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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Been watching voyager on netflix and it just occured to me why the hell do they never wear body armour?
Storming a borg ship the borg all have personal sheilds and armour our brave Janeway and co....spandex.
Even enterprise which its closer to realism tact still no body armour |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They have phasers...set to kill.
That dont work on the people smart enough to bring armour and sheilds :p"
Aim for the eyes?
Phasers wouldn't work on the Borg anyway, they would have to keep changing the frequency so they couldn't adapt. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Maybe the outfits are coated in Teflon,the stuff that's on stab vests.
They're not Teflon a phaser burns straight through  "
Iirc Patrick stewart said the first itra2tion of TNG costumes where wool and itchy as hell |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"They have phasers...set to kill.
That dont work on the people smart enough to bring armour and sheilds :p
Aim for the eyes?
Phasers wouldn't work on the Borg anyway, they would have to keep changing the frequency so they couldn't adapt."
See why dont federation security teams have a sheild back pack or soemthing |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Maybe the outfits are coated in Teflon,the stuff that's on stab vests.
They're not Teflon a phaser burns straight through
Iirc Patrick stewart said the first itra2tion of TNG costumes where wool and itchy as hell"
I bet they were glad when breathable Lycra was invented. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They have phasers...set to kill.
That dont work on the people smart enough to bring armour and sheilds :p
Aim for the eyes?
Phasers wouldn't work on the Borg anyway, they would have to keep changing the frequency so they couldn't adapt.
See why dont federation security teams have a sheild back pack or soemthing"
Don't the security wear some kind of armoured uniform? I haven't watched for ages. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Solid armour doesn't work on phase beams, unlike the ppgs in B5 which was dampened by body armour somewhat.
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Is a phaser a particle beam or a pure energy weapin like a laser.
If particle dense mass would help and for lasers some kind of abalative material might work.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"They have phasers...set to kill.
That dont work on the people smart enough to bring armour and sheilds :p
Aim for the eyes?
Phasers wouldn't work on the Borg anyway, they would have to keep changing the frequency so they couldn't adapt.
See why dont federation security teams have a sheild back pack or soemthing
Don't the security wear some kind of armoured uniform? I haven't watched for ages. "
Nah same old spandex.
Although i think they changed from red being the securiry and gold the comand to red comand gold to security |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
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"Maybe the outfits are coated in Teflon,the stuff that's on stab vests.
You mean kevlar, teflon is the non stick coating on your frying pan :p"
That's the stuff
Kids school trouser have Teflon coatings |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Been watching voyager on netflix and it just occured to me why the hell do they never wear body armour?
Storming a borg ship the borg all have personal sheilds and armour our brave Janeway and co....spandex.
Even enterprise which its closer to realism tact still no body armour "
Ah but we all know that unless you are the unlucky bugger in the red spandex suit you are pretty much safe. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They have phasers...set to kill.
That dont work on the people smart enough to bring armour and sheilds :p
Aim for the eyes?
Phasers wouldn't work on the Borg anyway, they would have to keep changing the frequency so they couldn't adapt.
See why dont federation security teams have a sheild back pack or soemthing
Don't the security wear some kind of armoured uniform? I haven't watched for ages. "
Security landing parties always get shot |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Maybe the outfits are coated in Teflon,the stuff that's on stab vests.
You mean kevlar, teflon is the non stick coating on your frying pan :p
That's the stuff
Kids school trouser have Teflon coatings "
My son can destroy them very easily |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Been watching voyager on netflix and it just occured to me why the hell do they never wear body armour?
Storming a borg ship the borg all have personal sheilds and armour our brave Janeway and co....spandex.
Even enterprise which its closer to realism tact still no body armour
Ah but we all know that unless you are the unlucky bugger in the red spandex suit you are pretty much safe."
They changed that captains wear red now the redshirts are gold.
Maybe they thought that changing the uniform colour would make the security teams imortal like.kirk |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Is a phaser a particle beam or a pure energy weapin like a laser.
If particle dense mass would help and for lasers some kind of abalative material might work.
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The beams had appreciable mass as evidenced by the impact and knock back from most blows.
The haynes phaser manual has a lot of info in it, if you can find a copy of it.
The trek website MemoryAlpha also has answers to your question |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Maybe the outfits are coated in Teflon,the stuff that's on stab vests.
You mean kevlar, teflon is the non stick coating on your frying pan :p
That's the stuff
Kids school trouser have Teflon coatings "
You seen the neverwet spray coating?
Seriously impressive. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Is a phaser a particle beam or a pure energy weapin like a laser.
If particle dense mass would help and for lasers some kind of abalative material might work.
The beams had appreciable mass as evidenced by the impact and knock back from most blows.
The haynes phaser manual has a lot of info in it, if you can find a copy of it.
The trek website MemoryAlpha also has answers to your question "
Although you may get knock back from a pure energy weapon caused by the concusive effect of your tissues boiling and jetting outward.
But if it has mass rhen armour woukd definitly be useful.
