Questions tagged [star-trek-tng]
For questions concerning the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (TNG) TV series and its four feature films. Always use this tag in conjunction with the [star-trek] tag and any other relevant character tags.
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What is the origin of the "Riker Chair Maneuver"?
A video compilation of Commander William Riker sitting down has recently been going around the Internet. It demonstrates something that I had never noticed before: Riker has a rather... unusual ...
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Which ship can go faster, the Millennium Falcon or the USS Enterprise-D?
As far as I can tell, both universes have equally objective ideas of speed. Do we know how fast the two ships, Millennium Falcon and USS Enterprise-D, can go? Which is faster?
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Why are there so many 47s?
I have rewatched a number of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes in quick succession over the past week. One thing I observed that I hadn't before is that the number 47 seems to come up ...
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How does Picard choose a warp speed?
How does Picard, or anyone for that matter, decide at what warp speed to travel? Obviously there are times when they need to get somewhere in a hurry and he says, warp 9 or maximum warp, but the rest ...
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What are Guinan's powers from Star Trek: TNG?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Q Who" (Season 2, Episode 16) Q seems disturbed by the presence of Guinan to the point of raising his hands as if to use his powers on her. Guinan responds ...
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What was the origin of Star Trek's Borg?
Was there any explanation of the origin of the Borg from Star Trek?
I've seen most of the TV shows but not read any books - is it explained there?
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Does no one run in Star Trek?
I am rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Netflix. In this one episode called "Schisms" (where the crew is abducted and experimented on while they sleep), there is a scene where the internal ...
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How do Star Trek viewscreens show perceivable depth?
This has bothered me ever since I noticed it; the viewscreen in The Next Generation shows perceivable depth even when viewed from an angle when, I would imagine, such an angle should start to warp the ...
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How can Data lose a chess game?
Data is considered, basically, a sentient supercomputer. The ultimate AI. He was built with an ultimate storage capacity of eight hundred quadrillion bits and a total linear computational speed rated ...
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How come the Federation did not routinely use projectile weapons against the Borg?
In "First Contact" Picard kills a couple of Borg drones in the Holodeck with a holographic Tommy gun. It would appear that while the Borg are able to adapt to become impervious to energy weapons, ...
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Was Voyager really significantly slower than the Enterprise-D?
In the Next Generation episode “Where No One Has Gone Before” the Enterprise is catapulted to another galaxy, roughly 2.7 million light years away. From that location Data says it will take just over ...
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In which episodes did the Enterprise boldly go where no one had gone before?
In the opening titles to Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, the voice-over states that the Enterprise has a continuing mission to
"...boldly go where no one has gone before".
I am currently ...
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Is this Beverly Crusher?
I stumbled across this screenshot which apparently comes from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'Suspicions':
It was described as Beverly Crusher, but the more I look at it, the more ...
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What happened to warp drives destroying the universe?
I remember a TNG episode where some scientists said that warp drives were causing a lot of damage to subspace. At the end of the episode Star Fleet decided that warp speeds would be restricted to warp ...
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From which Star Trek TNG episode/movie has this famous facepalm image been taken?
This Picard Facepalm image is very famous. You can find it in countless memes. Everyone keeps using it on social media. Even Fortune.com has used it.
It is so famous outside its dimension that when I ...
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