Can a starship captain have his family on board with him?

[JuanBolio]

I think having his family onboard would be ok as long as he could be objective. Nothing better than an evening "release" with the wife to get your mind cleared up!!

What do you think the holodecks are for?

Kinda makes you wonder about sexual release in the holodecks... for males, anyway. Is the semen broken down into base molecules or energy and then sent to the replicators? Might make you think twice about the cream sauce. Then again I imagine urine and fecal matter would be broken down in a similar fashion.

I'll have the warm double fudge brownie and a tall glass of apple juice, please.

 

[SilentP]

I think having his family onboard would be ok as long as he could be objective. Nothing better than an evening "release" with the wife to get your mind cleared up!!

What do you think the holodecks are for?

Kinda makes you wonder about sexual release in the holodecks... for males, anyway. Is the semen broken down into base molecules or energy and then sent to the replicators? Might make you think twice about the cream sauce. Then again I imagine urine and fecal matter would be broken down in a similar fashion.

I'll have the warm double fudge brownie and a tall glass of apple juice, please.

Rofl, though a good point. It's not exactly the same as getting rid of any sweat you'd get from doing any physically exerting activity in the holodeck, in terms of ick factor, but in terms of pure physics/holodeck operation, it might not be too disimilar. Maybe the recycling protocols in the replicato systems are very...broad in their acceptance of organic materials.

 

[The Wormhole]

I think having his family onboard would be ok as long as he could be objective. Nothing better than an evening "release" with the wife to get your mind cleared up!!

What do you think the holodecks are for?

I remember reading somewhere "If a holodeck really existed, do you really think everyone would go there just to act in holographic Shakespeare plays? No, of course they wouldn't. And you have to feel sorry for the poor guy who would have to clean up the mess after they were done."

 

[SilentP]

I think having his family onboard would be ok as long as he could be objective. Nothing better than an evening "release" with the wife to get your mind cleared up!!

What do you think the holodecks are for?

I remember reading somewhere "If a holodeck really existed, do you really think everyone would go there just to act in holographic Shakespeare plays? No, of course they wouldn't. And you have to feel sorry for the poor guy who would have to clean up the mess after they were done."

I don't know who said that particular phrase, but I remember reading that Scott Adams (author of the Dilbert cartoons) saying that when the technology for holodecks comes into existance, society is doomed

 

[The Wormhole]

^^Indeed, I remember he once wrote a novel, one of the chapters in the novel where he discussed the why things like a holodeck or a food replicator could never exist was titled "The Future Won't Be Like Star Trek."

 

[SilentP]

^^Indeed, I remember he once wrote a novel, one of the chapters in the novel where he discussed the why things like a holodeck or a food replicator could never exist was titled "The Future Won't Be Like Star Trek."

The Dilbert Future, great book

 

[T'Girl]

I don't think families should be allowed on ships. It's just a plain stupid idea. Families should live on bases in the ships primary area of operation.

Might be streaching the concept a bit, during the cold war, commanders of bomber bases had their families in base housing, knowing that even if there was a limited exchange of missiles, their families would be killed. It would of been easy for them to send their wife and kids away to some tiny town in the middle of nowhere. My older brothers were born on a overseas base (Germany) during the cold war. My parents believed in keeping their family together.

The Enterprise didn't have a primary area of operations.

 

[sbk1234]

What do you think the holodecks are for?

I remember reading somewhere "If a holodeck really existed, do you really think everyone would go there just to act in holographic Shakespeare plays? No, of course they wouldn't. And you have to feel sorry for the poor guy who would have to clean up the mess after they were done."

I don't know who said that particular phrase, but I remember reading that Scott Adams (author of the Dilbert cartoons) saying that when the technology for holodecks comes into existance, society is doomed

That was kinda the idea behind the quarantine on Talos IV, also.

 

[barnaclelapse]

I think having his family onboard would be ok as long as he could be objective. Nothing better than an evening "release" with the wife to get your mind cleared up!!

Or someone else's wife.