Like Kira said, “… It’s a little more complicated, so it’s not as good a field weapon. Too many things can go wrong with it. I think you should stick with the Cardassian rifle. Smaller, easier to use, and if we get boarded I don’t want you to have to think too much about the weapon you’re using.”
Maybe people in starfleet forget the features available in the pinch of the moment. (&/or writers “forget” for convenient writing devices).
… Or maybe starfleet academy['s training] is not as great as the much lauded (but lacking merit (?)) “competence porn” selection bias that we see gives the impression of.
Well, alas, the future liberator hero icon of Cardasia needed to kill her because… I forget why… He was in an uppity mood, wanted Dukat’s affection, didn’t like rebels plotting, didn’t like she was half bajoran, too much kannaar(sp?)… I don’t know why.
Woulda been cool. Many adventures could have been had. Loads of planetside scouting & survival stuff…
Phasers are super versatile but they need to be programmed. That’s not something you want to be doing on the battlefield - which is why the default function is “point and click to shoot”.
And most of the time we see phasers used - aside from the occasional stone heating or vaporising - it’s in a battle situation where reaction time matters. Tuvok had a moment to set things up, but in most other situations, that moment might be deciding if you live or die.
(And conceitedly enjoying how competent I am to have replied to that within a minute.)
[Edit: Aaaaand then realising when I double check that… I was 3 seconds too slow, because I hesitated and added “surely”. Surely may be a fan, but not a performer.]
I eat scorpions. They are an aphormoadesiac, if you didn’t know. Don’t let them sting you there, though. That’s not how it works, but I’m not a biochemist. I’m an English teacher.
Like Kira said, “… It’s a little more complicated, so it’s not as good a field weapon. Too many things can go wrong with it. I think you should stick with the Cardassian rifle. Smaller, easier to use, and if we get boarded I don’t want you to have to think too much about the weapon you’re using.”
Maybe people in starfleet forget the features available in the pinch of the moment. (&/or writers “forget” for convenient writing devices).
… Or maybe starfleet academy['s training] is not as great as the much lauded (but lacking merit (?)) “competence porn” selection bias that we see gives the impression of.
Wish they’d explored Kira mentoring Ziyal more. Coulda been her lil badass protégé.
Wasn’t she, though?
Ziyal was doing terrorism on occupied DS9 right alongside Kira.
She baked a hasperat soufflé to help break out Rom.
That bitch!
Freedom fighting.
I know even they call it terrorism, but, it’s not really using terror for political gain. So it doesn’t fit the definition.
I always found that weird about TNG/DS9/VOY… the casual use of “terrorist”, right to self-identification. Casually.
Like,
what,
they’re taking the term back? LOL.
Well, alas, the future liberator hero icon of Cardasia needed to kill her because… I forget why… He was in an uppity mood, wanted Dukat’s affection, didn’t like rebels plotting, didn’t like she was half bajoran, too much kannaar(sp?)… I don’t know why.
Woulda been cool. Many adventures could have been had. Loads of planetside scouting & survival stuff…
Agreed.
As for the spelling, there’s an easy way to remember:
Phasers are super versatile but they need to be programmed. That’s not something you want to be doing on the battlefield - which is why the default function is “point and click to shoot”.
And most of the time we see phasers used - aside from the occasional stone heating or vaporising - it’s in a battle situation where reaction time matters. Tuvok had a moment to set things up, but in most other situations, that moment might be deciding if you live or die.
I am.a HUGE fan of “competence porn,” in all its forms!
Currently watching Scorpion here.
So I surely must be too.
(And conceitedly enjoying how competent I am to have replied to that within a minute.)
[Edit: Aaaaand then realising when I double check that… I was 3 seconds too slow, because I hesitated and added “surely”. Surely may be a fan, but not a performer.]
I eat scorpions. They are an aphormoadesiac, if you didn’t know. Don’t let them sting you there, though. That’s not how it works, but I’m not a biochemist. I’m an English teacher.
Iy vil noht eeht zee bugz.
Boof em then, pussy