Spoilers Prodigy ship revealed

[DaveyNY]

Anybody who has served onboard a specific ship or plane for any length of time, will certainly tell you that they have "personalities".
Every vehicle is different and reacts to situations differently.

It may be the crew are doing that 'anthropomorphism' thing, but try to tell them different and they will fight you to the bitter end.

 

[fireproof78]

Anybody who has served onboard a specific ship or plane for any length of time, will certainly tell you that they have "personalities".
Every vehicle is different and reacts to situations differently.

It may be the crew are doing that 'anthropomorphism' thing, but try to tell them different and they will fight you to the bitter end.

Exhibit A: this thread.

And I'm not saying ships don't have characteristics. I'm just saying they are not characters like people characters are. Calling them characters feels like a stretch to me.

 

[DaveyNY]

Exhibit A: this thread.

And I'm not saying ships don't have characteristics. I'm just saying they are not characters like people characters are. Calling them characters feels like a stretch to me.

I believe it's an acquired reaction.
If you haven't had that kind of experience, then it's probably difficult to comprehend.

 

[fireproof78]

I believe it's an acquired reaction.
If you haven't had that kind of experience, then it's probably difficult to comprehend.

I'm sure. Also, a lack of better descriptors. Doesn't make it any less baffling to me to watch Star Trek for the ships for find them as personalities like the people.

 

[The Old Mixer]

What about personality expressed by the ship's computer? The most extreme case that comes to mind is the temporary reprogramming in "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"; but I also recall an instance when Data got in an argument with the Enterprise-D's computer.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

What about personality expressed by the ship's computer? The most extreme case that comes to mind is the temporary reprogramming in "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"; but I also recall an instance when Data got in an argument with the Enterprise-D's computer.

But the D's computer never developed much and was never sassy. It it had gained an attitude the show could have been more fun. I don't recall this argument with Data though.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I may have been thinking of this scene. It's not an argument, the computer shuts him up.

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[Nerys Myk]

What about personality expressed by the ship's computer? The most extreme case that comes to mind is the temporary reprogramming in "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"; but I also recall an instance when Data got in an argument with the Enterprise-D's computer.

It was a one off gag. Never went further. Though I'm sure the idea was for it to reoccur.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I may have been thinking of this scene. It's not an argument, the computer shuts him up.

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Yes that's what I was thinking too, that scene. I would have loved the D to become sassy when she spoke to people.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

I would have loved if the voice for the Federation computer had been provided by Bea Arthur. It would 100% have come out with some scalding hot zingers.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I would have loved if the voice for the Federation computer had been provided by Bea Arthur. It would 100% have come out with some scalding hot zingers.

Or for sure, and it would have been glorious

 

[fireproof78]

What about personality expressed by the ship's computer? The most extreme case that comes to mind is the temporary reprogramming in "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"; but I also recall an instance when Data got in an argument with the Enterprise-D's computer.

Maybe if it becomes more interactive

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Yes that's what I was thinking too, that scene. I would have loved the D to become sassy when she spoke to people.

It did get kind of passive-aggressive with Data...

"Thank you, sir. I comprehend."

 

[The Old Mixer]

There was also the time Troi got pretty flustered with the computer when she was trying to get the replicator to make real fudge or something.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

There was also the time Troi got pretty flustered with the computer when she was trying to get the replicator to make real fudge or something.

Oh this scene....... This is good

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[dupersuper]

I get the romantic notion of ship as character, but see it as the setting having character, not (obviously) the inanimate object literally being a character. Obviously not refering to the above mentioned vehicles run by sapient AI (KITT, Gideon, etc.).

In ST Beyond Kirk is visibly upset when he sees his beloved ship crashing to the ground. I say the ship is a character.

If that's the standard then anything I own that I don't want broken is a character.

Well he was meant to be William Shatner...

Seriously?

 

[F. King Daniel]

Seriously?

Yep. It was Rick Berman's idea that Trek's 700th epsiode (that became "In a Mirror, Darkly") would have Daniels visit the Enterprise and train lookalike Chef to stand-in for James T. Kirk at a pivotal moment in history. Basically a Trek version of movie Dave.

 

[fireproof78]

I get the romantic notion of ship as character, but see it as the setting having character, not (obviously) the inanimate object literally being a character. Obviously not refering to the above mentioned vehicles run by sapient AI (KITT, Gideon, etc.).

Yeah, I think it is a matter of terminology. Defining terms is one of the biggest things for me. I can't say a ship is a character, but I am willing to say it has character.

 

[Tuskin38]

Yep. It was Rick Berman's idea that Trek's 700th epsiode (that became "In a Mirror, Darkly") would have Daniels visit the Enterprise and train lookalike Chef to stand-in for James T. Kirk at a pivotal moment in history. Basically a Trek version of movie Dave.

Rick said a lot of things, he also said Future guy could have been a romulan, or even Archer himself.

 

[shapeshifter]

Hero ships have always been like a character to me. Some more than others.

I once lived on a ship at sea, far, far from land with very deep ocean below so it became very important to me as part of my survival. Even today I have admiration to 'her' for always bringing me home safe.