'Out Of Gas'
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I still cannot get that dork tag to close.
When I told Pete, who is a big ol' Star Trek geek, about this discussion, he rolled his eyes and said "There's no canonical evidence that parts of the Enterprise weren't assembled planet-side, and then the final construction took place in orbit". I just kinda stared at him while he continued to geek out at me about various trivia about the Enterprise.
oh, that is awesome.
1) he was probably just discovering that his penis was for more fun stuff than pissin' when Kirk was already in space and 2) Chekov is useless.
I don't remember if it's canon, but it does seem like on OS Trek, Chekov was fresh out of Starfleet Academy himself. He was the baby of the crew, and treated like it.
Eh, screw series continuity! Just think of the additional slash possibilities!
Not, err. That I have any sort of possible agenda with regards to the upcoming movie.
McKock!
Oh god, my eyes.
Eh, screw series continuity! Just think of the additional slash possibilities!
As Ple goes, so goes my nation.
(Although of course Spork is also a fabulous portmanteau.)
...that said, I am entirely charmed both by Joe's conversation with his mate, and by Pete's assertions wrt the assembly of The Enterprise.
Geeks for the win!
Chekov is useless.
Oh come on. You need someone around to be tortured, beat up and otherwise abused. He's the Wesley Windham Price of the Trek-verse.
oh, that is awesome.
I think someone mis-spelled "adorable".
Chekov is useless.
That's why you need the books. To redeem characters.
t goes back to rereading Diane Duane
When I told Pete, who is a big ol' Star Trek geek, about this discussion, he rolled his eyes and said "There's no canonical evidence that parts of the Enterprise weren't assembled planet-side, and then the final construction took place in orbit".
Has Pete seen the trailer? They're working on the saucer section! There's shots of the nacelles and pylons! They're building the structure on a planet!
No no no no no! Maybe you can build the warp core and lift it into orbit, or other internal parts, but not the structure! It won't bear it's own weight! And it would be prohibitively expensive, not to mention way inefficient, to build the whole ship on the ground and then tow that monster into orbit!
Parts of Enterprise were assembled at the Utopia Planitia shipyards on Mars, but the hull had to be assembled in orbit.
t ULTRA DORK!!
So you tell your adorable husband to take his "non-canonical" argument and...do something with it. Nyah.
Although of course Spork is also a fabulous portmanteau.)
People. They never learn. Word-squishes must die!