If you were able to use the Holodeck

[Forbin]

It's ideal for training. You don't need a dedicated simulator for ANY operational area when you have a holodeck. Train bridge officers in life-or-death crises; train engineering personnel during a core breach; simulate survival techniques for a hull rupture... anything goes.

 

[Long Syntax]

SEX!!!!!!

With whom?

Holo Seven?
Vulcan Love Slaves - the Revenge?
Orion Women?
Risan Women?
Deltans?

All of the above plus B'Elanna, Deanna Troi, Yar, Kira, Leeta, Jadzia and Ezri. But not Janeway. Never Janeway.

Yes, and Janeway too

 

[Mojochi]

It's ideal for training. You don't need a dedicated simulator for ANY operational area when you have a holodeck. Train bridge officers in life-or-death crises; train engineering personnel during a core breach; simulate survival techniques for a hull rupture... anything goes.

The use of cadavers for surgical training would be unnecessary. They could have living holographic patients to operate on.

 

[James T Kirk]

I would just have a field day with the hottest women imaginable.

Then turn my attention to sightseeing fun and adventure. Which would all have a cheesy feel to it since after all it is fake.

 

[Starborn Dragon]

I'd use it to play some of my favorite pen and paper rpg and computer games. Imagine playing A Dungeons and Dragons or Twilight 2000 or the FASA Star Trek rpg or...on it.

And, of course, for sex.

 

[Orphalesion]

Personally I think I'd have the most fun designing holo-programs. Even now I'm always having a ball with map-editors in games and from what I've seen a holodeck would not just make that process easier, but much more powerful!

I'd create adaptions of my favourite novels or my own work, fussing over every detail; "Computer, alter the attire of sub-program Magrat to a slightly darker shade of purple"

Another fun aspect would likely be to play in the adaption of a story and then, in a crucial moment, do something that would change the course of the plot. Depending on which version of the holodeck we're talking about (the slighlty more realistic one in TNG and DS9, or the magic, all-powerful one in VOY) this would either break the program or lead to a completely new tale.

 

[Mojochi]

Knowing what they know about genetics, it would be possible to extrapolate the physical characteristics of an offspring to any particular coupling. You could create realistic offspring from proposed pairings. You could generate the potential design of your own children beforehand.

Edit: Come to think of it... You could probably generate realistic models of your own aging process. You could see what you'll look like at 70.

 

[Orphalesion]

Knowing what they know about genetics, it would be possible to extrapolate the physical characteristics of an offspring to any particular coupling. You could create realistic offspring from proposed pairings. You could generate the potential design of your own children beforehand.

Edit: Come to think of it... You could probably generate realistic models of your own aging process. You could see what you'll look like at 70.

IIRC B'Elanna does that in one episode; she has the computer simulate how her and Tom's unborn daughter will look as a child and then asks the computer to remove or alter some of the DNA in order to remove the (visible) Klingon parts.

 

[T'Girl]

Personally I think I'd have the most fun designing holo-programs.

The holodeck would be a great tool in writing stories, you could have a group of people engaging in a argument, or a romantic couple try to recover from a fight, or some such. You can modify their dialog over and over again, watch the interactions, or substitute yourself in turn into each character.

Help you figure out what works best.

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[Orphalesion]

The holodeck would be a great tool in writing stories, you could have a group of people engaging in a argument, or a romantic couple try to recover from a fight, or some such. You can modify their dialog over and over again, watch the interactions, or substitute yourself in turn into each character.

Help you figure out what works best.

")

Definitely! A sort of "field test" for works-in-progress

Just imbue some holodeck NPCs with the personality parameters of your characters and let the testing begin!

Man I'd just love to see some of my characters/story locations rendered as real looking people/places

 

[SoM]

Wait, if you enable god mode (invulnerability, super strength, ect.) and the holodeck's safety protocols fail, are you still fine?

Well, O'Brien managed to injure his shoulder a good few times kayaking on the DS9 holosuite, to the point Bashir was making regular comments about it, and something similar happened with the bathing suit woman in sickbay in TNG's "Conundrum". It seems the safety protocols are limited - it prevents you getting shot or smashed, but doesn't stop all injuries if you overstrain yourself or properly cock up.

