"Message in a Bottle"

[Teaos]

I like those odds.

[Mark]

That's true, plus they got alot better over time. TNG season one, a malfunctioning holodeck could have erased everybody inside (still not sure how that was supposed to work, quantum maybe? )

[Deepcrush]

Oh, come on, guys. You're overstating the problem here. The holodeck isn't that bad. I mean, it only malfunctions 87% of the time.

Safer odds then a warp core breach on a GCS.

[Sionnach Glic]

Exactly. See? We're just overstating how utterly craptastic the GCS is.

[Deepcrush]

Ahh, a never ending topic for me to rant and insult about....

[Mark]

Ahh, your overstating another problem. It's not like the warp core on a GCS breached EVERY episode. Only every few episodes. BTW, why didn't anybody ever get Worf a chair? Can Klingons get vericose veins?

[Thorin]

Can you imagine how utterly boring it is being the CO/XO during travelling? Do they actually just sit in their chair for 8 hours without any buttons to push or anything to do?!

[Mikey]

Well, Riker at least had his little Nintendo DS on his armrest, right?

[Teaos]

They have the giant view screen in front of them, they can put on Simpsons re runs.

[Mark]

8 hours seems ridiculous considering the amount of crew they are carrying. If it was me, it would be 6 4-hours shifts with rotating duties. Can you see standing at tactical for 8 hours a day? At least you could run diagnostics or play solitare, but those guys pay the price in bordem for those comfey chairs. But that is something I've often wondered. What do they do during travel time at those duty stations when absolutely nothing is going on?

[Tsukiyumi]

But that is something I've often wondered. What do they do during travel time at those duty stations when absolutely nothing is going on?

Discreetly view porno movies.

[Mark]

Cool......where do I sign up?

[Teaos]

Well this is trek so I guess everyone tries to "better them selves".

[Sionnach Glic]

I just had a thought on why the Captain's chair doesn't have any buttons or controls on them in the 24th century.
We know how often consoles blow up, so maybe it's some sort of safety measure for the Captain? Keeping him as far away from computers as possible?

[Teaos]

On a related note, you notice how the chairs and uniforms are always a dark colour? Might it be so that if the captain sh*ts himself no one can see and he can blaim the smell on the plasma leak...