The hand to hand combat prowess of STNG Starfleet's security personnel is lauded by Tasha Yar in the accepted answer to .      Tasha: I think you should know that there is no physical training   anywhere that matches Starfleet, especially its security people.   It is likely combat training evolved during the time elapsed between TOS and STNG, but Kirk definitely had specific moves which he seemed to be trained in and repeatedly used during his 5 year mission.     While some of the moves are identifiable, I find it difficult to pin a label on the double handed, flying hip check, style William Shatner utilized in his portrayal of James Kirk. According to canon, is Kirk practicing , and if so, what is it?
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I'm less familiar with Enterprise and Voyager, but in TOS, TNG, and DS9 I have repeatedly seen Star Fleet officers engaged in melee combat perform this awkward and slow-looking attack where they clasp both hands together and swing at their opponent. At times it looks like they are trying to chop wood with no axe, hitting the opponent from the side. Other times, it looks like they are playing volleyball extra vigorously, uppercutting their enemy with both hands.  If this were just in TOS, I would assume it was just the choreography of the day. However, it is still present in the more modern incarnations of the show. Is this part of a fictional martial art that is used by Star Fleet (and possibly others? I can't recall if, for example, I have ever seen klingons use this technique), or is it part of a real martial art? If there is no canon explanation (i.e. this move is not part of either a real or a fictional martial art), then why did they continue to use such awkward choreography in the more modern series?
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Is there an in-universe explanation for why the Borg always move like 1950s cheap-special-effects sci-fi tin can robots?   With the advanced technology they have, you'd think they would have BETTER (faster, more graceful) movement than humans, with more advanced power sources, better motors (or augmented muscles), and better controlled software/hardware.  Instead, they have these jerky, slow motion movements that make absolutely no sense whatsoever, except possibly that "the studio people wanted to make them look 'like robots'" (on top of all the visible Borg gear) and this was the only, not-too-brilliant, idea they came up with.  Is there an explanation for this? (ideally, in-universe, or an "official" franchise out-of-universe one)?   P.S. I'm interested in an existing explanation, NOT in someone's personal theory.
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There are three division in Starfleet as evidenced by the three uniform colors:  Command Red (Gold in TOS era): Command decides what to do  Operations Gold (Red in TOS era):  includes security, operations and engineering.  In the greater sense Operations means accomplishing that which Command decides, so it includes scheduling, and keeping things safe, running, and working.  Science Blue: includes medical.   Science is science.  It means acquiring and using knowledge.  So (TNG-era) red for commanders, captains and admirals makes sense:  their job is to decide what the missions are and what the crew should do to accomplish the mission.  Helmsmen and "the conn" are generally manned by junior officers in red (TNG era).   This makes sense because they are carrying out orders and "commanding the ship".  But there are junior officers all over the place in red (TNG).  They are obviously not making decisions and giving orders all day long.   And there clearly don't need to be very many helmspeople on the ship.  What jobs do all these officers in red have?  (TNG era -- for TOS era, read as gold)    Everyone seems to be pointing out the things they have seen them do.   Helm, escorts, bridge relief.   Possibly, 'lesser management tasks'.   But none of these assertions explain how there can be so many of them.   It would require only a few officers out of a crew of a thousand -- maybe a hundred -- especially since we know that most management personnel in ops and science are wearing gold or blue uniforms.  If it was like people are saying, you would expect the sight of extras in red to be relatively rare.   If we have no in-universe explanation, okay -- that's an answer.
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In Star Trek it is frequently seen that when a crew member wants to avoid being tracked, they'll leave their communicator somewhere (quarters, corridor etc) which throws the computer and ship's security off their trail.  However, the entire interior of the ship is under constant surveillance by the internal sensors. Barring damage to the ship or sensors, or some space phenomenon causing radiation X to create interference, why aren't these internal sensors able to continue tracking every person on board regardless of where their comm-badge is? In the worst case, they should be able deduce who the errant individual is by simple subtraction: "I can see where all the other comm-badges are, so subtract them and the remaining life form must be the person I am looking for." But this never seems to be done either.  Is Star Fleet security really so inept or is there some other limitation in play that is never mentioned?
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The only thing I remember about the story (or possibly novel) was that the main character (and possibly some of his colleagues) could temporarily speed up.  I think it took a toll on them, and they needed a period of recovery afterwards.  It was probably a story by a very good writer.   I understand the need to give you more to work with.  I just remembered this a few minutes ago when I read this question on English Language and Usage   Possibly I will remember more after my subconscious works on it.  It was almost certainly a man.  The story is probably from 15 to 25 years ago, maybe more.  Most of the SF I read was from Analog; some was from Galaxy and F&amp;SF.  In other words, it definitely was not from a comic book or a TV series.  The character was a good guy.  I think something had altered him so he could flip into the hyperspeed state at will.
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It seems there may be a bit of a retro-continuity error in one of my personal favorite Star Trek scenes, which I noticed just today.    Click the picture above for a YouTube video.  A transcript of the pertinent bits is below, emphasis added.     SCOTTY: The Enterprise!  Show me the bridge of the Enterprise, you chattering piece of...        COMPUTER: There have been five Federation ships with that name.  Please specify by registry number.        SCOTTY: N, C, C, one, seven, oh, one.  No bloody A, B, C, or D.   The computer is specifically stating that there have been (only) five Federation ships named Enterprise.  Scotty effectively names all of the ones we'd been introduced to by the time of that episode:  NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, NCC-1701-B, NCC-1701-C, and NCC-1701-D.  However, this of course omits the NX-01.  Out-of-universe, this can easily be attributed to the history of the television series.  However, I'm wondering if there might also be a (possibly un-intended) in-universe explanation that allows the computer's statement to still be accurate?  For example, (and I only ask because I'm not too familiar with the Enterprise series just yet) does the NX-01 Enterprise actually pre-date the existence of the United Federation of Planets?
