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[–] Especially_the_lies@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

::pushes Crusher into the ocean::

[–] essellburns@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you noticed how your nipples have started to firm up once you're in the cold water?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Data: "My nipples are always firm, doctor. Is this... Unusual?"

[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

That was not funny. (It was spontaneous though)

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm so confused 😅 someone explain this to me please?

[–] jimternet@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s an Insurrection reference.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, it's been a while since I've seen any of the TNG crew movies

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For this particular movie that's a good thing.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Heh yeah, they're mostly not very… well, good.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

It's best to watch the double episodes I think

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

That's OK it just means that you still have a chance at a life.

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not that we care about that in this day and age.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your memory is amazing. Do you know any useful info?

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

Absolutely not. I can tell you how various pieces of tech on Starfleet ships works. I can quote episodes. Hell, I can recite that ridiculously long password that Data quotes to the computer in "Brothers". But I had to google how to make hardboiled eggs a few days ago.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Stamets@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get positive feedback every now and again.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So tell me what are the onboard fusion reactors for?

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well that does depend on the ship or station in question. Primarily they were used for the impulse engines which were essentially a bunch of fusion reactors strapped together and a nozzle to direct thrust. The power could be fed throughout the ship by directing it through EPS conduits. DS9 had fusion reactors left over from the Cardassians, if I remember correctly, that were used to power the overall station. If my memory is correct then those same fusion reactors could also be used in a self-destruct sequence on board DS9.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Stamets@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Wait, what?

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Another question, do you know how a forcefield works?

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

Ask whatever you like, I apparently have no depths to which I will not sink to embarrass myself lol

That being said I'm not sure how they work precisely. I don't know if they've ever talked about that much on screen and I am pretty sure it's not in the TNG Tech Manual. Not sure about others. I know that Reed described it as a 'stable EM barrier' and that they are generated from transmitters throughout various junctions and corridors. However forcefields are also just miniature versions of the shields we see around ships. Those are generated using a high concentration of gravitons to generate layers of disruptive energy that cocoon the ship in it's protective shield. Presumably the same sort of technology is being used but on a significantly smaller scale and with less overall power.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow you're amazing! Have you ever considered a career as a web server?

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

I have but people don't employ web servers that have crippling depression and fear of loud noises

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Stamets@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness—that is life.

C'est la vie. Is all good buddy. I'm just making dark jokes.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Never know what the future brings. Maybe there'll be some kind of medicine at some point.