#photonic torpedo

[jtem]

[chernobog13]

The Excelsior-class refit U.S.S. Enterprise from Star Trek: Generations (1994).

[spacedadsupport]

Jean-Luc Picard @SpaceDadSupport You are not required to be polite to someone who is actively harming you. I am an inherently civil man but I say neither "Please" nor "Thank you" to an enemy when firing my ship's weapons to defend myself and my crew. 2:10 PM · Jun 2, 2023

[usarmytrooper]

I’ve always liked the ships in Star Trek. They have an elegance and beauty in their design. The ones in Star Wars are kind of compact and klunky (I do kinda like the Imperial Star Destroyers though.)

[horsyunicorn]

@amisthiosintraining Control x Star Trek crossover. Discuss

[grayrazor]

So...are photon torpedoes nukes? Technically speaking?

They're said to be powered by matter-antimatter annihilation, which does break nuclear bonds and release their energy, it just also happens to break the bonds in subatomic particles too. That's aside from the fact that the first particles to annihilate would probably cause fusion or fission reactions in all the atoms around them before they would have a chance to meet their antiparticles...

Basically, Kirk and company should have gotten all of the cancer after a photorp went off right next to them in The Final Frontier.

[thresholdbb]

So when they jettison a coffin into space, is it just flying forever?

[casside-sionnach]

Fire Photons ...

[kply-industries]

[bigassbowlingballhead]

Typical man Christopher pike. Blow up the thing making him want to express his feelings.

[tuttle-did-it]

When their ship and/or crew are in imminent danger:

Archer: T'Pol and Trip will get me out of this.

Kirk: I can fuck my way out of this.

Picard: I can reason my way out of this.

Sisko: Fetch me the tailor, he can murder our way out of this.

Janeway: Computer, Set self-destruct sequence- Janeway Pi-one-one-zero. Tuvok, set our photon torpedoes to blow inside the ship. Tom, aim for the nearest sun, warp 9, just in case. Everyone, point your phasers at the person next to you, set to kill-

[chernobog13]

How firing a photon torpedo has evolved over the years:

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series - remastered

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

[barbariankingdom]

Arrn photon Torpedoes

[isagrimorie]

"There's fight in Voyager yet. It's still got temporal shields, six photon torpedoes. It'll hold together. Besides, you know the adage. Captain goes down with the ship, right?"

Star Trek Voyager 4x09 - Year of Hell, part 2

Favorite Year of Hell moments

[wilwheaton]

Hey Wil, you probably already know about some of these, but some seem to have multiple possible responses, so why not remind you to try them again?

Alexa device Easter eggs related to Trek (and a bonus for gamers):

Beam me up! Speak Klingon Fire photon torpedoes! Damage report. Red alert! What would Scotty say? Revenge is a dish best served cold. What is your mission? State Starfleet rank and class. What would McCoy say? Do you trust Klingons? What is the prime directive? Set phasers to stun. What is the self-destruct code? Warp 10! Make it so. Engage! Set phasers to kill. Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. Live long and prosper.

Bonus - tell her the order of the buttons for the Konami code.

Disclaimer: I stumbled upon a couple and tried them. They worked, but I was using my Firestick and not my Echo because it was late and I didn't want to wake the others in my household. Some may not work anymore. Enjoy

Ha! I didn't know any of this.

There's a Star Trek trivia game (or at least there was at one time) on Alexa, and if you play it, I believe you will be entertained.