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Posted on: Captain Kirk’s Star Trek: The most/least racist t...
at 11/25/2009 9:19am

Checkov took over on scanners so much one wonders if someone had him in mind for a blue uniform.


Much is made in ... more(+)

Checkov took over on scanners so much one wonders if someone had him in mind for a blue uniform.


Much is made in certain circles, usually in the course of contrasting Kirk and Picard, of the way that
the command structure of the Enterprise is portrayed. For the most part, we seldom get to see
the department heads commanding their sections (with some minor exceptions in Medical). One
can easily get the impression that Kirk does all the ordering about at all levels.

Practically, I think this is a product of the way the TV series was made, with the main characters
and a bunch of ---essentially extras being what we saw. You don't get to see the command team
running their teams because of this. You don't get to see Sulu or Uhura develop and utilize their
command skills.

This "tunnel vision" really becomes clear as one reads novels, and as ST:TNG goes forward.

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Posted on: The USS Enterprise: Just how practical?
at 11/24/2009 9:16am

Given the energy requirements for various Star Trek ship functions, it appears that they have "energy out the ... more(+)

crazyeddie wrote:

ZenGalacticore wrote:It seems to me that the simulation of gravity-without the old centrifugal force solution- is not all that far out or unlikely. After all, if memory serves me correctly, gravity is the weakest of the four known forces of the Universe.

We have no problem "artificially" producing electricity or magnetism, so why not gravity in the not-so-distant future?

Well, we know how to produce electromagnetic particles and energy, but we haven't a clue about how to generate gravitons....we can't even detect them, yet. It takes huge amounts of mass to produce a natural gravitational field, so I imagine it would also require a huge amount of energy to generate an artificial gravitational field.

Given the energy requirements for various Star Trek ship functions, it appears that they have "energy out the
wabo" in that universe.  close(-)

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