Star Trek

>>82581818
Stick to star wars kid.

drains the power to their shields

>>82581818
Too expensive of an effect.

They only actually did an "Enterprise fires all its weapons" shot once, they just recycled that everytime the plot demanded it.

>>82581818
Because Picard was a terrible captain. He was basically an ambassador that somebody decided to give the flagship of the fleet to.

>>82581953
>captain of an old shitty starship
>get it destroyed
>given the latest and most advanced ship in the fleet

Starfleet is really really dumb.

>>82581818
>Why didn't the Enterprise in TNG always just fire everything when under attack?

Because you only use as much force as a situation requires.

picard is an idiot

>captain, 3 heavily armed vessiles are approaching with shields up and weapons charged, they're locked on to us. should i raise shields?
>no mr worf, we don't want to provoke them

Picard is easily the worst captain. le unbendable moral code man would have gotten his crew killed over and over again if he wasn't constantly bailed out by bullshit plot magic.

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Same reason you don't unload your entire mag when the ragheads take a pop shot.

>>82582040
>>captain of an old shitty starship
For 22 years.

Daily Reminder that Beverly was only 9 years old when Picard received his first command.

The real question is: If Picard lost the Stargazer in 2355, what was he doing until 2364 when they gave him command of the D?

>>82581818

they were pacifist pussies who always tried to "disable their enemy's weapons"

>>82582988

desk job at hq?

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Why weren't there any warp engines on the saucer section?

>ship is in so much danger that the saucer should separate
>stardrive section goes into battle and is destroyed
>enemy ship then goes for the saucer, which can't get away and can barely defend itself

At least they fixed it with the Prometheus class, even if it looks extremely stupid

>>82582505
It's called a CLIP anon, get it right. Ughhghhhhhh

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tfw no archaeologist thief gf

>>82581953
>>82583045

"Picard the limp-dicked pacifist" is the equivalent of the idea that Kirk was an impulsive sex addict. ie a small aspect of the character's been massively exaggerated in pop culture, which pretend-Trek fans regurgitate to act like they know what they're talking about

Try watching the show. Picard gets put into a lot of diplomacy-centered situations, sure, but he never hesitates to use force when the times comes. This is the guy who murdered his own time-travelling copy without flinching.

>>82585929

I wasn't singling out Picard, 24th century starfleet were pussies in general until the borg came along

he didn't put the damn kids on the ship

>>82583397
if wesley fell into plasma conduit on the saucer section, it would blow up everyone. if you seperate the saucer, you might be able to get out of there in time. you can also trap the borg in engineering and seperate, then blow up the warp core.

>>82584634
She was a top waifu. I wish more characters like her had episodes that were spaced out between treks (she's in first season DS9) but I bet there are probably a lot of filming / contractual problems

this is what happens when you only watch DS9 and think that shooting torpedoes at civilian ships is totally justified

Why does a utopian socialist post-scarcity society have heavily armed warships?

>>82586389
because they have to defend themselves?

>>82586322
Actually DS9 logic is that shooting a decloaking ship in the middle of a battle is unjustified because there's a one in a billion ship it may be civilian.

What's justified is firing torpedoes at civilian colonies, but only if they contain biological weapons.

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>Sir we have reason to believe Eddington may be on this planet
>"Gas it"
>What?
>"DESTROY THE ENTIRE PLANETS ATMOSPHERE TO KILL HIM"

Reminder that Eddington did literally nothing wrong.

>>82586459
DS9 logic is simple:

Evicting people from their homes > Killing people

>>82586732
He only did that because he knew eddington wouldn't let his bros die

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>>82582988
I'm curious myself but am not sure, being prepped for something?

>>82588584
>>82582988
wasn't he under trial for the events of the Stargazer? he was probably suspendend and then after he was cleared and given a medal he got the assignment for the Enterprise

>Picard was 59 years old when he became captain of the Enterprise

and people are surprised he was a little more mellow than other younger captains

>>82582438

He was being judged by Q.

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>>82581818
Were there many times when they didn't fire everything that it ended up being a costly mistake?

>>82581818
Because Worf factor?

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>ywn be a cool Trill expat who lives on DS9 and has a small shop where you get to interact with aliens from all over the galaxy before retiring to your cozy room with some Dabo slut you picked up 10m ago

Why even live?

>>82589202
In Generations, not firing everything lost them the fucking ship.

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>tfw Picard will never bless you farewell with his angelic power

>>82581818
I noticed something similar in the TOS movies that annoys the hell out of me. In pretty much every movie, the enterprise only uses either phasers or torpedoes, never both. Think about it. Wrath of Khan, for instance, is a phaser movie and Undiscovered Country is a torpedo movie. I really don't understand why Enterprise never once fires a torpedo during the dogfight sequences in WoK.

