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They do, but in TNG and most of TOS they fire beams. In TOS they tend to fire stun or vaporize exclusively, with no mid-power kill. Season 1 of DIS plays to that nicely where everyone gets killed is vaporized. For some reason they stop in season 2. There is at least one instance of pulses fired...

They changed the engine room substantially in SNW from the Short Trek, from a TNG warp core in the turbopark, to an embiggened lens flared TOS engine room. So it is likely we will not see the turbolift themepark. At this point I would rather it not even be acknowledged since I think there is no...

I like the Borg turning good, well, probably "good," it's something I've wanted a long time, but the way it happens is characteristic of the whole show. It requires us to rapidly accept an argument or statement because there is little to no ground work setting up the scene and motivation. While...

I read the scripts for that project ages ago and the ship concept is a little lackluster, other than it going more hard edged due to Federation decline. What it really needed was a complete revamp of Trek combat so it isn't just trading shots and meaningless maneuvers. Something like dogfights...

This is a pretty good episode and better than episode 2. The only real problems I have with this episode are the first 25 minutes are really the finale to the second episode and a buildup to itself, and there's Raffi. It would have been much better placing the cliffhanger where the final phaser...

I am extremely surprised how good this is. I wasn't expecting anything and yet the parts I don't like are small and more technical than anything, while the things I do like encompass major portions of the episode. This actually feels like a character piece and it manages to hold its focus on...

We see them go down, but based on the episode where Borg nanoprobes are used to heal Nelix, and the Collective energy is used to heal Chakotay, those drones should heal after a while.

They don't really need to stop bullets because they can heal from any physical damage short of something hitting that instant vaporization plug they carry. But other than that there is really no reason their shields couldn't stop bullets if it was needed. Outside of canon though I think the...

Damn, it's a plot hole then.

It's an ok episode, I found myself losing focus part way through because it was playing out kind of predictably, but the twist save was nice and delivers on the opener's Chekhov's gun. The hook is confusing because it seems like the range and time shouldn't work for a Ferengi in a Marauder to...

Here's a real life modern setup. https://ussgeraldrford.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/meet-the-gerald-r-ford-senior-medical-officer/

He just had a full immersion crash course in command. I won't be surprised if he continues to makes mistakes, but he might astound the others, Janeway included, next time there is a crisis.

I have to add how interesting it is this version of the Maru test gives the player every advantage. Dal gets the Galaxy class automatically and his choice of famous officers both Federation and Federation associated. That means anyone can build their dream crew on their dream ship and all it...

Great episode, a real nostalgia trip too, which is interesting because of how it sets up time travel as a very likely component of the setting. It also simultaneously partially answered and expanded its mystery in one fell swoop better than four years of DIS. While I liked having the old...

My take is replicators could always function as matter to matter chemical synthesizers but didn't have to thanks to the wealth of energy in the 24th century. I believed dilithium acts as a power amplifier, but I prefer the idea it is an invented technology and not just some rock they found...

Hey, I saw this on the Daystrom Institute Reddit. :D Well I won't give the same answer. Show everyone on the verge of break through faster than light travel technologies. The Federation has been growing benamite crystals for decades and is nearly ready to release its first artificial batch; the...

I agree with Deks, replication of dilithium should be possible, but I believe it must take too much energy to replicate or grow efficiently in comparison to mining. So even in the post peak dilithium era of the Burn people are still focused on mining the stuff. Except for one thing. DIS is...

I found some of my old art for some Federation defense stations of the sort I imagine would be around Earth or a wealthy colony. I based the phaser cannon on the Galaxy-X, with the idea that phaser towers like that might be on planetary surfaces. The smallest station would be in...

The only sensible upgrades for a knife are to make it less prone to corrosion, and increase edge hardness without increasing brittleness. Do those and maintenance decreases without eliminating its major advantage of not using ammunition or power. It just needs to be able to cut, chop, perforate...

Star Trek: Discovery unintentionally introduced superior interface technology to tactile LCARS, holograms, and programmable matter and only uses it in isolated situations. This technology is potentially more powerful than the automated door technology of TOS and TNG, with subtlety of...