• brem@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    Well, they can’t just leave an unstable warp core floating around in one of the weird sections of space. People are willing to risk their lives over just some of the plasma. They were close enough to retrieve it, also the Klingon engineer was having a bad day. Crew was just helping her save face. Dumping a warp core is like separating the saucer; only to be done if necessary.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      Sure, but slapping the spare in there so the ship could be fully capable and ready to retrieve the thing, even if only to blow it up, would have been significantly smarter than sending out the two lovebirds in a dinky shuttle. And probably a damn sight faster, too.

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        16 hours ago

        They weren’t lovebirds until faced with death…after the dinky shuttle dinked out.

        Voyager has a Borg and several Vulcans…yet somehow manages to remain the least logical crew. Still one of my favorite crews, I just wish they could’ve figured out how to keep ‘One’ alive. Don’t even get me started on Tuvix.