General Trek Questions and Observations

[knightgrace]

If the imposter had been in place long enough, you couldn't trust if the person you thought you knew ever even existed. The next step after this would be if you found out that your entire surrounding - people, places, things, were all holograms.

You mean there're not?
:^((
No more fun anymore.

 

[NCC-73515]

In a sense, the Borg got Starfleet better prepared for something like the Dominion.

Q rented the hall and engaged the orchestra to get them ready for the Dominion

 

[Tenacity]

Q had been orchestrating all of the Federations wars and natural disasters for years.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Was it only TNG where the idea of combadges came from?

 

[cooleddie74]

Pretty sure Season 1 of TNG was the first time Trek made communicators wearable insignia. In TMP they used wrist communicators, but Starfleet communicators were handheld flip-open devices from "The Cage(TOS)" straight through to Star Trek III (the ones seen in TVH were Klingon communicators).

 

[Shawnster]

Was it only TNG where the idea of combadges came from?

Pretty sure Season 1 of TNG was the first time Trek made communicators wearable insignia.

Actually, the idea was first seen in TOS. The Scalocians had wearable communicators in "Wink of an Eye"

https://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/screencaps/season3/313-wink-of-an-eye/wink-of-an-eye-br-275.jpg

 

[cooleddie74]

Well, I meant Starfleet. But good catch and point!

 

[kkt]

Got a question!!
A gazillion years ago, when the internet was but a infant, I used to modem into BBS. My favorite one was a BBS called NCC 1701 BBS. Anyone remember that? I was doing a search for that and this page popped up. I love it here.

I remember dialing into BBSs, but not that one. Do you remember where it was? In those days there were long distance charges outside of a small local area.

 

[Oddish]

My first BBS was Pokémon themed, hence the name I've used since the 20th century.

 

[Paradave911]

I remember dialing into BBSs, but not that one. Do you remember where it was? In those days there were long distance charges outside of a small local area.

Dont remember. Pretty sure it was local to houston tx

 

[Enterprise1701]

My first BBS was Pokémon themed, hence the name I've used since the 20th century.

I respect the dedication!

 

[tharpdevenport]

Well, I meant Starfleet. But good catch and point!

Well, first you asked ST: TNG[, now it's Starfleet. The answer is different for both.

If we go with the second one, the evolution in ensignia becomes comm badges happened from the Enterprise B to C, as the red film uniforms now have communication comm badges but still look like the film pins.

 

[Noname Given]

Actually, the idea was first seen in TOS. The Scalocians had wearable communicators in "Wink of an Eye"

https://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/screencaps/season3/313-wink-of-an-eye/wink-of-an-eye-br-275.jpg

They were mounted on neck bands.

 

[Oddish]

A good idea regardless.

 

[dmac]

Captain DeForest Kelly 1957 of the USS Gar