The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 17 days agoHey, Bert. Bert. Why aren't you smiling, Bert?imagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down11
arrow-up1293arrow-down1imageHey, Bert. Bert. Why aren't you smiling, Bert?The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareHupf@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·16 days agoBeckett Mariner: Boimy’s got a phaser rifle! Nice! Now, how are those different from regular phasers? Brad Boimler: Uh, they take two hands.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 days agoPresumably higher capacity and maybe better output. But like, honestly? Data nuked a dam from miles away with a single shot from the Dustbuster hand phaser. Not sure they really needed more power.
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 days agoVulcan Science Academy: “Why do you need another warp core?” Humans: “we’re going to plug two of them together and see if we go twice as fast.” VSA: “Last time we gave you a warp core you threw it into a sun to see if the sun would go twice as fast.” Humans: “Hahaha, yeah. It did, though.” VSA: “IT EXPLODED.” Humans: “it exploded twice as fast.”
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoThe real reason Cap Archer’s dad never got to see a warp five. Bet he painted it red because that makes it go faster, too,
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoAh, the adventures of the USS Hold My Beer
Beckett Mariner: Boimy’s got a phaser rifle! Nice! Now, how are those different from regular phasers?
Brad Boimler: Uh, they take two hands.
Presumably higher capacity and maybe better output.
But like, honestly? Data nuked a dam from miles away with a single shot from the Dustbuster hand phaser.
Not sure they really needed more power.
Vulcan Science Academy: “Why do you need another warp core?”
Humans: “we’re going to plug two of them together and see if we go twice as fast.”
VSA: “Last time we gave you a warp core you threw it into a sun to see if the sun would go twice as fast.”
Humans: “Hahaha, yeah. It did, though.”
VSA: “IT EXPLODED.”
Humans: “it exploded twice as fast.”
The real reason Cap Archer’s dad never got to see a warp five.
Bet he painted it red because that makes it go faster, too,
Ah, the adventures of the USS Hold My Beer