Star Trek geekery
8:20 PM 10/13/05 · Boldly going where few geeks would even think of going without underwear!
- Why is it the universal translator doesn't prevent people from cursing or praying in their actual language, from the audience's perspective anyway?
- If the shields are up a starship cannot use their transporter to beam anyone out of or into the ship. However, while the shields repel incoming fire they do allow the ship to fire its own weapons outward. What's up with that?
- I've read that for the replicators to produce items there has to be a fairly large amount of "bulk matter" stored onboard. Where do you suppose that is?