These ships all had inertial dampers, otherwise the crew would be paste during most maneuvers. Seatbelts would just cause a different kind of mess. And even if they didn’t, are you suggesting Picard’s grip is sufficient to combat those forces? Because he didn’t have a seat belt, either. Maybe it was the force of his presence that you think was going to keep him seated?
wouldnt matter if you are crashing into something at several km/s, YOUR seatbelt might even slice you in half if you suddenly stop due to inertia and momentum.
Is that the sound of the warp drive in space? It certainly isn’t the sound effect the explosions in space use.
If it wasn’t for artistic license, they could have gone with what happens when the inertial dampers fail in the spaceships in David Weber’s books, which is a more realistic outcome (assuming realism is what you’re looking for in a setting with warp drives and inertial dampers), but writing off the crews of ships that don’t matter to the storyline in a red paste probably wouldn’t go over well in a family drama. About as well as people sitting around in a pitched battle with the occasional hum or shudder.
Just pointing out that the crew often goes flying around the bridge quite often in Star Trek, despite the “inertial dampeners” and I think someone sitting sideways in a chair probably wouldn’t fare too well in that situation. And that the slick mop-n-glo floors probably won’t help either. Thought used to go into the design of these ships, but now it’s all about “make it shiny and futuristic looking!” But honestly I think it would build some character into the show if it actually happened and Hunter’s captain had a good laugh about it.
These ships all had inertial dampers, otherwise the crew would be paste during most maneuvers. Seatbelts would just cause a different kind of mess. And even if they didn’t, are you suggesting Picard’s grip is sufficient to combat those forces? Because he didn’t have a seat belt, either. Maybe it was the force of his presence that you think was going to keep him seated?
I love this one because it looks like Rikers got Bohemian Rhapsody blasting over the sound system and everyone’s just headbanging along.
Beeeeelzebub has a devil put aside for meeeeee!
And where are the seat belts?
wouldnt matter if you are crashing into something at several km/s, YOUR seatbelt might even slice you in half if you suddenly stop due to inertia and momentum.
Whoosh.
Is that the sound of the warp drive in space? It certainly isn’t the sound effect the explosions in space use.
If it wasn’t for artistic license, they could have gone with what happens when the inertial dampers fail in the spaceships in David Weber’s books, which is a more realistic outcome (assuming realism is what you’re looking for in a setting with warp drives and inertial dampers), but writing off the crews of ships that don’t matter to the storyline in a red paste probably wouldn’t go over well in a family drama. About as well as people sitting around in a pitched battle with the occasional hum or shudder.
Just pointing out that the crew often goes flying around the bridge quite often in Star Trek, despite the “inertial dampeners” and I think someone sitting sideways in a chair probably wouldn’t fare too well in that situation. And that the slick mop-n-glo floors probably won’t help either. Thought used to go into the design of these ships, but now it’s all about “make it shiny and futuristic looking!” But honestly I think it would build some character into the show if it actually happened and Hunter’s captain had a good laugh about it.
I suppose if they’d been in a more relaxed pose they would have flown farther?
It’s also been 800 years since then. It’s the third millennium, the seat probably is the belt itself at that point.