Preservatives

[RobertScorpio]

I was watching TNG's The Chase this weekend. Thats the episode where it is found that most, if not all, humanoid-looking aliens, human-klingons-romulans ect, share some past ancestor race....but does this also account for the humanoids in the Gamma and Delta Quadrants? And where do TOS's Preservers come into this...

Do you believe STAR TREK is being to 'simplistic' with these kinds of stories..or is it worthy attempt to explain why, at least in STAR TREK's universe, humanoid species are everywhere

As for English being the only true universal language? We'll discuss that next time!!!

Rob
Scorpio

 

[sbk1234]

Yes, it IS extremely simplistic. and Yes, it is a worthy attempt to explain in Star TREK's universe why everyone looks humanoid. Let's face it. this is all being made for a simplistic species' entertainment, so it can't be too complex.

 

[Wonderlust King]

As for English being the only true universal language? We'll discuss that next time!!!

Rob
Scorpio

They've explained that before. They have implants in there ears so everyone hears what they speak. Its actually a plot point in the episode "Little Green Men".

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

As for English being the only true universal language? We'll discuss that next time!!!

Rob
Scorpio

They've explained that before. They have implants in there ears so everyone hears what they speak. Its actually a plot point in the episode "Little Green Men".

Actually I believe only the Ferengi have the universal translators in their ears. For Starfleet officers (and perhaps Bajoran ones as well), it's in the communicators.

 

[-Brett-]

What does this have to do with preservatives?

Mmmmmm. Preservatives.

 

[RobertScorpio]

As for English being the only true universal language? We'll discuss that next time!!!

Rob
Scorpio

They've explained that before. They have implants in there ears so everyone hears what they speak. Its actually a plot point in the episode "Little Green Men".

Actually I believe only the Ferengi have the universal translators in their ears. For Starfleet officers (and perhaps Bajoran ones as well), it's in the communicators.

So what happens if they don't have a communicator???

Rob
Scorpio

 

[cardinal biggles]

What does this have to do with preservatives?

Mmmmmm. Preservatives.

Yeah, I feel gypped. I thought I was going to be reading a thread about 24th century junk food.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

They've explained that before. They have implants in there ears so everyone hears what they speak. Its actually a plot point in the episode "Little Green Men".

Actually I believe only the Ferengi have the universal translators in their ears. For Starfleet officers (and perhaps Bajoran ones as well), it's in the communicators.

So what happens if they don't have a communicator???

I would guess that everyone has a communicator of some kind.

 

[erastus25]

As for English being the only true universal language? We'll discuss that next time!!!

Rob
Scorpio

They've explained that before. They have implants in there ears so everyone hears what they speak. Its actually a plot point in the episode "Little Green Men".

Actually I believe only the Ferengi have the universal translators in their ears. For Starfleet officers (and perhaps Bajoran ones as well), it's in the communicators.

Hhhhmmm...interesting. I had always assumed it was in the ears too. What episode established that? And it doesn't make a lot of sense because whenever Starfleet personnel are kidnapped they have their combadges taken, but can still understand their captors.

 

[Triskelion]

It's a storytelling device. So we don't have to constantly read subtitles.

 

[Forbin]

The Chase pissed me off no end. It was a scirpt that just screamed "The writers have never watched the original series!!"

 

[Timo]

Hmh? How so?

Actually I believe only the Ferengi have the universal translators in their ears. For Starfleet officers (and perhaps Bajoran ones as well), it's in the communicators.

It's never been established quite where the UTs are on our usual human heroes - except that in VOY "Basics", the heroes lost the ability to learn a new language when the Kazon took away their commbadges. They could still understand the Kazon language perfectly well, though.

Probably every UFP citizen has a UT implant somewhere in their ear or brain, programmed with the most common languages and capable of receiving a software upgrade for new languages from an external source. In addition, Starfleet officers have these more complex UT systems in their commbadges (or, in ENT and perhaps TOS, as separate gadgets) that have the ability to decipher new languages, especially when networking with even more powerful resources such as nearby starship computers.

So Janeway doesn't know how to speak Kazon, but her internal UT takes care of it for her. She doesn't know how to speak "Basics" caveman, either - and when her badge is taken away, she cannot learn that lingo. But she can still understand perfectly well what Maje Kulluh brags about.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Roshi]

Preservatives means condoms in French...