Most of Phlox's menagerie were used in treating the crew. They weren't pets.
pets on star ships?
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Most of Phlox's menagerie were used in treating the crew. They weren't pets.
Yes, I recall one episode where Archer's beagle was very sick, and their differances came out there.
Phlox, despite all the care he took with his menagerie (including showing great concern if any of them was unwell), seemingly had great difficulty understanding Archer's emotional attachment to Porthos.
'cos Sandoval say's so. ;-P
Fine, so it was a male Targ and not a female one.
IS YOUR CAPS LOCK stuck on? Or are you just expressing your frustration via capital letters?
It was a Targ.
I'm talling it a Targ because it's a Targ.
Not at all. If I saw a Klingon bird I wouldn't call it a Targ for example.
Kruge's pet Targ is a different matter however.
What you chose to identify your pets as is immaterial.
Kruge's pet was clearly a Targ.
^ if my capslock key was broken, all of my words in that post would be all caps
And you still haven't explained why you think it was a Targ
Not necessarily. A broken caps lock key could intermittently jam, creating sentences where the first part could be in capitals and the rest in lowercase.
I thought I'd give you the benefit of the doubt rather than assume you were putting things in capitals as the result of some sort of childish, foot stamping frustration that I'd have thought was beneath an adult person.
Not necessarily.
The Maltese Terrier, Chihuahua, Collie, Greyhound, Great Dane, Labrador and English Bulldog are all results of selectively breeding the domestic dog. The domestic dog, in turn, is a subspecies of Canis Lupus (which also includes Wolves and Dingos).
An outside (alien) observer might note that they all share certain features, but may take more time to grasp that they all had common ancestry that was quite recent by evolutionary standards.
You can see similar things with many other domesticated animals. I think it would be a very fair assumption that certain sub-types of the Klingon Targ could be similarly diverse via domestication and selective breeding. It could be inferred that some sub-types were bred specifically for ferocity and general baddassedness, others for meat, and so forth.
Pets on a starship, I imagine would be at Captain or XO's discretion. Them or a department that can act in the Captains name in such matters, and under certain rules. The ship's environmental controls should be able to deal with the smell of animals, their bodily functions and their accidents. I certainly would love a 24th century self cleaning, purifying and completely odor controlling litter box.
Dogs could get the exercise they need in the same manner as shown in I Am Legend, a tread mill, so holodeck time wouldn't be much of an issue. Then again, the dog owners could all get together and reserve a holodeck for a big day at the dog park once or twice a week. A well trained dog could also go for a walk around the ship with its owner and do its business before the walk in an area in its owners quarters designed for such things.
Only problem I see is if a situation occurs like what happened to the Saratoga. Not necessarily a Borg attack, but a crippling one where space and resources are limited. Is it people before animals? And that's just the risk you take by bringing your pet with you.
Dogs could get the exercise they need in the same manner as shown in I Am Legend, a tread mill, so holodeck time wouldn't be much of an issue. Then again, the dog owners could all get together and reserve a holodeck for a big day at the dog park once or twice a week. A well trained dog could also go for a walk around the ship with its owner and do its business before the walk in an area in its owners quarters designed for such things.
Only problem I see is if a situation occurs like what happened to the Saratoga. Not necessarily a Borg attack, but a crippling one where space and resources are limited. Is it people before animals? And that's just the risk you take by bringing your pet with you.
In the Honor Harrington novels, the lead character bought a special armored box that possessed it's own life support system to protect her "treecat" during battles, it was bolted to a bulkhead in her quarters.
When a alert sounded, the cat was trained to enter the box and the hatch would seal her in.
In the Honor Harrington novels, the lead character bought a special armored box that possessed it's own life support system to protect her "treecat" during battles, it was bolted to a bulkhead in her quarters.
When a alert sounded, the cat was trained to enter the box and the hatch would seal her in.
Good idea, but if they have to abandon ship, where room in escape pods is limited. Is the animal left behind? That, I think, is the horrible part of it all. The people are being taken and put where they can, but their beloved pets? Do they stay behind alone and in terror?
Evacuation is always somewhat chaotic, and it may turn out there isn't really "room" for all the humanoids, either, despite all the ships no doubt possessing plenty of surplus evacuation capacity. Lifeboats may turn out to be out of reach, out of order, too hotly contested, or inaccessible to the too badly wounded.
However, the ships appear capable of carrying a lot more personnel/passengers than they regularly are seen carrying. Evacuation capacity would more or less have to be scaled for the theoretical carrying capacity rather than the practical one, meaning the horses and wolfpacks would again have plenty of room - in theory. In practice, some people and animals are likely to be left behind for various reasons, which may be actually more pressing in the case of people than animals (because people may have valid reasons to remain behind) but are more likely to actualize with animals (because they are too stupid to evacuate on their own).
A clever designer might create evacuation systems that are intuitively easy to operate even for animals, because that would help panicking and wounded and otherwise confused people, too. Alas, the panic reaction of a human is likely to differ from that of a cat. But it might still pay off to build lifeboat entry hatches under beds!
(Also, not a targ. End of story.)
Timo Saloniemi
However, the ships appear capable of carrying a lot more personnel/passengers than they regularly are seen carrying. Evacuation capacity would more or less have to be scaled for the theoretical carrying capacity rather than the practical one, meaning the horses and wolfpacks would again have plenty of room - in theory. In practice, some people and animals are likely to be left behind for various reasons, which may be actually more pressing in the case of people than animals (because people may have valid reasons to remain behind) but are more likely to actualize with animals (because they are too stupid to evacuate on their own).
A clever designer might create evacuation systems that are intuitively easy to operate even for animals, because that would help panicking and wounded and otherwise confused people, too. Alas, the panic reaction of a human is likely to differ from that of a cat. But it might still pay off to build lifeboat entry hatches under beds!
(Also, not a targ. End of story.)
Timo Saloniemi
Let's not forget Picard's beloved pet fish. What was his name? Imagine a dog attacking a Borg?
A better idea would be holographic animals and holographic people too now that I think about it. Wait a minute. They're already holographic - well at least Picard is (one dimensional). He did ride a holographic horse that Troi said he was bonding with or caught up in the 'passions' of. No wonder why she said he was detached. More like delusional.
A better idea would be holographic animals and holographic people too now that I think about it. Wait a minute. They're already holographic - well at least Picard is (one dimensional). He did ride a holographic horse that Troi said he was bonding with or caught up in the 'passions' of. No wonder why she said he was detached. More like delusional.
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