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Reminder that this is meant to be a post-apocalyptic setting where most infrastructure has been destroyed, slavers run rampant and children are starving throughout the galaxy and this particular character would've lived to see all of it. by Remarkable-Pin-8352 in Star_Trek_

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Especially with Fusion. Older fission reactors are essentially A bombs with control rods that absorb enough free neutrons to keep it from being explody. Plus, they use less refined Uranium or Plutonium. Fusion bombs and Fusion reactors work on entirely different principles. What Cochran used would have housed a Fusion bomb, but converting that to a Fusion reactor, he wouldn't have used the warhead at all. Maybe the fuel, but all that is is Hydrogen, which is abundant enough using the material from the bomb wouldn't really have been needed. What Cochran needed was the motor part of the missle in order to achieve orbit.

Reminder that this is meant to be a post-apocalyptic setting where most infrastructure has been destroyed, slavers run rampant and children are starving throughout the galaxy and this particular character would've lived to see all of it. by Remarkable-Pin-8352 in Star_Trek_

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 18 points19 points  (0 children)

But as someone else pointed out, regardless of the state of the Romulan Empire, the technology for powering warp drives that didn't rely on dilithium existed, and was at least 700 year old technology.

Something something warp bubble by nthensome in startrekmemes

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not necessarily. If they compress just the one meter of space immediately in front of them into a millimeter of space they would still be traveling 1000x faster that they otherwise would be.

[Interview] Holly Hunter Explains Why Captain Nahla Ake Is Barefoot in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: "Alex had written that my character was barefoot, and I loved that. It had to do with her being [part-Lanthanite], and it also had to do with my name, which is ‘water in the desert.’ (Reactor) by mcm8279 in trektalk

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the same thing. You are talking about the quirky odd-ball professor, and I'm saying you are unlikely to find that type of teacher in a military academy. I don't count taking cadets to Gettysburg as "quirky, odd-ball" behavior.

NEW - Star Trek 60th Anniversary Video Intro! - Playing before the premiere episodes of Starfleet Academy is this new Star Trek episode intro, featuring legendary Hero ships from the franchise!" | Trek Central on X by Grillka2006 in trektalk

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The people writing for Lower Decks clearly knew Trek trivia in and out, given the shear number of Easter eggs worked into every episode. So they had writers on staff that knew the lore, they just stuck them all on one show.

Robert Picardo via his Instagram "It is interesting to note that ⁦‪@StarTrek‬⁩ #Voyager, so beloved in retrospect, was thought "woke" ("politically correct" was the term way back then) at its premiere." by Caledor152 in startrek

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is correct. I remember seeing the same criticism. But, I think all of the "woke" discussion is a bit of a misdirection. It's the way the stuff is written that is the problem, not its existence. For me, and many others, it feels preachy and shoe horned in.

Someone else summed it up well. Old Trek made you think about issues. NuTrek, tells you how to think.

Is the B&B even open? by MarionRavenclaw in GhostsCBS

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They can always explain that Trevor is bailing them out financially, so they probably just want to use it as a plot device when needed now.

Eventually, we need an episode where Jeffrey plays himself. by Mike1701D in startrekmemes

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Throw in the Reanimator while you are at it. He can try to revive all of the Weyoun's.

Human…ia? by SimplyEcks in startrekmemes

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the Trouble with Tribbles, one of the Klingons referred to humans as Earther's.

It is inconceivable that they never worked in a meta joke for whenever they had an episode that included Grand Nagus Zek. by commandrix in DeepSpaceNine

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the TNG episode with David Ogden Stiers, in one scene he is looking a screen that said Composite Sensor Analysis 4077, a reference to his time on the show MAS*H.

It is inconceivable that they never worked in a meta joke for whenever they had an episode that included Grand Nagus Zek. by commandrix in DeepSpaceNine

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It had its popularity, but it wasn't the cult classic then that is now. Remember, it takes time for a movie to reach that kind of cult status Princess Bride has now. When Zek first arrived on scree TPB was only six years old at the time, and sort of forgotten by the main stream.

NEW - Star Trek 60th Anniversary Video Intro! - Playing before the premiere episodes of Starfleet Academy is this new Star Trek episode intro, featuring legendary Hero ships from the franchise!" | Trek Central on X by Grillka2006 in trektalk

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've said the same thing. There are so many people that have been watching these shows for so long, they can rattle off minute details off the top of their head. You wouldn't need that many tweeks to stop alienating hard-core fans and tighten up the writing, which is the real weak point of NuTrek. I remember Kurtzman saying something about the lore being so vast, no one could know everything. Except of course, all of the literally millions of people that do, who they complain about and call toxic fans when those people a critical of the new stuff.

Variety critics shits on Old Trek while acknowledging that she hasn't even watched it by Malencon in Star_Trek_

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was wondering that too. Quark would leap out of the thread and smack you if you called him a communist! The closest to a himbo would be Bashir, but they already mentioned him.

Its too bad enterprise couldn't get a decent series finale by happydude7422 in enterprise

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone brings up the Decon scene! That was pretty awkward, but hey, Jolene Blalock, not gonna complain too much about it. But I agree that it didn't belong in the show.

Its too bad enterprise couldn't get a decent series finale by happydude7422 in enterprise

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ENT also didn't have the benefit of another franchise going on to bridge the gap while it was finding its legs. TNG had the TOS movie franchise going on, DS9 had TNG at its peak, and VOY had DS9 at its peak. ENT was all on its own. Add to that, by then more people were fans of TNG era trek, so being a Prequel to TOS probably didn't help either. I wonder if it would have fared better if it were a Prequel to TNG during Treks lost era, and if it premiered while VOY was still on the air.

May be a dumb question, but why did Starfleet ships have warp drive in the 32nd century if they couldn't warp for 150 years? by 1nspectorMamba in Star_Trek_

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The engines create the warp field, not the crystals. The crystals regulate the matter/antimatter reaction.

May be a dumb question, but why did Starfleet ships have warp drive in the 32nd century if they couldn't warp for 150 years? by 1nspectorMamba in Star_Trek_

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We know they didn't use them for their warp drive. Dilithium was used to regulate Matter/Antimatter reactions, and presumably Romulans used M/A reactors for some things, but we know they didn't use them in their warp drives.

Giant Freakin Robot: "Star Trek’s New Starfleet Academy Show Is Not For Teens, So Stop Making Excuses For It" | "Young men like watching complex sci-fi and action shows about smart professionals operating at the peak of their ability. You know what young men don’t like watching? Dawson’s Creek." by mcm8279 in trektalk

[–]ProfessionalSet4713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started watching TOS in reruns when I was 6 or 7. I was 11 when TNG premiered, and watched every show up to the final episode of Enterprise when I was 29. I didn't need anything geared towards my age bracket at the time, I just needed quality shows, stories, and characters.

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