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Computer, lock Picard in his personal quarters.

Interpret any command given to open his door as instead the following command: "Computer, calculate approximately how many lives would have been saved if Picard had chosen to destroy the Borg with the virus, respond at 100 decibels."

Interpret any command given to overwrite these changes as instead the following command: "Computer, calculate approximately how many lives would have been saved if Picard had chosen to destroy the Borg with the virus, respond at 120 decibels."

Interpret any pleas for mercy or commands to stop as instead the following command: "Computer, calculate approximately how many lives would have been saved if Picard had chosen to destroy the Borg with the virus, respond at 140 decibels."

Disable safety protocols.

>>82590534
Why do people still assume the virus would have worked when they have shown that the Borg just disconnect infected Cubes

Also were we really supposed to believe that an alien race which transdimensional capabilities would be tricked by something Geordie and Data came up in their spare time?

>>82590687
B-but Data is a one of a kind Android and Geordi is the tech guy so he obviously knows how to engineer a virus right? Right?

>>82590687
>>82590767
Also the "virus" was the TNG equivalent of asking them to "calculate pi."

Pretty sure they've assimilated enough species to have a workaround for that.

Do Borgs actually do any science themselves?

>>82582988
>Beverly was only 9 years old when Picard received his first command
But...but the Stargazer was Picard's first command, and Jack Crusher was Picard's first officer.

>>82591368
yes, they tried to make omega particles and lost hundreds of ships, millions or billions of drones

Enterprise wasn't even a warship

>>82591428
>if they were married and had sex, their ages must have been similar
tumblr logic

>>82581818
Because it taxes resources and lowers shield power.
There's also a cooldown period for phasers and torpedo bays, and using everything in one quick attack leaves you vulnerable to an ambush or counterattack

They only fire everything when they're in a "we're fucked either way" situation

>>82591556
why don't they install multiple warp cores and have one only to power the weapons and one for the shields?

>>82591428
>Jack Crusher was Picard's first officer.
Not for the entire 22 years Picard was there.

>>82591587
because they weren't building warships

>>82590137
>Wrath of Kahn is a phaser movie
>Kahn fires a torpedo at the enterprise engineering section, disabling auxillary power
>"battlestations" scene of the torpedo being loaded
>Kahn misses a long range torpedo shot while chasing the enterprise into the nebula
>Kahn misses with aft torpedo in the nebula battle
>Relant's upper module and nacelle destroyed by torpedoes from enterprise in the nebula battle finale

>>82591587
Because starfleet doesn't build warships.

I also think there's some sciency mumbojumbo reason for not being able a lot of warp cores in close proximity.

>>82591368
The assimilate, not innovate as Janeway or 7 said.

>>82591655
Wow, did you expect me to have the whole movie memorized? How does it feel being such a nerd?

My comment wasn't meant to be taken literally. It was more of an impressionistic assessment.

>>82591655
Oops, sorry, you got me. I guess I should have paid more attention. Thanks for correcting me. >>82591788 isn't me, by the way.

>>82591788
>>82591829
I don't know what kind of chicanery is going on here but neither of these two faggots are me.

>>82591862
So then what's your response to >>82591655?

>>82591829
>>82591788
>>82591862
all me

>Kirk was only 32 years old when he became captain
>actor looks like he was 50 years old

Why was this allowed?

>>82591888
Those were phaser torpedoes, not the photon torpedoes we typically see in Star Trek, so they don't count.

Also, everyone in this thread is me.

>>82591788
>>82591829
>>82591862
>>82591889
>>82591919
Goddamnit Brent, what did we say about playing all the parts in the episode?

>>82591919
>Those were phaser torpedoes,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EigIujKxDcE

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>>82581947
>too expensive an effect
Meanwhile Babylon 5 is edited on a Commodore Amiga 500. (500kb)

>>82591948
Oh it shows, J, it shows.

>>82582988
He was giving Dr Crusher command of the D

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>>82591948
>>82591993
tfw you rewatch a cherished show of your childhood, and notice how crude the models are

>>82592076
Contain Dr Crusher and recalibrate your modular zippers to allow free passage of the D.

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>>82591948
>too expensive an effect
you have no idea how cheap ST was. Even the latest seasons looked like shit

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"Commander, tell me about your sexual organs."

>>82592171
Congratulations, you got it right.

>>82592151
>all those duplicates
Wew lad.

>>82592204
>there can't be more than than one ship of a specific class
why?

>>82592204
as far as i remember the whole final battle was recycled completely from previous seasons

Does anyone remember the name of fan made project on low budget Star trek movie about war with Klingons. It looked promising

>>82592204
You don't like seeing that Galor-class fuccvessel double-teamed by those two Galaxy-class chadships?

