• @Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    537 months ago

    Let’s not forget that time when primitive 20th century freezer jockeys were thawed out on the Enterprise D and a sleazy 80s business man was able to do pretty much whatever he wanted with the computer. When Picard yells at him, he replies that if there were things he shouldn’t be allowed to do, why didn’t they set the computer to not allow it? And Picard replies that people shouldn’t have to be told they aren’t allowed to do certain things, they should be able behave without the computer forcing it.

    So, the reason they have such a huge security issue is that they run everything on the honor system. Though I suppose this was right after Worf took over security, so I guess that makes sense.

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      327 months ago

      It’s crazy how many problems across the series could have been avoided if there were like, a badge-entry door or something in Engineering.

      • @Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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        217 months ago

        Especially crazy since everyone’s already wearing badges that double as communicators and tracking devices.

      • Seven
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        37 months ago

        No, they cured his boneitis

  • @TootSweet@lemmy.world
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    407 months ago

    Man fuck those parasites.

    The first time I saw that episode, I don’t remember how old I was, but it was one of the first times I was left home alone. And by total coincidence, right when it was at the most intense part of the episode the power went out at my house. It was night time, during a thunderstorm, and no one else was home.

    And then I had to brave the basement to check the breaker box. In the dark. Which was a little Home-Alone-evil-furnace-scene for me under normal circumstances.

  • @nomecks@lemmy.world
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    357 months ago

    The actual truth is Star Fleet is all infiltrators, but no infiltrators know that, and they don’t want to blow their cover

    • @RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz
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      137 months ago

      Sounds like a future Lower Decks episode to me.

      The gang goes infiltrate some fancy pants Starfleet symposium -posing as captains because reasons- in order to find the infiltrator. But it turns out they’re all infiltrators.

    • @sirblastalot@ttrpg.network
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      37 months ago

      Section 31 actually knows about all the infiltrators, but at least in early stages of their infiltration when they’re trying not to arouse suspicion they end up doing a better job than the human admirals would have anyway, so they’re allowed to do their thing.

    • @samus12345@lemmy.world
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      27 months ago

      Must be interesting for the Changeling pretending to be a member of Species 8472 pretending to be a Romulan pretending to be a Vulcan.

  • MudMan
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    I mean, in fairness their strategy for space exploration seems to be to point a starship in a random direction, hit “go” and beam down to every planet with a remotely breathable atmosphere in their PJ onesies.

    The impressive part is they still seem to be the dominant superpower in half the galaxy, so… yay for them.

      • @ElectricCattleman@lemmy.world
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        17 months ago

        I highly recommend the book Pandora’s Star by Peter Hamilton. They explore using tiny wormholes. They move them, poke a powerful sensor suite though, scan, retract, and close, gradually moving in on prospective planets. They have powerful forcefield to protect against anything coming in the other way. Makes sense to me.

    • @EmergMemeHologram
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      47 months ago

      They are sexy pyjamas, I can see why the other species are fine with it.

      • MudMan
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        Hey, it’s why it’s so possible to make loving parodies of Trek, right? If it seems okay to Tony Shalhoub it’s fine by me.

  • FauxPseudo
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    177 months ago

    I think the lesson here is that you should never become an admiral. Kirk was right.

    • @hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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      67 months ago

      Being an admiral is great. You always have one free violating the prime directive or resisting a direct order from starfleet command and still be captain.

  • @Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    157 months ago

    S1 TNG is fucking bonkers. I know a lot of the plots are straight retellings of TOS stuff, but a bunch of the rest feel even wackier than TOS on it’s most TAS day.

    • @StillPaisleyCat
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      107 months ago

      ‘Wackier than TOS on its most TAS day’ …

      You packed an awful lot in that comparison.

      🤩

  • Flying Squid
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    117 months ago

    Part of the problem is that Starfleet is too good to use a cloaking device in their ships. Morons.

  • smoothbrain coldtakes
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    97 months ago

    I was kind of annoyed in Picard when the Changeling infiltrator was genetically modified by Starfleet. I thought it would have been way cooler if the physiological changes were a result of working alongside 8472, given that 8472 also wanted to infiltrate Starfleet and potentially didn’t have the same blood test vulnerability.

    I thought it would have been a neat reference but instead it’s just another one of Starfleet’s evil secrets.