List of Trek questions that keep us up at night

[somebuddyX]

Did Enterprise-E have some other name while under construction or was just called something like NCC-75001 or so? And if it did have some other name, what happens to that name once the ship is renamed to Enterprise-E? Does it get given to a third Sovereign class ship but would have been the name of the second Sovereign in an alternate timeline? The reason this is on my mind is I keep thinking of alternate timelines where the different Enterprises might have been destroyed at different times, or like NCC-1701 being decommissioned or NCC-1701-C living past 2364 and wondering how that effects the ships that would have replaced them in "our" timeline.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Did Enterprise-E have some other name while under construction or was just called something like NCC-75001 or so? And if it did have some other name, what happens to that name once the ship is renamed to Enterprise-E? Does it get given to a third Sovereign class ship but would have been the name of the second Sovereign in an alternate timeline? The reason this is on my mind is I keep thinking of alternate timelines where the different Enterprises might have been destroyed at different times, or like NCC-1701 being decommissioned or NCC-1701-C living past 2364 and wondering how that effects the ships that would have replaced them in "our" timeline.

There was a novel with a glimpse at many alternate realities (Q & A, I think it was?), and in one of them it was the USS Constitution. So maybe it was gonna be called that until the -D's little mishap.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Why didn't we get a glimpse of a Parrises Squares game? We got fencing, racquetball, even Bajoran Springball. But Parrises Squares was supposed to be dangerous, and it would have been nice to see WHY it was so dangerous.

I guess it's one of those things they want to leave to the imagination - like viewers each have their own idea of what it involves that might be better than anything the writers think they could come up with.

Maybe Neelix is allergic to sonic showers? I'm sure it happens. Some alien races may not be able to stand the sonic waves that drive them.

Kinda like some people have bad reactions to wi-fi?

 

[The Wormhole]

There was a novel with a glimpse at many alternate realities (Q & A, I think it was?), and in one of them it was the USS Constitution. So maybe it was gonna be called that until the -D's little mishap.

The recent novel Headlong Flight did reveal the Enterprise E's original name was USS Honorius.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Kinda like some people have bad reactions to wi-fi?

No, I mean something that actually exists, and has some kind of scientific basis.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I have a bad reaction when the wi-fi isn't working.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

No, I mean something that actually exists, and has some kind of scientific basis.

I'm no expert so I don't know one way or the other. What would be a more proven and agreed upon parallel?

 

[Captain Rob]

I think the concept for sonic showers comes from this:
From Wikipedia:
"Ultrasonic cleaning is a process that uses ultrasound (usually from 20–400 kHz) and an appropriate cleaning solvent (sometimes ordinary tap water) to clean items. The ultrasound can be used with just water, but use of a solvent appropriate for the item to be cleaned and the type of soiling present enhances the effect. Cleaning normally lasts between three and six minutes, but can also exceed 20 minutes, depending on the object to be cleaned"

The difference being that in Trek there's no apparent cleaning media. And it flies in the face of what was said in "Way to Eden" that ultrasonics are destructive to Humans.

 

[Push The Button]

I think the concept for sonic showers comes from this:
From Wikipedia:
"Ultrasonic cleaning is a process that uses ultrasound (usually from 20–400 kHz) and an appropriate cleaning solvent (sometimes ordinary tap water) to clean items. The ultrasound can be used with just water, but use of a solvent appropriate for the item to be cleaned and the type of soiling present enhances the effect. Cleaning normally lasts between three and six minutes, but can also exceed 20 minutes, depending on the object to be cleaned"

The difference being that in Trek there's no apparent cleaning media. And it flies in the face of what was said in "Way to Eden" that ultrasonics are destructive to Humans.

We had an ultrasonic cleaner in our lab at work. But you weren't supposed to put your hands in the tank when it was on.

 

[Captain Rob]

I seem to recall having an ultrasonic parts cleaner in high school shop class years ago. People always put their hands in it while it was running. It felt like something was brushing your hand in the cleaner. You just had to wash the cleaner off your hands very thoroughly when you were done.

 

[somebuddyX]

The recent novel Headlong Flight did reveal the Enterprise E's original name was USS Honorius.

Cool I've been thinking of buying that book!

 

[Farscape One]

A small detail about "Allegiance"... how did that little flat monolith get inside Picard's quarters to begin with?

Sensors detected the transfer beam when Picard was beamed away, so I doubt it beamed itself there.

Did it come from some subspace layer, or did it have some kind of cloaking device as it found its way in?

 

[UnknownSample]

No, I mean something that actually exists, and has some kind of scientific basis.

It does exist. Get deeply into rational, intelligent patients' stories, and you'll see.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Yes of course. You'll see that this "WiFi allergy" has no more basis in fact than the (thoroughly debunked) anti-vaxx crap.

 

[somebuddyX]

why is that blue guys genitals exposed like that in rura penthe? there's dirt and ice to contend with, people are welding, so he could've torched his bits off. hell he could've tripped and landed on his knees for a world of pain!

 

[Timo]

The genitals of human males are likewise exposed, and indeed often provide a world of pain. It's simply that Nature makes plenty of errors and then covers them up with further errors until ending up with something that works on a fair day.

That "Allegiance" bit is surprisingly interesting. Did somebody smuggle in a bit of nanotech that then grew into the kidnapping device? The Trek universe could use that sort of cloak-and-dagger tech to circumvent the usual, and usually well-working security measures.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[UnknownSample]

^ Yes of course. You'll see that this "WiFi allergy" has no more basis in fact than the (thoroughly debunked) anti-vaxx crap.

Good thing you know what thousands of patients are experiencing better than they do themselves.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I know the difference between real patients (with real diseases) and paranoid nutcases with tinfoil hats, definitely.

 

[Kevman7987]

The genitals of human males are likewise exposed, and indeed often provide a world of pain. It's simply that Nature makes plenty of errors and then covers them up with further errors until ending up with something that works on a fair day.

Timo Saloniemi

I think that what the poster meant was that "blue guy" had his genitals just blowing in the wind, uncovered. Humans do not wander around with our sex-parts constantly exposed to the environment, especially on a frozen wasteland.

To answer the original question. Maybe it was some kind of show of dominance? "Look at how well endowed I am for my species. Feel emasculated with your stubby, dangly bits, Hew Mon."

 

[Timo]

Sounds like a logical thing to do. It's just too bad that the Ancients from "The Chase" programmed most lines of evolution into producing sex organs in a spot that doesn't offer a good view. (It appears that half of us humans ITRW compensate by developing massive secondary sexual lures right where it's easy to stare at them. And then for some indecipherable reason they cover them up.)

Timo Saloniemi