Given the beams get stopped by random bits of scenery it wouod seem like not much would be needed lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Solid armour doesn't work on phase beams, unlike the ppgs in B5 which was dampened by body armour somewhat.
Is a phaser a particle beam or a pure energy weapin like a laser.
If particle dense mass would help and for lasers some kind of abalative material might work.
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Sub atomic particle beam I think. Whatever that is  |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
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"Maybe the outfits are coated in Teflon,the stuff that's on stab vests.
You mean kevlar, teflon is the non stick coating on your frying pan :p
That's the stuff
Kids school trouser have Teflon coatings
You seen the neverwet spray coating?
Seriously impressive. "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Is a phaser a particle beam or a pure energy weapin like a laser.
If particle dense mass would help and for lasers some kind of abalative material might work.
The beams had appreciable mass as evidenced by the impact and knock back from most blows.
The haynes phaser manual has a lot of info in it, if you can find a copy of it.
The trek website MemoryAlpha also has answers to your question
Although you may get knock back from a pure energy weapon caused by the concusive effect of your tissues boiling and jetting outward.
But if it has mass rhen armour woukd definitly be useful.
Given the beams get stopped by random bits of scenery it wouod seem like not much would be needed lol"
It's magic |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My netfix just spools for a couple of secs the goes of? Dont know why,suggestions?
Its on android box btw"
What kind of android box?
If youve got one kf the new hdr tvs the nvidia sheild seems an epic box.
Uninstall netflix and reinstall would be my first port of call |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Solid armour doesn't work on phase beams, unlike the ppgs in B5 which was dampened by body armour somewhat.
Is a phaser a particle beam or a pure energy weapin like a laser.
If particle dense mass would help and for lasers some kind of abalative material might work.
Sub atomic particle beam I think. Whatever that is "
Same kind of thing we shoot around the LHC or other particle accelerators.
.iirc the LhC has a big heavily reinforced concrete room with a few meter thick carbon target block.
Shouks there be a problem the beem is diverted into there to dissipate the energy by blasting the block
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My netfix just spools for a couple of secs the goes of? Dont know why,suggestions?
Its on android box btw
What kind of android box?
If youve got one kf the new hdr tvs the nvidia sheild seems an epic box.
Uninstall netflix and reinstall would be my first port of call "
It was working and then it just stopped its a ms8 |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My netfix just spools for a couple of secs the goes of? Dont know why,suggestions?
Its on android box btw
What kind of android box?
If youve got one kf the new hdr tvs the nvidia sheild seems an epic box.
Uninstall netflix and reinstall would be my first port of call
It was working and then it just stopped its a ms8"
Reinstall the app. Usualy is quicker than any fault finding excercise onky takes a few mins |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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"They have phasers...set to kill.
That dont work on the people smart enough to bring armour and sheilds :p
Aim for the eyes?
Phasers wouldn't work on the Borg anyway, they would have to keep changing the frequency so they couldn't adapt.
See why dont federation security teams have a sheild back pack or soemthing
Don't the security wear some kind of armoured uniform? I haven't watched for ages.
Security landing parties always get shot "
Used to watch them, wait for the unknown to go on the away team and shout "Don't do it!! Say you've got a headache! Your gunna die stoopid!!"..
Bit of a shock when security officer Natasha Yarr (iirc) copped it, she was hot! And we knew her name too
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They have used body armour at various points in trek.
But, on the point of the Borg in particular there is a good reason they don't. The main threat with the Borg is assimilation, they rarely use energy weapons. And the assimilation tubules can apparently pierce titanium. It would take an ungodly amount of armour to stop them and it's more sensible to simply not carry the weight and retreat |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"They have used body armour at various points in trek.
But, on the point of the Borg in particular there is a good reason they don't. The main threat with the Borg is assimilation, they rarely use energy weapons. And the assimilation tubules can apparently pierce titanium. It would take an ungodly amount of armour to stop them and it's more sensible to simply not carry the weight and retreat"
When have they used armour?
I dont recale ever seeing it.
I dont think evwn the enterprise MACOs wore it
teuw about the borg though thier tubles are clsimed to pierce everything.
Watching the voyager dark frontier episodes atm.
Love an episode with the borg queen in..
But i gotta wonder given she has that biomech throat on her neck.....reckon she got some serious DT skills?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They have used body armour at various points in trek.
But, on the point of the Borg in particular there is a good reason they don't. The main threat with the Borg is assimilation, they rarely use energy weapons. And the assimilation tubules can apparently pierce titanium. It would take an ungodly amount of armour to stop them and it's more sensible to simply not carry the weight and retreat
When have they used armour?
I dont recale ever seeing it.
I dont think evwn the enterprise MACOs wore it
teuw about the borg though thier tubles are clsimed to pierce everything.
Watching the voyager dark frontier episodes atm.
Love an episode with the borg queen in..
But i gotta wonder given she has that biomech throat on her neck.....reckon she got some serious DT skills?
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Very possible :D
The body armour was mostly a movie thing. I recall the security officers on the Enterprise A wearing it during the Undiscovered Country. Though there may have been other occasions |
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