this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
288 points (99.3% liked)

Risa

7400 readers
2 users here now

Star Trek memes and shitposts

Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
all 36 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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_Maneuver@startrek.website 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 20 points 2 years ago

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

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're lucky they didn't get you!

[–] Ibex0@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

We don't know for sure they didn't get TootSweet. Careful.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Oh shit I was thinking of the wrong TNG parasites, yeah those were creepy AF.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't forget Starfleet infiltrating Starfleet

[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Damn Starfleet officers, they ruined Starfleet!"

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Boy you Starfleet officers sure are a contentious lot!

[–] nomecks@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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 12 points 2 years 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 3 points 2 years 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 2 points 2 years 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.

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was a Coup attempt in season 4 of DS9. Starfleet attempted to infiltrate Starfleet.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago

BRING ME PICTURES OF JULIAN BASHIR

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

It's a good thing that only happens in TV shows and not in real life

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Always has been

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago

And then once you're a captain you can pretty much violate the prime directive as much as you want with impunity.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

‘Wackier than TOS on its most TAS day’ …

You packed an awful lot in that comparison.

🤩

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Everyone wants to dance with the pretty girl at the party.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Turns out the pretty girl was an infiltrator

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They had to keep things fair for the Romulans. It's not like cloaked ships have ever gone undetected by Starfleet vessels. They always see tachyons or someshit.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah... after the Romulans are within like half a light year from Earth.

Even on Enterprise they can break the romulan cloaking.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Okay, the Romulans' planet blew up. Can we please use cloaking devices now??"

[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years 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.

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Starfleet took note from Stargate Command