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Is the "Space, The Final Frontier" quote "in universe"?
Probably everyone reading this recognises the most famous split-infinitive in (science) fiction:
From Star Trek TOS:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. ...
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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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Could Captain Kirk have lived long enough to meet Picard?
I guess I should say SPOILER ALERT if you haven't seen Star Trek Generations or the reboot films.
In the movie Star Trek Generations, Captain Kirk and Captain Picard meet to defeat Soran. According ...
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What political system does Star Trek's Federation operate under?
I've watched all of the Original Series and The Next Generation, and bits of Deep Space 9 and Voyager, all of the movies, but none of the more recent series, or the books. In all of the material I've ...
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How can ship crew walk in USS Enterprise?
Has there been a scientific explanation for ship crew walking in spaceships in Star Trek? I know rotating stations can create artifical gravity but USS Enterprise does not rotate, at least not enough ...
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Do energy creatures come in various sexes?
Other than the Q (who can change their appearance at will, so it's hardly convincing), it seems that "male" and "female" only appear to be functions of physical beings in the Star ...
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Why are Remans telepathic when Romulans are not?
Are Romulans, Vulcans and Remans the same race? I know that around the 4th century Vulcans who rejected the teachings of Surak (whom they call The Dissembler) left Vulcan to go to Romulus, but who are ...
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Why Did Scotty Not Go Insane?
On the question about the transporters in Star Trek on whether the original person dies in the transporter, I provided this answer based on the text of the Writer's Guide for the series Star Trek: The ...
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Where is a call for security initially directed aboard a Starfleet vessel?
Throughout the Star Trek franchise, we see someone call out for security. It may be Kirk punching those ubiquitous hallway buttons, someone tapping their combadge, or simply someone shouting at the ...
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How does a sonic shower work?
What is the mechanism behind a sonic shower in the STU?
A shower with water does various things, namely; get rid of odors, raise body temperature, acts as a disinfectant, has a soothing massage ...
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How many sentient bio-ships have been shown in the Star Trek universe?
We're introduced to an amazing creature, a living bio-ship named Gomtuu (called 'Tin Man' by Starfleet) who was observed while orbiting Beta Stromgren in TNG 3x20, 'Tin Man'. Through first contact ...
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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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Why was Enterprise on a five-year mission in TOS?
There is a small difference between intro texts in TOS:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek ...
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Which TOS characters do we see in TNG-era canon?
I recall seeing Spock and McCoy on TNG, but which other TOS regular bridge crew do we see in TNG-era canon i.e. TNG, DS9, VOY and the TNG movies.
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Do Borg have different collectives depending on which reality they exist in, or are all Borg across all realities part of the same collective?
Similar, but not what I'm after.
In TNG Parallels, one of the alternate Enterprises consists of a Riker who claims that:
The Borg are everywhere!
So there's Borg in at least two universes, probably ...
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