Why the galactic barrier and transporters don’t match real science, and why warp drive might (www.npr.org)

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[-] Haus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm with you on the transporters, but the fly in the ointment for me has always been inertial dampeners. If it's possible to sidestep conservation of inertia, I'd be pretty surprised. If not, the crew will be converted into stew the first time a ship slows down or makes a course correction.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

The other part of that is, of course, that they don't seem to use the technology (or artificial gravity or the tractor beams for that matter) for anything else. In particular no weapons or defence systems.

[-] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if there's a technical manual out there that tries to explain it. It seems like energy manipulation is something startrek tech excells at.

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