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Does it bother anybody else that nobody on a Starfleet ship will raise the shields unless the captain says so?

Posted by David (aka David) Jul 25 '22, 15:42

A violent attack is incoming. You really don't need to wait for the boss to say it to act to save thousands of lives.

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well why should they? we are all one big happy fleet! -- nm - RemliKhan Jul 25, 17:22
military discipline! why do you hate the chain of command? -- nm - mafic Jul 25, 15:55 3
- Chain of command is a hindrance if the ship can be destroyed in the ten seconds it takes between issuing the order and getting 'em up, especially... - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:58 1
  - They were really into computer control until a cadet named Kirk took on the Kobyashi Maru scenario -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 16:01
- it is like his ideas that crypto is positive, he is becoming an anarchist -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 15:57
I don't think you are qualified to raise shields, David -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 15:54
It bothers me that a lot of things don't happen in shows unless the leader barks an order. - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:49 2
- that was just his schtick -- nm - mud Jul 25, 15:51 1
  - Oh, I got that. It was the uselessness of them that bothered me. I'm not even sure who he was talking to or how he expected them to hear him. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:54
Depends on what effects raising the shields have on other systems. - TWuG Jul 25, 15:47 4
- I agree with Tee Wuu Gee. - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 15:56 3
  - Thanks! Also, I have someone interested in talking with you about art. - TWuG Jul 25, 16:02 2
    - Awesome! - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 16:14 1
      - Email sent - TWuG Jul 25, 16:52
raising them disrupts his Netflix stream and he's touchy about that. -- nm - mud Jul 25, 15:47

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Does it bother anybody else that nobody on a Starfleet ship will raise the shields unless the captain says so?

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