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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Another one to entertain!
-S
PS. Here is the background info:
There, I said it, the USS Enterprise (all of them) in Star Trek (all of them) had a stupid bridge. It was illogically designed, awkwardly placed, and was a complete backstep from modern thinking and plain old common sense. Here's why:
First, some ground rules: The starship Enterprise was a military vessel. Don't give me that Roddenberry-esque utopian hokum about Starfleet being an exploratory and diplomatic body. The crew had military ranks, the ship had weapons, and people got court-martialed. So, first question, why is the main control center of the ship–where all your high-ranking, high-value officers sit and work–placed on the top of the vessel where's it's easy to hit? Seriously, if Sulu ever misjudges the top of the doorjamb in spacedock, every major character gets scraped out of continuity like extra icing off a cupcake. ...
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Ok, whew, I'll have to come back when I calm down and refute this crazy premise that the Enterprise had a dumb bridge. But first, let me say, there is NO SUCH THING as extra icing on a cupcake. Huh? Got it? Ok, rethink the whole arguement, cuz that one analogy shot it down.
Neal