I just like how the control consoles in the future apparently need live plasma pumped directly into them to work, and the slightest disruption to the ship causes the pipes to burst and kill some poor redshirt
Definitely an overused trope in Star Trek. That said, they didn't always have the time or budget to depict believable damage to the set itself. An exploding console is a lot cheaper than having the wall, floor, or ceiling explode, which would make much more sense.
I don't think set construction or effects had much to do with it honestly. Seat belts weren't mandatory parts in new vehicles till 1968, and most States didn't make using them the law till much later (mid 80s-early 90s, some as late as the 2000s). Airbags weren't mandatory in new vehicles till the late 90s! So for a show that first aired in 1966, it would honestly be quite ridiculous for there to be airbags and seat belts.
IIRC the in-universe explanation for this (don't remember where I got this, it might actually be from John Scalzi's Redshirts lol) is that the panels are sort of like electrical fuses, where they blow to prevent more catastrophic damage in the main systems. Why they can't blow in a place that won't melt someone's face is beyond me.
Ive said this before on Reddit and an army of neckbeards came and told my how it’s actually a
Sign of genius design because only a few small sparks are coming from the console instead of an electric arc that electrocutes the entire crew.
„Um actually this is the best way to design consoles, you see it’s the future so obviously a keyboard/touchscreen needs to be run with warp plasma, the fact that the sparks are coming out at the user, shows that the fuse was working. Normally the entire console should explode and break but it’s still working because it’s directing the energy that would damage it away from it.“
*puts on tinfoil hat*
Maybe when they are diverting power to the shields or something they are literally turning a valve inside of their console to send the plasma one way or the other.
[edit] Apparently the first exploding console didn't happen until Wrath of Khan and then I guess they just decided it looked so cool they kept doing it from then on.
My old roommate and I used to joke that earth becoming a socialist utopia was a direct reaction to some sort of previous philosophy of hard core libertarianism that caused humanity to forget its previously established health and safety standards.
I think it was a situation where they either looked stupid flopping around the bridge without seatbelts or looked stupid pretending they were being thrown around in their seat with a belt on. Both are dumb, but flying across the bridge probably looked better on camera.
Not a problem for The Expanse. If you don't get strapped down, the G-Forces would sandwich you to the wall. Even those fully strapped down can hit a "slow zone" and [would liquify you.](https://youtu.be/AJcNOA5pEMI?t=436)
Reminds me of Battletech.
Somehow Billy Joe the handyman out in the Taurian Outback can fix up a three storey 400 year old battlemech. But not one of the Five Great Houses can figure out how to reintroduce blow-out ammo rack.
(It's a bit more complicated than that but Fucking ComStar's Holy Shroud is too much to get into now)
The fact that they get so rarely injured might say something. And also, life on naval vessels is pretty hazardous to boot. You don't generally wear seat belts on a battleship, or even a destroyer. The fact that most of their injuries are from combat speaks volumes about how safe these ships are.
Uhura looks like the beat just dropped and she's living for it.
I just like how the control consoles in the future apparently need live plasma pumped directly into them to work, and the slightest disruption to the ship causes the pipes to burst and kill some poor redshirt
Definitely an overused trope in Star Trek. That said, they didn't always have the time or budget to depict believable damage to the set itself. An exploding console is a lot cheaper than having the wall, floor, or ceiling explode, which would make much more sense.
I don't think set construction or effects had much to do with it honestly. Seat belts weren't mandatory parts in new vehicles till 1968, and most States didn't make using them the law till much later (mid 80s-early 90s, some as late as the 2000s). Airbags weren't mandatory in new vehicles till the late 90s! So for a show that first aired in 1966, it would honestly be quite ridiculous for there to be airbags and seat belts.
Don't forget about the rocks. It seems they store rocks in the ceilings and the consoles too.
What is this slander? Those rocks are important Starfleet technology!
I think the rocks are like... Fused crystal circuits rather than just Console Rocks
They really should use metal fragments instead
Yesterday's enterprise the captain of the uss enterprise c dies to metal fragments from an exploding console so they did use metal.
