3 ms·
People get tossed out of their seats every other episode in star trek. I'm sure I've seen multiple "medical team to the bridge"s due to someone getting knocked
by maweaver 3y ago
People get tossed out of their seats every other episode in star trek. I'm sure I've seen multiple "medical team to the bridge"s due to someone getting knocked loose by the ship shaking and hitting their head on a console.
- ghaff 3y agoThat and in the future we'll apparently forget everything we ever learned about electrical codes and the proper way to build things so they don't spark and catch fire at the slightest provocation.
- ourmandave 3y agoAt least they installed handrails in engineering, even if it was just so they had something to go flying over when the ship tilted. Unlike the OSHA be damned Death Star.
- RedShift1 3y agoAnd use rocks for padding steel frames.
- verve_rat 3y agoI actually saw a reasonable explanation for this once: battleshort[1]. That is, sometimes equipment has its fuses bypassed because under battle conditions it is better to have the equipment working in a dangerous state, than not working at all. So when the ship goes to red alert all the major systems are automatically put in battleshort mode. So a couple of ensigns die rather then the weapons stop working because a fuse blew. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleshort https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleshort
- hef19898 3y agoThat is a very old-school approach so. But it could be an in-uniberse explanation. Overall so, Federation, and Star Trek equipment in general, just seems so incredibly unsafe. Very easy to jury-rigg repairs and modify it so, especially the shield generators!
- Izkata 3y agoAlso, Star Trek uses a plasma grid to distribute energy, not simple electrical lines. I think I remember reading somewhere (this may have been fan theory) the sparks flying off are a pressure-release so it doesn't just straight explode.