I didn’t mean for you to get upset. I just think that the writer for example of a script has a lot of power to mold things how they want and I feel the only limitation should be that it is entertaining and tells a great story. Of course within whatever system you choose for your univers that should be consistent but we both agree that other than that you can freely pick and choose what the rules of that system are. Again no offense meant 😇 😅

Absolutely, but look at lord of the rings. the orcs while industrialized and definitively in the iron age are not as advanced as the dwarfs or the elves. Then you have the hobbits who still live in dirt holes.

there are a lot of inconsistencies, why are people only focused on the ones that allow people with wheelchair to identify with the main character or whatever?

First of all not all parts of a fictional universe have to have the same level of technological advancements. Within that baseline you can do whatever you want it’s fiction. Also the reader or audience doesn’t know everything there is about the world and might have gaps of knowledge.

If they have steel swords all bets are off

You hate it but it’s still true, it’s a genre set entirely in fictional worlds.

What if the spell simply accelerates the healing process. Basically like a forward targeted reverse time reversal?

This wheel chair looks out of place for the setting

dude…

It’s literally a made up world.

butlerian jihad

dune is a trip! 😂

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Wouldn’t a simple mirror be enough to reflect the rays back to the sender?

Cocaine?

a phaser is a WMD

I had no idea about this tbh they come of as very tame weapon, especially the whole stun setting part.

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transporters must use an amount of energy that makes it inefficient to use for every little thing. that makes a lot of sense

They also don’t have armies in star trek, like, if it makes senses to send 5 armed people why wouldn’t it make sense to send platoons or batallions in some cases? it is always individual enemies they never seem to face entire armies on foot.

Oh I didn’t get that far, I do remember Data’s whole exploring his roots/dad episode from back in the 90s when I watched at the time. But haven’t gotten that far in rewatches yet. That would explain why they can’t back him up to hdd. They probably wouldn’t get all the permissions for all the folders right so a restore from backup would probably not work.

I mean i just watch a the next gen episode where some science guy had created a rift in spacetime and instead of sending in a drone/probe they almost got Lieutenant Data killed. Another thing I was wondering why aren’t they backing up Lieutenant Data?

I also don’t understand why they use elevators instead of just asking to be beamed to whatever part of the ship they need to go. At least the captain could probably be beamed around.

You are right, it would remove all the stakes, but then I feel that is just bad/lazy writing, If you really went into such a future with your imagination, I am pretty sure it might even raise the stakes as there might be probes hiding/sleeping in places you do not expect or in general all of that while making exploring a planet more secure, it could then make for a great twist if all of the sudden a swarm of drones dropped out of hyperspace right on top of them.