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In  Starfleet learns about a culture that we (as audience) know as The Borg. According to TNG, the Federation doesn't seem to know anything about these beings when . Although Archer's crew doesn't learn the name of the Borg, it would be reasonable that the Federation would inherit the information about such a menacing enemy and it would also be reasonable to assume the crew of the Enterprise-D to be able to match their encounter with their databases' information.  Obviously, out-of-universe the explanation is that the scripts weren't written in chronological order, but how can the apparent obliviousness about the Borg be explained in-universe?
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In Star Trek franchise there are command codes that seems to give you access to the ships systems, can you change or at least disable them?  In one episode of ST:VOY the captain, B'Elana and Tuvok are assimilated but something goes wrong and and the Borg Queen gains access to Tuvok's memories including his access codes?  So can you change or disable access codes or is the crew of ST:VOY totally stupid?
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We seem to meet an awful lot of mostly non-recurring admirals.   What's the command structure at the top of Starfleet?  Does Starfleet report to a Commander-in-Chief? Is the Federation Council involved?  Is the President involved?
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Assuming a Galaxy class starship were to work on a regular schedule (i.e. exploring, diplomatic missions etc. but NO battle), how long can it last before it has to return to a starbase for servicing?  I appreciate this may be difficult finding a series of episodes from TNG where the Enterprise-D does not battle between going to a Starbase, so, if it is absolutely necessary, battle can be included, but no major damage...
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At the end of , Captain Picard constructs a makeshift grave out of stones for Captain Kirk, who died helping Picard to stop Dr. Tolian Soran from destroying the Veridian system.    Was the burial only symbolic, or did Picard arrange for one of the starships picking up the Enterprise D crew from Veridian III to also retrieve Kirk's body?    Kirk was a Starfleet legend, and so a burial on Earth &mdash; with Starfleet brass and Federation dignitaries present &mdash; might have been in order.  Did this happen, or was Kirk's body simply left on Veridian III?  Since there is nothing further in the films or any of the television series about this (at least not that I can recall), any relevant information from the extended universe is welcome.
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The  basically boils down to: "surprise your enemy by jumping right next to him and unload all your cannons". However, Trek canon makes a bit more of a technological fuss about how it works.  Seeing that the Star Wars universe also has FTL travel, I wondered if:   the Picard Maneuver would be technically possible in SW and  if there are any references (probably by a different name) in the SW universe.
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While rewatching Star Wars my skin was crawling while watching Luke practice saber technique against a remote on the Falcon.  There's no way I'd want to be in the same room with a beginner waving a lightsaber around, let alone a beginner with his eyes covered.  Samurai apparently practiced with  to reduce training injuries.  Do lightsabers have lower power settings so that a wrong move while practicing doesn't sever a limb or chop through the hull into vacuum?
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There is a small difference between intro texts in TOS:     Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.   and in TNG:     Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.   (emphasis mine)  It's pretty obvious that no man was changed to no one to include women. But, is there any explanation why was five-year changed to continuing? Also, why was it a five-year mission at all?  My only assumptions are:   Gene Roddenberry hoped to get funding to run the show for 5 seasons. Gene Roddenberry just made up a number without any special meaning. Gene Roddenberry was a .   Is there any official explanation, in universe or not?
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In The Wrath of Khan, Khan wears a broken Starfleet insignia around his neck:    At some point, I convinced myself that he snatched it from one of the Reliant crew members, given that its style was contemporary for the time, and given that     "Admiral Kirk never bothered to check on our progress"   suggesting that they hadn't had much contact with Starfleet since their relocation to Ceti Alpha V.  For comparison, here is what the insignia looked like at the time Khan was exiled &mdash; basically a patch embroidered into the garment:    However, I decided to check when we first see Khan sporting the insignia in Wrath, and he is in fact already wearing it on Ceti Alpha V:    The question is:  Who did Khan get this insignia from?
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Ever since the days of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, bridge officers in Starfleet have always had a prominent role in away team missions.  However, it would seem more logical to me that such hazardous (and, generally, specialized) duties should fall to lower-ranking and/or more dedicated teams.  Of course, it wouldn't have made for great TV if every away team was comprised of a bunch of red-shirts.  And it would definitely increase the show's budget to have an extra group of main characters whose sole purpose was to handle the away missions.  Still, I'm curious to know if there's ever been a real in-universe explanation for this practice?  I know it's been brought up a few times, in a few series/movies, that the Captain should not be taking part in hazardous away team missions.  But nothing is ever said (that I'm aware of) of the rest of the still valuable bridge crew or other senior officers.
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I just rewatched the TNG episode "Relics", where Scotty is revealed to have kept himself alive in the transport buffers of a ship. This got me thinking - do we know what happened to other members of the TOS bridge crew after the TOS movies (Up to and including Generations)?  For example, we know that Kirk eventually meets his end in Star Trek: Generations and that Spock has a long career and eventually ends up in the reboot universe.  Do we know any information about other members of the Enterprise crew?  If that question is too broad (for example, if there's lots of canon information about the crew after TOS), then more specifically, what is the latest canon information that we know about their lives?