Star trek is set in 2267±1. The first double action revolvers date back to the early 1900s, and were phased out by law enforcement in the 1980s and 1990s. So on average in common usage they date from 1945±45.
So the gun he picked up is around 322 years old. He's thinking about historical artifacts. If he lived in 2025, he'd be thinking of a weapon from the early 1700s. It'd be like dreaming of a flintlock musket, or a rapier or french small sword. You know, nerd stuff.
we got a castle a couple valleys over. it's full of swords and armor and a dungeon and wine and nerd shit i guess. no boiling oil unless you bring your own i guess? it's great.
This gets referenced, sort of, in TAS: The Slaver Weapon.Spock asks him about the weapon, since he's acknowledged as an expert on weapons and firearms.
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hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 83 pts · 355d
Star trek is set in 2267±1. The first double action revolvers date back to the early 1900s, and were phased out by law enforcement in the 1980s and 1990s. So on average in common usage they date from 1945±45.
So the gun he picked up is around 322 years old. He's thinking about historical artifacts. If he lived in 2025, he'd be thinking of a weapon from the early 1700s. It'd be like dreaming of a flintlock musket, or a rapier or french small sword. You know, nerd stuff.
belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org · 10 pts · 355d
💯, and makes this so much better. He has a phaser, way better than Gun. Gun is a nerd antique for the curio
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
we got a castle a couple valleys over. it's full of swords and armor and a dungeon and wine and nerd shit i guess. no boiling oil unless you bring your own i guess? it's great.
unconsequential@slrpnk.net · 39 pts · 355d
The look of absolute satisfaction.
bizarroland@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 355d
Would it have been too on the nose for Checkov to have found the gun?
BakerBagel@midwest.social · 17 pts · 355d
I believe this episode was season 1 so there was no Chekov yet
bizarroland@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
So not on the nose at all, just like temporaly impossible, lol.
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 355d
Newklear wessels
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
sai chore
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 23 pts · 355d
God damn they don't make men much more gorgeous than young Takei. Dude was dashing af.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 355d
He's always been handsome in that pretty-boy way.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
He's still handsome in a pretty old man way
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
i keep expecting him to do the pec dance and his shirt is on
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 355d
Sulu singing inside his own head: "happiness is a warm gun"
klemptor@startrek.website · 4 pts · 355d
bang bang, shoot shoot
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Sulu inside his head
thedaemon@lemmy.sdf.org · 18 pts · 355d
Gun..GUN, gun gun.. gun.! GUN!!!
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 15 pts · 355d
This gets referenced, sort of, in TAS: The Slaver Weapon.Spock asks him about the weapon, since he's acknowledged as an expert on weapons and firearms.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 355d
Sitting at the helm, hours on end .... and all he thinks about is .... gun
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
Sulu is an American…