In "The Changeling", as Nomad is attempting to 'repair' the USS Enterprise's engines, Scotty gives an order to a subordinate at a control console. The order:
"Protect that polymass!"
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Bill's hairpiece.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Poly-mass?
Multiple mass!?
That's nonsense. Was there any clue as to where this polymass was located, or what it's supposed to do?
Posted by Identity Crisis (Member # 67) on :
Well the Poly- prefix literally means 'many' rather than 'multiple' (Multi-) and in modern usage tends to denote a certain flexibility. In other words something that can change between the different forms/value rather than something that merely exists in different forms/values.
So maybe a Polymass is connected with the artificial gravity system? It's something that can have one of a number of different masses, thereby creating different gravity fields. Or maybe not.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Shik! LOFL! HEEEHEHEHEHEHEH!
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Maybe he actually said, "Protect that polymath." A polymath is a person of encyclopedic learning. Why such a person is hanging around engineering or needs protection is unclear. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"LOFL"? "Laughing On Floor, Laughing"?
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
I believe that's "Laying on the Floor, Laughing"
Could the PolyMass(tm) be a fitness device?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
no, Laughing out fucking loud! heh heh sorry. No semi-colon either ;o)
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
A fitness device? Near the donut monster that we know Scotty is to become?
Posted by PopMaze (Member # 302) on :
Well apparently it wasn't protected or protected enough as we know how big Scotty became.