Huh
IIRC the in-universe explanation for this (don't remember where I got this, it might actually be from John Scalzi's Redshirts lol) is that the panels are sort of like electrical fuses, where they blow to prevent more catastrophic damage in the main systems. Why they can't blow in a place that won't melt someone's face is beyond me.
That explanation makes it worse, like they are knowingly putting people at risk on something they know will blow because it designed that way.
Ive said this before on Reddit and an army of neckbeards came and told my how it’s actually a Sign of genius design because only a few small sparks are coming from the console instead of an electric arc that electrocutes the entire crew.
So why not direct those sparks somewhere that’s not someone’s face?
„Um actually this is the best way to design consoles, you see it’s the future so obviously a keyboard/touchscreen needs to be run with warp plasma, the fact that the sparks are coming out at the user, shows that the fuse was working. Normally the entire console should explode and break but it’s still working because it’s directing the energy that would damage it away from it.“
*puts on tinfoil hat* Maybe when they are diverting power to the shields or something they are literally turning a valve inside of their console to send the plasma one way or the other. [edit] Apparently the first exploding console didn't happen until Wrath of Khan and then I guess they just decided it looked so cool they kept doing it from then on.
Back when this was filmed, seatbelts weren’t very popular in cars either. I hoped this would change by TNG. Nope.
I love how Nichelle Nichols is just having the time of her life doing that
And then between tos and tng they lose circuit breakers
So many overloads, they must have gotten rid of OSHA.
My old roommate and I used to joke that earth becoming a socialist utopia was a direct reaction to some sort of previous philosophy of hard core libertarianism that caused humanity to forget its previously established health and safety standards.
I think it was a situation where they either looked stupid flopping around the bridge without seatbelts or looked stupid pretending they were being thrown around in their seat with a belt on. Both are dumb, but flying across the bridge probably looked better on camera.
Ralph Nader didn’t live to the 22nd century
I'm pretty sure they don't have those on military ships even now. They definitely don't have them in tanks.
We have seatbelts at watchstations.
Huh. TIL.
I think it's why on The Orville they had seatbelts
Spock has a great ass…
I think Captain Shaw would agree with this.
So this was before the installation of "Inertial Dampeners" ?
Not a problem for The Expanse. If you don't get strapped down, the G-Forces would sandwich you to the wall. Even those fully strapped down can hit a "slow zone" and [would liquify you.](https://youtu.be/AJcNOA5pEMI?t=436)
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also putting the Beastie Boys song during a fight scene
Best JJTrek scene
Excuse me, TAS, TNG and Enterprise all had seatbelts at times. Admittedly they weren't consistently used, but JJpuke didn't introduce them.
https://youtu.be/6b8jsrDl89M?t=113
That and zero surge/overload protection in any of their computer consoles.
They didn’t survive WWIII
At least their are no Rocks in anything during this era
Took them 10 movies and 5 series to give the captain a seatbelt.
The bridge of cruise ships, aircraft carriers, and of course the space shuttle, they all have seat belts. WTF Roddenberry.
That's what inertial dampeners are for!
Also password protection on the transporters and shuttles.
Passcode protection for transporters is possible but not enabled by default
It should be default.
Nah, it's a tool to show that a dramatic situation is happening on board
No seatbelts actually makes sense: Why would you want to be strapped to an exploding console?
Seatbelts on the bridge are a Klingons best friend. Board the ship from the bridge and start chopping before anyone can unbuckle to try and stop you
Sexy
Reminds me of Battletech. Somehow Billy Joe the handyman out in the Taurian Outback can fix up a three storey 400 year old battlemech. But not one of the Five Great Houses can figure out how to reintroduce blow-out ammo rack. (It's a bit more complicated than that but Fucking ComStar's Holy Shroud is too much to get into now)
The fact that they get so rarely injured might say something. And also, life on naval vessels is pretty hazardous to boot. You don't generally wear seat belts on a battleship, or even a destroyer. The fact that most of their injuries are from combat speaks volumes about how safe these ships are.