Wew.

>>82592151
Something always looked off about this to me. I think there's just not enough variation in ship size. Federation ships always look weird grouped together.

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>>82592204
It's almost as if they built more than one of any given starship design.

>>82592268
Axenar. It's pretty much defunct as far as I know. The studio came down on them hard.

>>82592342
Thnx. Its a shame. Trailer was very interesting. It would probably look better than those absolutely disgusting ST movies.

>>82592151
Miranda Class
Excelsior Class
80 yr old starship designs zooming around like Tie-Fighters

another F.U. from Rick Berman

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>>82592317
Its the fire/explosion effect. They used the cheapest method - they just put a regular explosion on CGI instead of generating particles. Also check out how it should look properly.

>>82592317
they feel like a swarm of kamikaze fighters instead of ships

>>82592342
>>82592399
Axanar, and I'm not sure if its been scrapped completely, I think it just has to be restructured into smaller segments instead of the 90 minute film they were thinking of making

This is Captain Prickard of the EU Enterprise.

We are on an anal exploration mission. Lower your shields and accept our surrender. Or we will be forced to open fire.

>>82592455
The explosions look fine in that DS9 scene because the ships are actually breaking apart with the explosions.

This scene looks terrible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ealMflBsOI
Explosions are everywhere on the DS9 model, yet no part of DS9 is actually blowing up.

>>82592581
>Explosions are everywhere on the DS9 model, yet no part of DS9 is actually blowing up.

Maybe that's because of the deflector shield.

>>82592628
They show a deflector shield on the innter ring, but they don't show one on the outer ring. The VFX artists goofed.

There is a massive step-up in CGI quality between season 5 and season 6.

>>82592576
This is Captain Dykeway of the EU Amsterdam.

Our data suggests that free passage into my vagina is worth at least 50 Federation credits. Sufficient to pay for open access to the Barzan wormhole.

>>82592455
>They used the cheapest method - they just put a regular explosion on CGI instead of generating particles.
Almost as if the CGI effects were made ten years before the webm you posted.

>>82592628
Jews want you to believe this

>>82592678
Same as babylon 5 and it doesnt looked like shit there

Why didn't the Power Rangers in TPR always just mega-zoid everything when under attack? .

>>82592729
"Heh."

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>It's a "Sisko never goes into the Vic holosuite because he claims he doesn't like it, but really it's because Vic doesn't let blacks in there in the 1950s" episode

>>82592757
The rules of bushido prevent them from escalating their level of force before the opponent escalates first.

>>82592757
it costs 1 billion dollars a minute to operate and maintain the megazord.

>>82592757
>>82592781
>>82592809
Why are the power rangers posts the only good posts ITT?

>>82581818
>WEAPON POWER TO THE MAXIMUM!


http://www.strawpoll.me/12851203

http://www.strawpoll.me/12851203

>>82592151
Why is it in space battles every shit is always facing the same way up?

>>82592843
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, you insensitive clod.

>>82592850
Same reason there's sound in space.

It's a fucking television show.

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>>82592151
>meanwhile at a noob franchise

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>>82592850
Its not. Its just easier to watch it desu thus better for the viewer

Complaining about ST and then talking about other Sci-Fi shows is a noted Romulan ploy, Captain.

>>82592906
Fuck it was good battle

>>82592906
>>82592950
>oh shit guys where's the stealth ship
>I can't see the stealth ship guys
Feels like there was a pretty major flaw in their plan there.

>>82593007
why? they knew it was hidden near the station. Stealth != cloaking device

>>82593067
>not just shooting particles in the direction to expose the anomaly

>>82593116
I dont get it desu. They are not klingon war ships. They dont disappear

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>>82592941

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not enough neelix

>>82582505
>Receive popshot
>Arm everything you've got
>Tell them they have until the count of 30 to disengage immediately or incur the wrath of the fleet
>Baby-back bitched ships back the fuck down and go home crying to their mommies

Now that's what I call diplomacy, anon. That's what I call diplomacy.

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Why didn't you protect her smile?

I want to see Hoshi get PORTHOS'D

>>82581953
>>82581818
Fucking retards.

The federation aren't klingons where they want to eradicate every ship they engage. Starfleet minimizes casualties as much as possible.

>>82593525
Never forget that Neelix somehow managed to infect Voyager's computer with a virus with his cheese.

>>82594274
Any Hoshi x Porthos fan fiction?

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>>82590534

>>82593896
I used to think she was that same bitch who played the fake wife in The Truman Show.

Any Porthos x Neelix fan fiction?

>>82592455
bsg had nice cgi, it was ruined by the fake shakey cam view that was followed by a zoom in.
every.
single.
shot.