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What's the best Problem Solver? (startrek.website)

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[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Will always love the scene where they're on Apophis's ship, looking down over the shield generator. Bra'tac states that to disable it, they need to go on some long cliche sci fi quest of going through multiple decks, flipping various controls, etc to disable the generator. O'Neill just calmly pulls out a couple grenades and drops them into the generator, destroying it.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 37 points 2 weeks ago

That's why the Asgard wanted humans as allies. They had a unique but primitive way of tackling problems everyone else had forgotten.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

"What do you mean we just blow up our brand new highly advanced spaceship?"

"WTF that worked?!"

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

The "O'Neil". Writers were cleverer back then.

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

There's another guy with only one 'L'

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

And he has no sense of humor.

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Best response to a post I've ever gotten.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Or the time when the Asgard are like “your stupid method of using shotguns against the replicators is surprisingly effective.”

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Well... It also worked against the Borg every time, but Star Trek people insisted on never replicating some.

Maybe they should send the Enterprise back in time to recruit somebody too.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 weeks ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVxft5yCBY&t=398

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yup, that's the one!

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 weeks ago

The next bit is gold too.

What now?

Now we die.

Well that's a bad plan. Where are the glider bays from here?

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Are these....shuttles...formidable warships?

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago

Stargate wouldn't be C4, it would be a Zat'nik'tel.

one shot stuns
two shots kill
three shots vaporizes

Full credit to Shanks for asking the important questions how badly designed a plot device it is. "How long between shots does it reset on the same target?"

[-] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

Nah man. P90

[-] lemmyng@piefed.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago

This (waves P90) is a weapon of war.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I love that the p90 was literally designed to be the opposite. it was supposed to be issued to truck drivers and other support type personnel (and close quarters peace time antiterrorism type stuff).

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

IIRC the 5.7mm was purpose designed to punch through paratrooper body armor. It absolutely is a weapon of war.

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[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hey you, get that target swingin a little

[-] aaaa@piefed.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing has been disintegrated since 1969

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[-] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

A thoroughly rousing speech on space ethics from captain Janeway .

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Followed by breaking said ethics/morals/Prime Directive.

[-] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Found section 31.

[-] teft@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

With as much temporal shenanigans that she got up to it wouldn't suprise me if Janeway founded Section 31.

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 9 points 2 weeks ago

Uhm. I think you mean from Daniel fucking Jackson.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago

Or just telling the helmsman they're relieved and piloting the ship herself between two stars. Probably my favorite scene of hers. Fuck with her crew and she's pissed. Kill one of them, oh hell...

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

TOS phaser with TNG Picard? C'mon

[-] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Star Trek phasers can be rigged to be explode just fine. They have all the functionality of C4 plus some.

[-] SatyrSack@quokk.au 15 points 2 weeks ago

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Self sealing stem-bolts.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'd gladly pay you yamok sauce on Tuesday for a self sealing stem-bolt today.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like an idiot.

Everyone wants these things and I don’t even know what they do.

I guess it doesn’t matter, they sell well.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

One of my oldest

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

The sonic by far, a lightsaber is probably cooler and phasers are crazy versatile, by the time I stopped watching Doctor Who it was basically a magic wand if it wasn’t always.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

It always was

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Can you imagine the mischief Scotty would have gotten into if he had a sonic screwdriver

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[-] PhatalFlaw@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Handy timing with the announcement of new Star Gate!

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[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago

C4? Please. How about using an actual Stargate to destroy a system?

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

"You blow up one sun and they never let you forget it..."

[-] Delta_V@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Hasn't Dr. Who canonically killed literally everything?

They've reset the timeline of the entire universe, destroying the previous timeline and everyone in it.

The Doctor committed omnicide to win the war against the Daleks.

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[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The problem solver in Star Wars is an astromech droid.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

...credit where it's due: the Death Star solved ALL of Alderaan's problems with a single keystroke.

[-] shutz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

If we're going by frequency, for Star Trek, I'd replace the phaser with "reversing the polarity". But I think it's pretty spot-on for the others.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

[-] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

When in doubt, C-4. -The Walrus

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Jamie is the one who said that

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[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

SG for the m'fn P90. Duh.

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