What unseen TOS tech would you like to see?

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Cary L. Brown said:

JuanBolio said:Why would a Starfleet quartermaster deal in supplies as opposed to navigation, since Starfleet adopts Naval terminology in almost every area?

Huh? I'm thoroughly confused by that comment. Are you saying that you think that the quartermaster would be the navigator?

I think he is thinking in terms of US Navy terminology, a quartermaster is the "master of the quarterdeck" and not the supply person, which is called the "purser." In this usage, the enlisted rate of quartermaster aides in navigation because the quarterdeck resides behind the helm of the ship. (see Quartermaster Wiki )

Quartermaster is, however, used in the US Army for the supply person/depot. It was also used in TOS as the term for the purser in "Tomorrow is Yesterday" when Kirk asked Spock to get Christopher something else to wear, and is also in used other Trek shows to describe the supply officer (
Starfleet Quartermaster ).

We can only assume that since Starfleet, or UESPA, as described by Kirk in TiY as a combined service that the term purser fall out of use and since there was a Navigation bridge position, that the land-army term of quartermaster was used instead.

 

[Cary L. Brown]

middyseafort said:

Cary L. Brown said:

JuanBolio said:Why would a Starfleet quartermaster deal in supplies as opposed to navigation, since Starfleet adopts Naval terminology in almost every area?

Huh? I'm thoroughly confused by that comment. Are you saying that you think that the quartermaster would be the navigator?

I think he is thinking in terms of US Navy terminology, a quartermaster is the "master of the quarterdeck" and not the supply person, which is called the "purser." In this usage, the enlisted rate of quartermaster aides in navigation because the quarterdeck resides behind the helm of the ship. (see Quartermaster Wiki )

Quartermaster is, however, used in the US Army for the supply person/depot. It was also used in TOS as the term for the purser in "Tomorrow is Yesterday" when Kirk asked Spock to get Christopher something else to wear, and is also in used other Trek shows to describe the supply officer (
Starfleet Quartermaster ).

We can only assume that since Starfleet, or UESPA, as described by Kirk in TiY as a combined service that the term purser fall out of use and since there was a Navigation bridge position, that the land-army term of quartermaster was used instead.

Ah, thanks... that's my "new thing to learn" for today. Any more and my brain will pop.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

^Yeah, being a Navy Brat (emphasis on the brat), my dad would always point out the incorrect naval usage in any of the Trek shows. Quartermaster was one of those.

 

[mada101]

I don't think we'll be seeing any new 'unseen' TOS tech. Rather, we'll be getting alternate technology