Judith and I actually know a number of ST writers, including the former editor of the ST section of pocket books. These questions and more are very common and these are actually really polite compared to others.
> Wouldn't everyone on the Enterprise be blind at speeds above warp 1 due to > the light not being able to catch up to their eyes? Tachyon sensors > How many alien STDs does Kirk have to be carrying around? Different biology, different effects. and the transporters have viral filters as established waaaay back in the first series. Kirk must use a transporter once an hour or so. The real question is why do all of the aliens that Kirk gets with have female body parts (unless...) > Exactly how does slingshotting around the sun throw one back in time? According to one 'in cannon' book, one of the Q is responsible for a lot of those time things. There was a 3 book Q series that went into it. > What exactly is a phaser? Phased laser. Basically an adjustable laser with multiple, specific settings. We've had them in one form or another for years but they never get into the hands of non-researchers. Sucks > Why is it that all the really neat technology shows up in one episode and > then is forgotten? The rifle that shot teleporting bullets deserved better. Because they're stupid. > Why do they always forget about the non-carbon-based life forms they > encounter before the next episode? Because they're stupid. > Why is every intelligent species humanoid? You'd think somewhere some > quadraped species would have developed intelligence. Horta and organians come to mind as non-humanoid intelligent species from the first series (non-cartoon) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320245 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
