I don’t get why the admiral made such a weird face over it. Surely Admirals had to do PR stuff too; and ‘Captains Day’ was probably a common thing on any ship with children on board (and probably had to interact with families even when they weren’t allowed on board.)
Seriously, that admiral was probably one of the losers that ordered using children as a shield in the first place. I mean, er, allowing families, to uh, be together. on a totally-not-actually-a-warship-that-totally-doesn’t-nearly-get-destroyed-every-other-mission ship of exploration.
Can you imagine the modern day equivalent, say an aircraft carrier, sailing the seven seas as a scientific/exploration/diplomatic/military mission with full families and a school full of children and even perhaps a small maternity ward.
Red Alert! Battle Stations! Cancel the music recital and postpone the pancake breakfast until further notice.
They absolutely should have figured out some basic bitch warp drive for the saucer. Pop out nacelles? At some point the D was provided with a runabout, maybe two of those could have extended a warp shell around the saucer? Literally anything would be better than asking it to limp along at sublight speeds.
I don’t get why the admiral made such a weird face over it. Surely Admirals had to do PR stuff too; and ‘Captains Day’ was probably a common thing on any ship with children on board (and probably had to interact with families even when they weren’t allowed on board.)
Seriously, that admiral was probably one of the losers that ordered using children as a shield in the first place. I mean, er, allowing families, to uh, be together. on a totally-not-actually-a-warship-that-totally-doesn’t-nearly-get-destroyed-every-other-mission ship of exploration.
Can you imagine the modern day equivalent, say an aircraft carrier, sailing the seven seas as a scientific/exploration/diplomatic/military mission with full families and a school full of children and even perhaps a small maternity ward.
Red Alert! Battle Stations! Cancel the music recital and postpone the pancake breakfast until further notice.
Yes. Its okay. They can just turn them into instant hostages by separating the saucer section.
That’ll be fine. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
They absolutely should have figured out some basic bitch warp drive for the saucer. Pop out nacelles? At some point the D was provided with a runabout, maybe two of those could have extended a warp shell around the saucer? Literally anything would be better than asking it to limp along at sublight speeds.
I can hear the music in this photo.