because TNG was mostly a solid show. But "Rascals", like "Threshold", would get two.

 

[cooleddie74]

"Code of Honor" gets my vote if we can sacrifice only one episode from each series.

 

[Oddish]

Code of Honor" gets my vote if we can sacrifice only one episode from each series.

And lose that amazing spiked ball laser cage catfight?

 

[cooleddie74]

It's tempting since Tasha got so little to do all season, but yes. Even if we lose that.

 

[Farscape One]

"Code of Honor" is better than "Rascals". We get the first Data/Geordi friendship scene. That alone makes it better, never mind a couple other things. (Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, unique weapons used, unique fight arena.)