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How do the Star Trek com badges stay attached?
Several times, in several episodes throughout all of the series, there's a time when someone just rips off their comm badge, or they put one on. There's no pin on it, and it's a seemingly flawless ...
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Does same-species racism exist in Star Trek?
Like it or not, racism has been a major part of Earth's history. It still plagues the planet today. However, in the future that Star Trek presents, same-species racism has been practically eliminated, ...
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What is the Klingon Bloodwine made of?
Do we know what the Klingon Bloodwine is actually made of? Is it actually as the name suggests? or is it just referring to the colour of it?
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Why didn't Star Trek: The Next Generation change their uniforms when Deep Space 9 came out?
DS9 came out during the 6th season of TNG. From the onset of the show, DS9 used uniforms that looked like this:
However, TNG continued the use of this uniform(taken from episode 10 of season 7):
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Who can trigger ship-wide alerts in Star Trek?
While re-watching DS9 "The Adversary" (S3E26), in the scene where Miles O'Brien almost catches a hostile changeling infiltrating the Defiant, it occurred to me that I didn't know if Miles even had the ...
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Is there a canon reason why Klingon and Romulan vessels are so similar in shape?
Not counting shuttles, transport vessels or bases, Klingon and Romulan ships have a very similar basis in their shapes. They also share the same colors. Is there any canon reason as to why so many ...
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In which (if any) Star Trek episodes does that show’s captain not appear?
I’m curious as to how many, if any, episodes of the original five broadcast Trek series did not include a single appearance by that show’s lead actor, the Captain for that particular show. I.E., TOS ...
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Why does the computer have a human female voice?
In Star Trek all Federation computers have a human female voice, provided by Gene Roddenbery's wife Majel Barrett. This, of course, is the out of universe reason; however is there ever an in universe ...
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Can Klingons swim?
The question ‘Do Klingons not bathe or not like to take baths?’ got me thinking about whether a Klingon could swim. It looks like they hate water, but if thrown into a life-threatening situation, are ...
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Why do they drink synthehol in the Star Trek Universe?
Synthehol is a chemical variant of alcohol. It appears to have the same taste and smell as "real" alcohol to most individuals, but none of the intoxicating effects associated with alcohol. This being ...
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Has the Federation ever kicked a planet or civilization out of the Federation?
I've seen several episodes where planets have petitioned the Federation for membership, and still others where the Federation is watching a planet's development in anticipation for future membership; ...
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Why don't starships use holodecks as living quarters?
It seems as if you could get a lot more out of them instead of just simple rooms. You could live in a cabin, on the beach, etc..
Plus, it seems like you could get A LOT more people in a smaller space....
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When does TNG take place in relation to DS9?
I've noticed character crossovers in each series but considering the timeline is mostly linear, when does TNG take place in relation to DS9?
As an example I've noticed a correlation in the Maquis ...
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When did our universe and the Star Trek universe diverge?
Note that my question assumes as a given that Star Trek is in an alternate universe which diverged from ours at some point in history.
That seems really, really obvious and undeniable to me.
So the ...
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What are the chase lights under Star Trek viewscreens for?
Under the viewscreen on many Federation starships, there are a series of lights that constantly run through a chase or 'marching ants' pattern. What's the reason for these lights? Are they status ...
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