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What do Vulcans do to counter the smell of humans?
In ENT "The Andorian Incident" T'Pol says that she uses a nasal numbing agent to help her cope with the odor of humans. Later that episode she only reluctantly agrees to share a blanket with Archer ...
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Are Starfleet officers allowed to drink on duty?
In Voyager In the Flesh, Chakotay is in a Starfleet Headquarters bar getting hit on by Valerie Archer while she is drinks a "Klingon Martini". It doesn't take long for her to ask him out.
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Why is Worf in The Undiscovered Country?
After watching The Undiscovered Country I noticed that the advocate for Kirk and Bones during their trial is none other than Michael Dorn, a.k.a. Worf. During the trial I believe they even call the ...
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Chromosomes: Vulcan vs Spock vs humans [closed]
How many chromosomes does a Vulcan have? How many does Spock have? Would one have alleles that would automatically outweigh all of the others?
Is it possible for a half human half Vulcan to have ...
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Why Are All the Early Star Trek Doctors Racists? Did Gene Roddenberry Hate Medical Doctors? [duplicate]
Bones hardly goes an episode without pointing out how Spock is not human, and that makes him inherently inferior. They are clearly friends, but Bones is casually racist. The striking part is that I do ...
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Do Klingons not bathe or not like to take baths?
In TNG episode "Conspiracy":
TROI: Data, it's just not the same. Have you ever been for a real
moonlight swim?
DATA: One can swim in moonlight?
TROI: How about you, Mister Worf?
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Do we know any of the details about Worf's fights with the Kelvans?
DS9 "Time's Orphan":
WORF: No. I am a Klingon warrior and a Starfleet officer. I have
piloted starships through Dominion minefields. I have stood in battle
against Kelvans twice my size. I ...
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Why (out-of-universe) was this central Star Trek character killed?
This central character died in Star Trek: Generations in 1994:
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When and why was it decided that the character would die?
As of 1994, the characters of McCoy, Spock, ...
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Which ship has made the most first contacts?
From what we see in Star Trek, first contacts are very important dealings. So, my question is which ship 1 has made the most number of first contacts?
Allow me to define 'first contacts'. For the ...
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What were the major wars of the Star Trek universe?
We have seen many wars in Star Trek, but which were the major ones?
For the purposes of this question, consider "major" to be something similar to WWI or WWII — conlicts between superpowers that ...
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Do any of the known species besides the Srivani in Star Trek use a phase shift as a cloaking device?
Please keep in mind "TNG: The Pegasus."
It would appear that this would be a superior cloaking device as a ship could pass through objects.
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Why does a phaser sometimes vaporize organic matter and sometimes not on a maximum setting of kill?
It appears that a phaser vaporizes organic matter on maximum setting. Remember that in this episode several lower settings barely phase Yuta but the maximum setting completely vaporizes her with no ...
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How were Doctor Arik Soong and Noonien Soong related?
I see Noonien listed as a descendant of Arik, but I'm not exactly sure how they are related.
Is there a Soong family tree of some sort that shows who married who, the name of the offspring, etc. that ...
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Does "The Naked Now" refer to any particular TOS episode?
In the TNG episode The Naked Now, the crew of the Enterprise come across a strange contagion which they discover is almost identical to one found by the Enterprise under Captain Kirk:
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What defines a starbase?
What exactly makes a starbase a starbase as opposed to a space station such as K-7 or DS9. Could a planet bound station such as Farpoint be a starbase?
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