@stefan

I'm always a little surprised when an actor who convincingly delivers dialogue that's at least coherent in-world later regards it as incomprehensible mumbo-jumbo.

But they're doing a job, and they're just being good at it. I shouldn't expect actors to be as invested in the logic and canon of the story they're in as *I* am...

@icastico @toddz @steaphan
Replicators…

So if you were attacked by giant space mold, you could turn your shields to or something, and have the tiny particles of the shields replicate to replace any mouldy hotdogs to distract the enemy while you made your escape?
#SciFi #StarTrek

@steaphan "Shields" are usually portrayed as you describe -- an energy field of some sort, which I'd think would either be enough to deflect a projectile, or not. Wouldn't seem to be something that should degrade when confronted.

There's at least one Star Trek reference, though, that explains shields as a replicated super-alloy projected into the space surrounding the vehicle. It might make sense for this to weaken or dissipate under impact and require time and energy to re-fortify.

@mpax @steaphan
I’m sure there’s some #technobabble like:
“The shield generators degrade under repeated attacks so it overloads their ability to withstand such powerful blows, in easily measured incremental amounts”
#StarTrek #SciFi