Yet they immediately forgot again : risa

[-] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 49 points 7 months ago

If bracing for impact is good enough for the Enterprise, it's good enough for my Hyundai.

[-] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago

Everyone else in the minivan:

[-] TheFriendlyArtificer@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

In my CRV I'll often initiate attack plan omega.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 19 points 7 months ago

That's what the inertial dampeners are for!

... if they were working

[-] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

"Inertial dampeners have failed."

Many times someone will say this while the ships is performing combat maneuvers at several hundred kilometers per second.

If that were true, everyone onboard would instantly become "chunky salsa." (Obscure Trek-related quote, for anyone that can place it.)

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 16 points 7 months ago

Have you tried diverting power from life support yet?

[+] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 11 points 7 months ago

But then they can't get infected by the secret bioengineered virus left behind by the extinct species!

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 7 months ago

Then gatekeeping fans will say it breaks canon, has to be an alternate timeline/universe because they didn’t need those in TOS/TNG.

Oh, wait, that’s one of the criticisms of the environmental suits in Discovery and SNW…

[-] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 7 points 7 months ago

THEY DO HAVE THEM! Every once in a while a trek will show seatbelts and then proceed to forget about them later.

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Isn't there a joke about that in Nemesis?

Risa