• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Same with Geordie, or come to think of it, quite a few of the security personnel (assuming you’re talking about any single room)

    • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website
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      Heck, if random Ensign Jo is at the helm and waits for the right moment, they could probably warp the ship into a star before anyone can realize what’s going on.

      Though I think one probably one of the most potentially deadly characters in the franchise by sheer skill might be D’Vana Tendi, considering how she went through all those Romulan guards in Veritas, her ability to take over a ship, her ability to switch between an completely unintimidating and absolutely terrifying demeanor, etcetera.

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        I would think there’d be safeties in place. Just like when the captain give some abstract destination and they press like three buttons and the ship is on the way - presumably the computer recognizes what the captain wants and the rest of the people are there to hit ‘confirm’, and otherwise it’s a make work project.

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          Iirc it was in a ‘the traveler’ episode of TNG that they explained laying in a course was just 2 numbers (0-360 degrees each) plus a speed. Shouldn’t take to many button presses to accomplish that

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            One number 0-360, one number from 0-180, and a speed. But they better have quite a few decimal places if you are going to end up reasonably close to a star. Besides, that would be improbably difficult to figure those numbers in your head to go from any given location to any other. And you need to know when to stop.