http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_alert
It's been in use since the TOS era apparently, so Discovery could have it too.
Black Alert!
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http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_alert
It's been in use since the TOS era apparently, so Discovery could have it too.
They used to do "Black Alert" on the Enterprise-D every time Riker got done using the holodeck. It consisted of all the new ensigns having to comb the holodeck with black lights and mops.
I first heard it as blank alert. Which made it much more eerie. As if it existed somewhere in the impossible intersection of a ship-wide alert and top secret. Where there's knowledge that something is afoot, but no word is spoken of its nature. The proverbial elephant in the room. The lights go dark, and everyone lies down into silence, not saying a word about it.
Condition Green is a thing in a lot of tie-in media and even the odd green underlit background in the live action stuff.
So far there's; Green, Yellow, Red, Blue, Grey and Black.
Blue is for unknown conditions, Grey is critical fuel depletion and Black is specific to the Crossfield Class because of the nature of the drive system.
How is it fan wanky?
It doesn't even fit the common definition of fan wank.
I had to look it up.. and you're right, there is no such thing as 'Green' alert.
I always thought it was a canon thing, but it isn't. Only in the games, and maybe the books.
There was a 'Condition Green' in TOS, but it was code phrase for landing parties to say they're under duress.
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But those are generally presented as combat readiness. Although 'all hands to battle stations' is often given as a separate command, which makes one wonder what Red Alert even does.
Black alert is a warning of something quite different.
Why do you need a diffrence between combat readiness or other readness with alerts?
Alert is just alert. Its just to get all hands to stations where senior officers can brief them on further information.
A flashing colour light does little to help and situation.
Because different types of emergency events require different drilled responses. In the same manner as a fire alarm and an earthquake alarm sounded different where I stayed in Christchurch, because different responses were required. Or the crash alert at an airport sounds different from the fire alarm. Sometimes having everyone at their battle stations isn't going to help the situation. What good are phasers and photons armed and ready when Voyager is about to land, for example?
I think the black badges will turn out to be very ominous...
On the Enterprise D it was used either to evacuate the bridge or indicate the life support had gone offline (Brothers).
Lol...racist, how so? Perhaps, you’re being facetious.
