[-] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 6 minutes ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

It is a theory to explain how genie knows about things like automobiles and 20th century movie stars. It posits that these are only anachronisms if the story is set in the past, as commonly assumed. But setting it in the far distant future eliminates the problem. It also explains the apparent "magic" in the world as remnants of a fallen high-tech civilization.

Rajah the tiger? Genetic engineered. Magic carpet? Hover tech. Buried stop signs (video game only)? Ancient relic. It's really quite surprising how well this theory fits.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 2 hours ago

Throw in the fan theory that Disney's version takes place thousands of years in the future.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 7 hours ago

They also put children on the ship, so maybe the admiralty isn't so smart.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

On the other hand, the few things they do know about him includes that he disobeyed orders cancelling the Farpoint mission, declared red alert in drydock, and that he has conversations with letters of the alphabet.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You mean like... speaking to someone in the same room? While they're looking at you? With their eyes?!

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 8 points 9 hours ago

Goofy at the bottom

From the phrasing and context, I was expecting something else when I clicked.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 10 points 10 hours ago

Don't forget the Snake game.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 22 hours ago

The thing that gets me about this episode is how it compares to All Good Things.

In AGT there's a scene where Picard is in the past on the bridge and he's ordering them into the anomaly, an act which seriously threatens to destroy the ship, and for which he gives no good reason. The crew reasonably objects, and Picard launches into an unpersuasive and platitudinal speech about how awesome the crew is. And the crew goes along with it.

Contrast this with the scene in Allegiance where "Picard" orders them into the anomaly, an act which seriously threatens to destroy the ship and for which he gives no good reason. "Picard" assures them with an unpersuasive and platitudinal speech. And the crew mutinies.

While it's true that in Allegiance the crew were already suspicious, it's also true that in the AGT scene the crew didn't know Picard well enough to give him the benefit of the doubt.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's nice, but it'd really be cool if he was also the messiah of an alien religion. Oh well.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

More like the military governor of a port city. Even if Starfleet isn't a military organization, the Bajoran Militia most definitely is one. And by means of the Bajoran soldiers under his direct (even divine) command, Sisko exercises legislative, executive, and judicial power at the equivalent of a municipal level, even extending over the civilian population of the station.

I want to see the timeline where Sisko declares DS9 an independent state.

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Best tank strategy ever (startrek.website)

Mercy Hospital construction area. Using a propane tank to stumble the tank off of the side.

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[-] charonn0@startrek.website 21 points 4 days ago

I'm going to start using this expression in every day conversation.

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It finally happened (startrek.website)

This is the one at MedTek, not the one in Nuka World that always works. Only took 2,555.6 hours of playtime over 11 years.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by charonn0@startrek.website to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

I've been listening to X-Minus-One episodes for the last few days and am really starting to appreciate the radio play format. Some of the stories are pretty dated, being from the 40's and 50's, but a lot of them still hold up if you're a little forgiving on the science details.

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Not like that! (crazypeople.online)
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Wife trouble (startrek.website)

A man wakes up with a hangover after a night of drinking. He doesn't even remember how he got home, and is worried that his wife will be mad.

The first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next to them, a single red rose.

He sits up and sees his clothing in front of him, all cleaned and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house.

He takes the aspirins, cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring back at him in the bathroom mirror. Then he notices a note hanging on the corner of the mirror written in red with little hearts on it and a kiss mark from his wife in lipstick: "Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to get groceries to make you your favorite dinner tonight. I love you, darling!"

He stumbles to the kitchen and sure enough, there is hot breakfast, steaming hot coffee and the morning newspaper.

His 16 year old son is also at the table, eating. He asks, "Son, what happened last night?"

"Well, you came home after 3AM, drunk out of your mind. You fell over the coffee table and broke it, and then you puked in the hallway, and got that black eye when you ran into the door."

Confused, he asked his son, "So, why is everything in such perfect order and so clean? I have a rose, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me?"

His son replies, "Oh THAT... Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off, you screamed, 'Leave me alone, lady, I'm a married man!'"

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Two hunters (startrek.website)

Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed.

The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?"

The operator says, "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead."

There is a silence; then a gun shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says, "OK, now what?"

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Of Biblical Proportions (startrek.website)

An elderly Catholic priest dies one night peacefully in his sleep after a long life of serving God, and finds himself standing at the pearly gates.

"You were such a pious and holy man in life," began St. Peter, "that as a reward you can make one request of me before leaving behind your worldly cares and entering heaven."

"Well," says the priest, "I'd like to read the original manuscript of the Bible."

Even more impressed now than before, St. Peter grants the request and takes the priest to God's own private library, before leaving him to his studies.

Shortly afterward, the priest lets out an unholy shriek. St. Peter rushes into the library and asks, "what is it? What's wrong?!"

And through gritted teeth and streams of tears the priest cried out: "Celebrate! It says celebrate, not celibate!"

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