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We didn't see Main Engineering much in Nemesis did we?
What about the torpedo guidance system malfucntion in that TNG episode where everyone de-evolved? What about that time when the Defiant lost power when Eddington prevented the ship from finding him? What about when Voyager had that thing from the nebula that took over the ship and tried to kill Janeway?
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The giggling computer in "Tomorrow Is Yesterday."
Best. Malfunction. Ever.
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And please shut down the holodeck after you leave. It might become sentient.
The TNGTM also has some 'fun' malfunctions. SIF and IDF malfunctions are nasty. You could be more inventive and have 'less important' things like the waste recycling system malfunctioning... imagine the mess that would cause.
Or what about a Kursk-style torpedo failure. Or the navigational deflector giving up on you (I'd guess you'd have to raise shields or something). What would happen if the mass reduction coils of the impulse systems malfunctioned?
quote:Originally posted by Shipbuilder: There probably isn't a way to do that manually, that'd be alittle dangerous. .
Understatement of the year?
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As for what I'm looking for, is general internal technolgical malfunctions, things that could go wrong due to lack of maintance. Nothin due to foul play.
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Well, in that case, none that i know of, 'cause they do maintain their ships, shuttles, stations, and general equipment. I could say Transwarp drive, but that really wasn't because of lack of maintenance. It just wasn't feasible at that point in time.
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What about the M-5 in "The Ultimate Computer"? The thing went psycho and killed a whole bunch of people. Yeah, I'd call that a malfunction.
DS9 was one giant malfunction floating in space until the later seasons.
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Do you want large potentially dangerous malfuntions? "Uh, we better fix that before we die..."
Or more mundane "*BASH BASH* Stupid Replicator! Why won't you work!? *BASH BASH*"
If you had some time, a list of scientifical words, and some more time you could think of alot of imaginary malfuntions. like: "The Isolinear control chip failed, causing the the Warp Field De-Inhibitor to reverse polarity and stall the ship in deep space." Something like that...
BTW the Millenium Falcon was also a floating malfuntion. Cept a little droid will always save your ass when running away from a Super Star Destroyer.
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I was accualy looking for everyday wear and tear stuff, like blown relay or mis aligned whatever, howeverm I'm thinking I can get away with technobabble. Another thing, something I think is a tad bit easier, is examples of tools and what they were used for if anyone remebers.
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quote:Originally posted by Kalax: As for what I'm looking for, is general internal technolgical malfunctions, things that could go wrong due to lack of maintance. Nothin due to foul play.
On the reverse side, I'd like to offer the bit of tech that *never* failed: the engineering isolation door.
Geordi always had a reason to stop, drop and roll!
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The E-D did have two Engineering isolation doors. The inner one that sealed off the waro core, and the big one that sealed off the core and the inner stations such as the one where Geordi always worked from. The E-A had the big isolation door and the Defiant had one that sealed Engineering off from the upper deck. Voyager never had one, but it did have the main door that could be sealed off from the rest of the deck. The E-nil refit and the Reliant also had isolation doors... a big one that looks like it cuts through the Power/Plasma Transfer Conduits and a smaller one which seals Engineering off from the rest of the deck.
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quote:Originally posted by David Templar: What about the M-5 in "The Ultimate Computer"? The thing went psycho and killed a whole bunch of people. Yeah, I'd call that a malfunction.
DS9 was one giant malfunction floating in space until the later seasons.
I *SO* Disagree with you.
DS9 season 1 and 2 was fantabulous! I guess a lot can't appreciate stories and characters instead of shoot-em-ups. I guess that's why we got Voyager and Enterprise.
There was the TNG malfunction where Geordi was in the transport tube - and got flung all about.
There was that malfunction with all the systems turning to goo.
The crew malfunctioned in The Naked Time and the Naked Now!
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