Stuff *In Trek* that annoys the hell out of you

[Captain Picard's Hair]

... because I have a rep to maintain as "possibly the second most prolific thread starter behind Teaos"

OK, boys, bombs away

[Deepcrush]

The BS that counts for ship design!

Connie = good
Excelsior = good
Miranda = good
Nebula = good
Akira = good
Defiant = good
BoP = good
Vor'cha = good
Negh'var = good

But how many bad ones have we seen? fifty to a hundred I'd say. Its total bull****. C-4 in panels across the ship. Use of plasma instead of eletric power so that anything burns out it also kills the person using it.

[Mikey]

I second the inexplicable array of different Fed ship designs v. the scarcity of different designs among other races. I also agree with having battle damage occur to areas that are in no way related to the location that's been hit. The lack of understanding of simple tactics, although I can sort of overlook this as OOU it's based on storytelling purposes.

Lack of consistency/continuity is what really irks me. Most of the seasons 1 and 2 of ENT; VOY turning the Borg "big bad" into the Borg "angry kitten;" etc.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

I second the inexplicable array of different Fed ship designs v. the scarcity of different designs among other races. I also agree with having battle damage occur to areas that are in no way related to the location that's been hit. The lack of understanding of simple tactics, although I can sort of overlook this as OOU it's based on storytelling purposes.

Lack of consistency/continuity is what really irks me. Most of the seasons 1 and 2 of ENT; VOY turning the Borg "big bad" into the Borg "angry kitten;" etc.

Shield "bleedthrough" was the first topic I posted a thread about on DITL, and unrelated damage is a related area.

How about the growing tendency to solve [tech] through [tech] by [teching] some kind of [tech]?

[Mikey]

How about the growing tendency to solve [tech] through [tech] by [teching] some kind of [tech]?

Well said. As is becoming almost painfully obvious, I am once again forced to say:
"Because, you know... quantum."

[Captain Picard's Hair]

If you can tie in a techy solution to a real story in some way, that's one thing, but technobabble shouldn't be a story in itself.

[Nutso]

"Butt-crack-on-head" aliens. I know make-up is expensive and time consuming, but maybe have less consoles blowing up and there will be some cash for something besides head cracks/ridges/bony protrusions.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

"Butt-crack-on-head" aliens. I know make-up is expensive and time consuming, but maybe have less consoles blowing up and there will be some cash for something besides head cracks/ridges/bony protrusions.

Yes, but one big blue thing with a hominid shape has its genitals on its knees!

How exactly does this make sense? Just think of the number of times you bang your knee into something, for the Wormhole's sake! This species can't possibly be symmetrical - women growing babies on their knees? How does this thing copulate?

I'm not angry like I may sound, just really confused, in case you're wondering.

[Deepcrush]

I'm not angry like I may sound, just really confused, in case you're wondering.

We weren't.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

Thanks for your concern

[Sionnach Glic]

I think it'd be easier to list stuff in TNG+ era Trek that doesn't annoy the hell out of me.

[Deepcrush]

Your fav being the GCS right Rochey?

You couldn't live without it...

[Sionnach Glic]

Oh, I know.

[Deepcrush]

I mean really, its not good when your GCS loses to an Excelsior is it...

Sorry, I just had to bring it up.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

I think it'd be easier to list stuff in TNG+ era Trek that doesn't annoy the hell out of me.

And this board wouldn't be half of what it is without Rochey spewing violence towards Trek incompetence.