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[-] JWBananas@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

There were cloaked mines in DS9 and in ENT. But, like the transporter, they are as burdensome to the writers' room as they are useful.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, at this point, with Star Trek I pretty much just treat the "science" like magic. It would be a tall order to have consistent rules with no exceptions over decades, I get that. I don't think it's too much to ask the characters to have consistent motivations and abilities, though.

[-] JWBananas@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

That's the thing about fiction. Unlike in reality, the characters have to be believable.

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