Delay passing information from crewmembers to Captain who is

[Borg451]

Re: Delay passing information from crewmembers to Captain wh

Uptightgirl said:
I can remember a dozen episodes including doomsday weapon which showed them turning or swiveling their seats.Anyway I was referring to the Captain getting the info more quickly DIRECTLY from system displays/gauges rather than a 3rd party relay human system which could garble the information.The time lag in fights could make a difference of many seconds.

Remember that French message line which gets garbled as it gets passed on from one person to the next?

yeh i see what uptightgirl means...

 

[A beaker full of death]

Re: Delay passing information from crewmembers to Captain wh

Vanyel said:

I have no doubt a modern naval vessel works efficiently with people telling the captain the information he needs to know. A starship would be a whole different thing.

You're being too literal. The model for shipboard life on the Enterprise was the WWII navy, in which most of the creative forces behind the show had served.

A starship captain needs constant updates on, among other things, engine status, ship speed and heading, status of warp drive, shield status, phaser status, torpedo launcher status, number of torpedoes left, hull breaches, damage control teams assessment and repair status, as well as what can be determined of the hostiles status. It's speed and heading, is it trying to maneuver into a weapons blind spot, is it trying to run, is its warp core on the verge of breaching, its shield strength and so on. That's a lot of information to be giving out all by yelling it out.

Actually he doesn't need the DETAILS of all those issues, just the summaries. That's the very reason he has all those people on the bridge with him. They handle the details and tell him just what he needs to know.

The OP's confusion is understandable if she grew up on modern Trek. Bermaga were also very fuzzy about the purpose of a crew, and often forgot that there was anyone but the bridge crew aboard ship at all.

Also the ships we've seen seem to have only one person speaking at a time.

Watch TOS.

 

[Colonel Green]

Re: Delay passing information from crewmembers to Captain wh

What really bugs me is the way crewmembers often give the Captain glib answers instead of the info he actually WANTS.

ie:

Picard: How long until the warp engines are back online?
Geordi: Too long!

That would neverv fly on a real military vessel. Who is Geordi to decide how long is too long? That is the Captain's call, and he needs accurate info to make it.

 

[Yassim]

Re: Delay passing information from crewmembers to Captain wh

Even better is the all-too-commom "Captain, you'd better have a look at this."

The captain must be so happy to have people to point things out so he can LOOK for HIMSELF... how about a "Captain, there's a dead Romulan here"... or "Captain, the engines look like trouble"... or *anything* with a hint of information in it.

"You'd better look at this" makes the whole crew look like children seeking the teacher's OK before they make a decision.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Re: Delay passing information from crewmembers to Captain wh

Colonel Green said:
What really bugs me is the way crewmembers often give the Captain glib answers instead of the info he actually WANTS.

ie:

Picard: How long until the warp engines are back online?
Geordi: Too long!

That would neverv fly on a real military vessel. Who is Geordi to decide how long is too long? That is the Captain's call, and he needs accurate info to make it.

Yeah, that always bugged me about modern Trek. I was amazed the first time they did that silly shit. But of course, modern Trek approached shipboard interaction as if they were all peers.

 

[Forbin]

Re: Delay passing information from crewmembers to Captain wh

Yassim said:
Even better is the all-too-commom "Captain, you'd better have a look at this."

The captain must be so happy to have people to point things out so he can LOOK for HIMSELF... how about a "Captain, there's a dead Romulan here"... or "Captain, the engines look like trouble"... or *anything* with a hint of information in it.

"You'd better look at this" makes the whole crew look like children seeking the teacher's OK before they make a decision.

Yes! Drives me nuts when ANY show does that. Especially when it involves a trip halfway across the ship:

"Captain, you'd better see this!"
"What is it, engineer?"
"You'd better come donw here and see for yourself, sir!"
"Describe the problem, engineer?"
"Sir, you need to see this."
"Patch a security camera up here to the bridge, engineer, I'm too busy trying to save our asses."
"Captain, you'd really just better get down here. sir."
"How about this, engineer - " *Presses emergency button that blows a bulkhead out of engineering, sucking the asshole out into space*

 

[Cyclopean]

Re: Delay passing information from crewmembers to Captain wh

^^Hahahahaha

If Trek ever returns to TV, it better include an exchange like that.