What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
Right - IIRC, the Riker incident had something to do with a combination of the transporter function and some property unique to the planet.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
Hell, you could probably throw in all sorts of stuff into it as well. Direction and speed of the wind, if Riker moved slightly at the time, how fast the ship was going, the temperature, etc. There're a shitload of a factors that may very well affect how the transportation thing goes.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
The transporters are just magic and like all magic they can do whatever the hell you want them to as the story demands a cheap and stupid plot device.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
The only particular conditions observed were partial reflectivity of the the atmosphere replicate that (if possible) and you have a cloning machine.Sionnach Glic wrote:Hell, you could probably throw in all sorts of stuff into it as well. Direction and speed of the wind, if Riker moved slightly at the time, how fast the ship was going, the temperature, etc. There're a shitload of a factors that may very well affect how the transportation thing goes.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
It's been a while so I may be wrong, but I thought it was mentioned that the atmospheric phenomenon was peculiar to that planet.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
Set up a station in orbit of the planet to begin experimenting?
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
What I find the most improbable aspect of Trek is that the human race could ever become that enlightened.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
Me too. I think WW3 may have caused a chain reaction that Cochrane's warp fight only accelerated.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
Along with First Contact. Might be improbable... but something I'd love to see happen in RL.McAvoy wrote:Me too. I think WW3 may have caused a chain reaction that Cochrane's warp fight only accelerated.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
Sorry, I don't see Trek humans as much better then RL humans. They are ahead of us in someways but by our debates here we've clearly seen they've fallen behind us in other ways.thelordharry wrote:What I find the most improbable aspect of Trek is that the human race could ever become that enlightened.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
I'd agree with that. Maybe it's the humans on Earth that are high and mighty but other humans outside Sol, would be the familiar humans that we know. Flaws and all.
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
I think this is highly probable. is it becasue of WW3 that humans on Earth decided to work more together, hence the dramatic increase in amazing technology in a relatively short amount of time?
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Re: What's the most improbable aspect of the Trek universe?
The deflector dish. Seriously, is there anything one of these can't be rewired to do? The ultimate ship would be covered in nothing but deflector dishes, all premodified so that the computer can automatically rewire them to whatever task is needed. The USS Deflector would be the closest thing to god man could make.
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I ran across a fan design that was nothing but a huge nacelle with a huge deflector on the bottom. Interesting design and at least original.
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Except that would be counter to everything that's gone before? Attempted mutual annihilation rarely brings people together. Wars are tremendous catalysts for technological advancement but promoting cooperation? Not really.The piman wrote:I think this is highly probable. is it becasue of WW3 that humans on Earth decided to work more together, hence the dramatic increase in amazing technology in a relatively short amount of time?