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Moostache

(9,895 posts)
1. Thanks! That was cool to see...
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 09:34 PM
Sep 2015

I saw the Oculus logo on the credits...I think that would be REALLY cool to explore the Enterprise in VR...holodecks can't get here fast enough!

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
5. Yeah, that part was really neat, some utilitarian things change slowly, I guess.
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 10:17 PM
Sep 2015

I can't believe even a profligate future society that can synthesize whatever it needs out of interplanetary/interstellar dust fed through a replicator system would have that much empty space on a ship, especially in cargo areas and on flight decks.

Other than that, it was neat.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
3. Somebody better tell the designers space is a vacuum...
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 09:59 PM
Sep 2015

and they better put a few airlocks in before they launch.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
10. You are correct that that is the method for dealing with the issue according to Star Trek canon...
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 10:31 AM
Sep 2015

I just always found that part particularly unbelievable. So maybe in normal operations you have
force fields but have some backup airlocks just in case you lose power or something.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
6. This is SO cool!
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 10:34 PM
Sep 2015

Really fun...had to run it through a couple times.

I never knew that there were stairs...or the incline ramps to the bridge.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
13. I've been on a duplicate set....
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 12:43 PM
Sep 2015

Years ago when they had "The Star Trek Experience" here in Vegas.

It's a lot smaller than I expected.

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