Questions tagged [star-trek]
For all questions about the Star Trek universe. Including the television series, films, characters, events, and technology in the universe. For more specific questions, use in conjunction with the relevant tags, such as [star-trek-tos] or [star-trek-tng].
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Why doesn't the Dominion employ cloaking technology?
Given how technologically advanced the Dominion are, they should have access to cloaking technology.
Why don't they employ it?
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What is the Delta Flyer's top warp speed?
In 2375 the crew of the Voyager teamed up to build the Delta Flyer which is shown going to warp multiple times during Voyager's seven season run. The original Delta Flyer was destroyed in 2377 and a ...
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Who designed the USS Voyager in-universe?
I want to know who designed the USS Voyager. I want an in-universe. The ONLY clue that I know of to who designed the USS Voyager in-universe is the Doctor's quote, " Whoever designed this ship ...
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Looking for title of old Star Trek TOS book where Spock is captured and gets earring
Two decades ago I read a lot of the old TOS novels. There was one novel where Spock was captured (on a planet iirc) and made prisoner of a female person/ alien. She equipped him with accessories like ...
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What is the in-universe justification for material hierarchical perks (such as quarters) in Starfleet?
The answer to this question indicates that there are hierarchical differences in crew quarters on, for example, the Enterprise. Apparently, Lower Decks is considered canon, and so I seem to understand ...
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Why wasn't the Daystrom M-5 kept as an AI assistant?
The Ultimate Computer shows the faults of the Daystorm M-5. When given total control over a ship, it tends to do bad things. However, that same episode shows that it's perfectly capable of making ...
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Do the Enterprisians from Star Trek: Prodigy reference a specific episode of The Original Series?
Series 1, episode 13: All the World's a Stage.
The crew encounter a culture (the Enterprisians) that seems to be based on an encounter with the crew and characters from TOS.; Sulu, Kirk, Spock are ...
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Why did Geordi have his visor replaced with ocular implants between Generations and First Contact?
In First Contact, Geordi is not wearing his VISOR and instead has ocular implants. In the previous movie, Generations, Geordi still has his VISOR for the whole movie. Why did he change?
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Was Jeremy Aster using male pronouns in reference to his cat, Patches, a blooper?
In Star Trek: TNG S03E05, "The Bonding," Jeremy Aster expresses affection for his cat, Patches:
He knows me. It's him. It's real. It's all real.
But Patches was a calico, which is almost ...
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Why did the Federation ban DNA resequencing? [duplicate]
It makes no sense that the entire Federation and group of many planets would ban DNA reseqeuncing just because of a horrific experience the humans had with it. Other members of the Federation may ...
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What do other Star Trek races call their FTL tech?
In Star Trek, the Federation use the term 'warp speed' to describe their FTL technology, presumably because it works by distorting/warping the 'real space' around the ship so that the ship can ...
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What are the 8 blue circles on the dorsal side of the Defiant on DS9?
What are the 8 blue circles on the dorsal side of the Defiant in Star Trek: DS9?
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Dilithium Crystals: Warp space directly or just supply the energy to do so?
I am extremely behind the current series as well as the Star Trek books but surely someplace just how the crystals work. My sense is that they have something to do with antimatter and perhaps then are ...
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Which episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" has a discussion about the shape of a glass?
In which episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation do Picard, Data, and La Forge discuss the strange shape of a glass with a replicated drink? I believe it happened in the meeting room and they ...
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Can a person breathe in or out while transporting?
This is a follow-up to this question, which is instead about whether air is displaced by a transporting person's body. ("What happens to the air surrounding a transport subject's origin point, ...
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