Comment on Possible headcanon reason why consoles always explode on the bridge
WastedJobe@feddit.de 10 months agoAritificial Gravity is probably part of the system that prevents everyone from going splat against the window Maneo style when they leave warp. Without inertial dampening you couldn’t move ships basically at all, so these systems are probably passive.
Thorry84@feddit.nl 10 months ago
The inertial dampeners have issues all the time tho, but instead of everyone getting turned into red mist against a surface instantly it just causes them to sway a little and the camera to shake.
JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Survivor(star)ship bias: There are only episodes about minor issues with the inertial dampeners because major issues with the system would be very short and messy, and not make for good archival training footage for cadets or whatever the Watsonian reason for our Doyalist TV show may be.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 10 months ago
Trek might not really go for gore often, but an episode where you see the aftermath wouldn’t go amiss
Wooster@startrek.website 10 months ago
Inertial Dampeners failing means the ship can no longer remain at warp. (Ship would be fine, the meat bags of mostly water would not) Trek is usually pretty consistent about that part.
e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 10 months ago
You should really only need inertial dampeners when changing velocity. You only go splat when the ship's velocity is significantly different from yours. If it slows down before you do, you splat on the forward bulkhead. If it speeds up faster than you, you splat on the aft bulkhead.