The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 2 months agoMe, every time the transporter debate kicks off.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square296linkfedilinkarrow-up1902arrow-down113
arrow-up1889arrow-down1imageMe, every time the transporter debate kicks off.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square296linkfedilink
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf you fly instead, you have to trust the pilot, ATC, the mechanics, the aircraft engineers, the builder, its suppliers, and on and on. At least in a transporter malfunction, you die in an instant, rather than in terror as the plane crashes.
minus-squareEnsignWashout@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoFun science fiction fact: Sometimes a transporter accident can take several horrific seconds to die.
If you fly instead, you have to trust the pilot, ATC, the mechanics, the aircraft engineers, the builder, its suppliers, and on and on. At least in a transporter malfunction, you die in an instant, rather than in terror as the plane crashes.
Fun science fiction fact: Sometimes a transporter accident can take several horrific seconds to die.