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What do they do with all the plates and cups in Star Trek?
Whenever someone in Star Trek creates food or drink in the replicator it is generated in the bowl, plate, or cup. It seems like after a few months they would have piles of used dishes from replicator ...
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In the Deep Space Nine Episode "Defiant", what was the dispute between Riker & O'Brien?
In DS9 S3E9 "Defiant", Tom Riker (Will Riker's transporter-accident-created twin from TNG S6E24 "Second Chances") comes to DS9 disguised as Will. When he (still in disguise) bumps into Miles O'Brien, ...
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How to reconcile the cashless human/Federation society with human traders and merchants
From a variety of sources, including this great question, we know that the Federation (or at least the humans) don't use money. This raises the problem that humans frequently visit worlds where there ...
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Did The Founders evolve from the race that seeded the Alpha Quadrant?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 6, Episode 20 ("The Chase"), we find out some genetic components were seeded throughout the Alpha Quadrant by an ancient race of beings, known in ...
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Why was the Klingon Chancellor not constantly challenged to duels?
In the Deep Space Nine episode "Tacking Into the Wind", Worf challenges Gowron, the Klingon leader to a duel, defeats him, and becomes the "leader of the Empire" (which he later passes on Martok). If ...
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What was the highest rated episode of Star Trek?
In all of the televised episodes of Star Trek (TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY & ENT), what was the single highest Nielsen rated episode?
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What Star Trek episodes (any series) have been censored?
I just came across this:
At one point, Data makes a reference to the Irish Reunification of 2024, and because of that, the BBC refused to air the episode. It didn’t air on the U.K. government’s ...
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Is Starfleet a military or civilian organization?
If they are civilian in the common sense, why then do they wear military style uniforms, have a military hierarchical command and military rank structures; have a Starfleet Command and a Starfleet ...
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In the Battle of Wolf 359, one ship survives. Which one was it and why did it survive?
In "TNG: The Best of Both Worlds," 40 Starfleet starships under the command of Admiral J.P. Hanson gather near Wolf 359 to intercept a Borg cube ship traveling to Earth. (The Star Trek Encyclopedia (...
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Have Star Trek actors commented on why they didn't work more after Star Trek?
Among the few dozen main characters in the Star Trek series, very few take any successful main roles in subsequent series.
Exceptions:
Patrick Stewart in the X-Men movies
William Shatner in Boston ...
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Why is it called a tricorder?
The device is square, the readout is square, maybe it should be called square-corder.
Did the original tricorder only have 3 functions?
I checked the Memory Alpha entry but it doesn't state the ...
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Was Roddenberry involved in the creation of Deep Space Nine or Voyager before he died?
I know that Roddenberry took a less and less active role in TNG as his health deteriorated. He died before the release of Deep Space Nine or Voyager.
Did he having anything to do with the creation ...
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Why weren't civilians evacuated before the fleet at Wolf 359 engaged the borg?
In the Star Trek: TNG two-parter Best of Both Worlds, Starfleet assembles a fleet of 40 ships to engage the Borg at Wolf 359. In Deep Space Nine's first episode, Emissary, we learn that civilians ...
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Does Worf ever admit to being afraid?
In the episode where Wes is preparing for his Starfleet Academy entrance exam, Worf tells him that "only fools have no fear." (Presumably, he doesn't consider pre-emotion-chip Data to be a fool.)
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How did Trills get the idea of putting symbionts inside themselves?
The title says it all. How did the people of Trill decide that it was a good thing to put symbionts inside themselves?
The symbionts seem to be quite wise, but unjoined symbionts lack any obvious ...
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