Cetacean Operations. Still don't know what the heck they do, exactly. 
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Cetacean Operations. Still don't know what the heck they do, exactly.
They must have a whale of a time doing it though.
Whoever it is that comes up with an adjusts the minimum drinking age and the laws on consent in a galaxy where Kes is fully grown at 1 and dies of old age at 9.
Never mind that, it's a legitimate work area where whales and dolphins go about their business, yet everyone is allowed to go there and gawk at them while they work. Imagine a couple going there for their date, they watch the aquatic officers for a few minutes before ultimately going in for the kiss. Just before they lock lips one of the dolphins gets pissed and starts screaming at them through the translator. "Hey, hey! Take that business elsewhere! How would you like it if me and one of the lady dolphins went down to the engine room or stellar cartography or wherever the two of you work and started making sweet hot dolphin love while you were trying to get your work done. You wouldn't like that at all, and I don't like the two of you treating this deck like your personal mating ground. Now go to your quarters or find a broom closet or something and procreate there, and leave us in peace."Cetacean Operations. Still don't know what the heck they do, exactly.
You have no idea how long I've been sitting on that one.
Do the whales and dolphins have facilities, or do they just relieve themselves there in the water?
More importantly, who cleans the aquarium out? Or is that done automatically too? Cetacean Ops really should have been explored further in the show. Or even the novels.
Is there anything lower than whale shit?
In "The Big Goodbye" they're afraid to turn the holodeck off because they're afraid that it'll make everyone inside disappear. Isn't that great? A holodeck that can make you disappear when you turn it off? It's every one's dream.
I generally just try to squint really hard and pretend the cetacean ops thing never happened.
I remember something similar being discussed elsewhere on this forum with regards to the lifespans of Federation species. The point was made that there must be some really strong affirmative action in place for the Starfleet admiralty to get a fair representation of humans in, lest the uppermost ranks be clogged with centurion Vulcans who came to dominate merely by outliving everybody else.
I remember something similar being discussed elsewhere on this forum with regards to the lifespans of Federation species. The point was made that there must be some really strong affirmative action in place for the Starfleet admiralty to get a fair representation of humans in, lest the uppermost ranks be clogged with centurion Vulcans who came to dominate merely by outliving everybody else.
It actually is mentioned in dialogue. Interestingly enough in Yesterday's Enterprise. Militant whale and dolphin strategists FTW! And maybe even some aquatic Xindi as well.
I can cover my ears.
The aquatic Xindi look more like batrachians than Cetaceans, IMO.
The same crewman who has to clean the holodeck after Riker uses it.
The guy who translates and comes up with the official English spellings of aliens and their planets. Some Trekkies got mad that JJ Abrams used "Kronos" instead of "Qo'noS", imagine what it'd be like if it was over stuff that mattered!
The guy who has to explain to newbies how an Earth with no money works.
Whoever it is that deals with missionaries in the future, trying to spread the word of god to random primitive planets.
The guy who has to explain to newbies how an Earth with no money works.
Whoever it is that deals with missionaries in the future, trying to spread the word of god to random primitive planets.
It does happen over stuff that matters. Two real-world examples with many English spellings: Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.
You mean Tuvok in the Year Of Hell? I thought he was weapon's officer... which doesn't seem like a very good idea either.
That's funny, since Kronos came first.
And that's a phoneticization of "chronos" the Greek word for time.