So I'm going with "no".

For Q junior the holodeck is boring. He'd rather have fun with Pippi Longstocking.

For a Q, the whole universe is a holodeck!

 

[Timewalker]

I know I'll get holo-addiction.

I probably would, as well.

Any RL version of that would have to come with a reminder for people to make sure they eat and stay hydrated, as holodeck food isn't actually real, is it?

Unless the computer is impossibly sophisticated, there will always be something that tells you the whole thing just isn't real... maybe some aspect of the environment, or, more likely, the way sentient beings are portrayed.

The thing I never understood is how the people using holodecks don't eventually just smack into a wall or hit the floor. After all, distance is just an illusion. They're still in a finite space on board a starship/space station.

It would be:

My "Books Come Alive" Theater. (Ringworld is First)

You know Dune would be in the top three, right?
I'd want Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle and C.J. Cherryh's Merovingen Nights series, as well as her Cyteen novels.

For Q junior the holodeck is boring. He'd rather have fun with Pippi Longstocking.

Hmm. Pippi Longstocking could be quite formidable at times.

 

[HIjol]

<respectful snip>

It would be:

My "Books Come Alive" Theater. (Ringworld is First)

You know Dune would be in the top three, right?
I'd want Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle and C.J. Cherryh's Merovingen Nights series, as well as her Cyteen novels.

Absolutely! #2 for me. Interesting and worthy choices by you! I would have to have some Heinlein in there, also!

 

[Timewalker]

<respectful snip>

It would be:

My "Books Come Alive" Theater. (Ringworld is First)

You know Dune would be in the top three, right?
I'd want Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle and C.J. Cherryh's Merovingen Nights series, as well as her Cyteen novels.

Absolutely! #2 for me. Interesting and worthy choices by you! I would have to have some Heinlein in there, also!

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, definitely.

"Throw rocks at them, Man."

Unfortunately, a lot of Heinlein's stuff is really dated, now. No farms on Jupiter's moons in our future.

 

[HIjol]

No, but I would recreate some Lazarus Long adventures, and create some of my own.
And, become Wyoming Knot, because (1.) Why Not?, and (2.) Because I could!

TMIaHM, For Sure!

 

[Forbin]

Of COURSE holodeck food is real. It's replicated food, just like they normally eat on the ship.

 

[bbjeg]

I would just have a field day with the hottest women imaginable.

Then turn my attention to sightseeing fun and adventure. Which would all have a cheesy feel to it since after all it is fake.

Well, books, video games, television shows, and movies are fake but they're quite enjoyable.

 

[SoM]

Unless the computer is impossibly sophisticated, there will always be something that tells you the whole thing just isn't real... maybe some aspect of the environment, or, more likely, the way sentient beings are portrayed.

The thing I never understood is how the people using holodecks don't eventually just smack into a wall or hit the floor. After all, distance is just an illusion. They're still in a finite space on board a starship/space station.

Basically, you never move beyond a limited area of the holodeck (determined by how many people are in there, and the size of the thing) - within that, you're walking on a treadmill with a fan blowing in your face! And the treadmills move around to accomodate people's interaction. [Once a fellow user leaves "your area", you're no longer seeing them "in person" either, just a holo-image feed of them, appropriately rescaled. And if you're part of a really big group, the party might have to be spread across multiple holosuites - for an appropriate amount of latinum, of course - and you will only interact with holo-feeds of the guys in the other suites.]

Of COURSE holodeck food is real. It's replicated food, just like they normally eat on the ship.

Most small, simple objects are - sheets of paper, keys and so on. It's just that food & drink are the ones that are most important to replicate!

 

[Orphalesion]

Of COURSE holodeck food is real. It's replicated food, just like they normally eat on the ship.

Most small, simple objects are - sheets of paper, keys and so on. It's just that food & drink are the ones that are most important to replicate!

Makes me really wonder if the Holodeck can replicate costumes onto your body. I think Seven did so in a Voy episode but I'm not sure.

 

[2takesfrakes]

The ENT episode These Are the Voyages show the holodeck replicating his costume directly over his standard uniform. This feature was never a part of TNG before that. In fact, the characters specifically state, at various times, that they needed time to dress-up, first ...