Why would Voyager have asktrays in the first place?
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Jim Phelps
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Voyager is highly unlikely to possess such a thing as an ashtray. It's been clearly established that smoking is out in the 24th century when Paris says to that woman in season one that they'd abandoned it a long time ago. Furthermore, we have never seen smokers in Star Trek. The only evidence of smoking in Star Trek is the No Smoking sign in the simulator from Star Trek II, and that can be rationalized as a joke by a crewmember.
Now, yes, you're probably going to find ashtrays in someone's personal historical collection on Voyager, but as for smoking - very, very unlikely.
Otherwise, I assume that Voyager's ashtrays are quite capable of reaching Warp 6.3 every time Voyager reaches Warp 6.3. They could even be equipped with a miniature warp sustainer engine so that the speed can be maintained for a while. Otherwise, I shudder at the possibility of warp field generators and propulsion on the level of microchips.
Boris (just joking)
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Perhaps Tachy is referring to holographic ashtrays such as those in "Our Man Bashir", "His Way", and "The Cloud".
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Jim Phelps
watches Voyager AFTER 51030
Member # 102
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I scare people?
Actually, we have to realize that Kate Mulgrew is a smoker, and smoking affects a person's physical constitution (and voice as well). Since the canon physical constitution of Captain Janeway is that of Kate Mulgrew, it must follow that if we were to use a special camera or voice analyzer to examine Captain Janeway, what we would determine is that she is a secret smoker in the Star Trek canon.
Boris (walks away fully aware of his brilliant logic)
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*decides to let this thread live, just for the hell of it* Not like there's anything better to discuss, eh? :-)
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I think Kate Mulgrew, quit smoking a few years ago, and I say all the more to her. I think that her voice has improved even in the short time, since she has stopped smoking.
Andrew
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Kate Mulgrew used to smoke?? Well, that explains why her voice was annoying for the first two seasons of Star Trek: Voyager. And this brings out something that I saw in an episode in Star Trek: TNG, remember the episode "Time's Arrow?" Troi and Mark Twain were talking about giving up cigars for utopia on Earth?
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