TMP, Khan, Generations, and Nemesis. Other examples abound.
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In fairness, for the last one, she says they're the closest ship, not necessarily the only ship.
I remember a list of things you never see on Star Trek, and one item was, "There's a nearby emergency, but another ship is available and can deal with it to everyone's satisfaction."
There was a TNG episode where they had two federation ships watching a .... planet explode? Maybe a stream of asteroids needed to be deflected? They were all like "they can handle it, but if something unexpected happens, we would hate to be caught with our pants down." Then the other ship exploded or something.
To be completely fair, that's a non-event. It's hard to write an episode around "nothing happened."
At the same time, it's a missed opportunity for a "slice-of-life" episode - something the Japanese have down to a science at this point. These give a series breathing room, adds some worldbuilding, develops characters in a more personal way, and can be a ton of fun to watch. So, an episode where everyone screws around on shift, with PADDs just full of news about other ships saving the day would be great.
Fun fact - this is what Data's Day was actually about.
How easily I forget. IMO, TNG could have used a few more like this.
two weeks later....
"we need you to search for the other ship, it never checked in after the emergency!"
shame, could be a fun trope.
I feel like that does happen a lot, doesn't it?
Yeah we just don't see the first message
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That's the very subject of a recent entry:
I kinda feel for Capt. Borg Fodder here.