The Line in the Carpet

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ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 198d (1 reply)

FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 6 pts · 198d

Ah, but the steering is on the left...

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 25 pts · 198d (3 replies)

Stardate 1234.56

I know that the stardate system was rather inconsistent throughout the franchise (and even from episode to episode sometimes), but that is absolutely not a TNG stardate 🤓

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 198d

Fun fact, that Stardate puts them just before the original series began, and actually very, very close to the supposed date of Kirk taking command of the Enterprise.

marcos@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 198d (1 reply)

With all the time-traveling going on, it's a perfectly viable date.

We just have to decide if we blame Q or something else.

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 12 pts · 198d

That just reminds me of that one time anomaly episode in which a scene begins with "Captain's log, stardate... I don't even know, time doesn't actually matter right now"

Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 198d
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TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 7 pts · 198d (1 reply)

Clever. Have the Klingons deal with the mutineers.

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 8 pts · 198d

DmMacniel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 198d (10 replies)

Bad deal as Helm Control is on starboard side.

limelight79@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 197d (9 replies)

More importantly, this splits the captain's chair in half!

charonn0@startrek.website · 5 pts · 197d (2 replies)

The true captain will give up the chair rather than see it cut in half.

ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 197d

hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 196d

Salomon, is that you?

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 197d (2 replies)

Riker and Picard are both sitting in it uncomfortably at the same time.

"Stop bumping my elbows!"

"You're the one bumping my elbows!"

limelight79@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 197d

You know, I'm pretty sure I have a spoof novel where the TOS and TNG crews end up sharing a ship, and this exact thing happens. I'll try to remember to look for it tomorrow.

limelight79@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 196d

Okay, I think I found it. I didn't find my copy, but this is the book I was thinking of.

I think the sharing-bridge thing actually comes from the first book in the series, and they start this book sharing, then find the other ship in the course of this novel.

RomulusCornflakes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 197d (1 reply)

Can’t you just move it port-wards?

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 196d

that would be an act or aggression and would only fuel more conflict.

the clear option here is to beam the chair into space with Westley Crusher in it.

bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 197d

They’re both sitting in it

hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 196d

More importantly, who gets the good stuff at Ten Forward?


(e.g. Aldebaran Whiskey, Romulan Ale, ...)

TachyonTele@piefed.social · 5 pts · 198d (1 reply)

More please

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 198d

The treacherous scum William T. Riker has entered the cage chat

mech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 196d

The Portside half will speak Portuguese and the Starboard side Spanish.

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 2 pts · 197d

Ffs, we told you not to bring up nightbird.