Geordi had the option to fix his eyes completely but chose to keep the visor because it was better (like he could view different wavelengths and filter stuff and such). I can’t remember if he had that conversion with Q or a starfleet doctor (or both?), but I’m certain it did come up at some point.
Edit: seems everyone who replied is right, plus other instances of advanced alien cultures offering the same thing. He could have just had a recording of his response ready.
Dr. Pulaski offered to replace his eyes with ones that wouldn’t give him a migraine, but he turned them down, because their capabilities weren’t as superhumanly good as his visor, back in TNG’s S2.
Hmm… The time I remember is from Star Trek Insurrection, and he didn’t want his organic eyes because it would come at the cost of the locals they chose to protect.
since STARFLEET is based of the military, they would have some medical and weight standards too. they never had a crippled, or handicapped ensign before. maybe as admiral you are doing less its possible.’
geordi eventually got REAL eyes later on, instead of the silly visor.
Giant rock little girl is a NuTrek invention, and NuTrek fucks so much shit up due to incompetence combined with trying to earn brownie points, while simultaneously playing it super safe.
I will disregard NuTrek in its entirety, and any argument based on NuTrek is illegitimate.
Not to mention the obesity.
Sure, there are foodies and people not in perfect shape in Star Trek, even on Starships (of the kind that carry civilians, like the Enterprise D).
But outside of maybe admirals, I’ve not seen anyone wearing a Starfleet uniform being obese in Star Trek.
Oh!
Just realised when posting; the glasses! Eyesight problems are relatively trivial to fix, unless we’re talking about some extreme case like Geordi.
Geordi had the option to fix his eyes completely but chose to keep the visor because it was better (like he could view different wavelengths and filter stuff and such). I can’t remember if he had that conversion with Q or a starfleet doctor (or both?), but I’m certain it did come up at some point.
Edit: seems everyone who replied is right, plus other instances of advanced alien cultures offering the same thing. He could have just had a recording of his response ready.
Dr. Pulaski offered to replace his eyes with ones that wouldn’t give him a migraine, but he turned them down, because their capabilities weren’t as superhumanly good as his visor, back in TNG’s S2.
He had that conversation with Riker after Q gave him Q powers and it kind of got to his head
Hmm… The time I remember is from Star Trek Insurrection, and he didn’t want his organic eyes because it would come at the cost of the locals they chose to protect.
since STARFLEET is based of the military, they would have some medical and weight standards too. they never had a crippled, or handicapped ensign before. maybe as admiral you are doing less its possible.’
geordi eventually got REAL eyes later on, instead of the silly visor.
Well, the visor probably wasn’t seen as a handicap because it also gave Geordi a far wider spectral range of vision.
The blue eyes he got later on weren’t real eyes, though. Just more advanced cybernetic implants.
What if you are allergic to retinox5?
(giggle is nerdom)
Thank you for saving me from having to look up Kirk’s allergy. It was going to bug me all day, otherwise.
I mean, O’Brien is my favorite character in Trek but he ain’t exactly slim and trim…
the genii took care of him, and died in a glorius atomic explosion.
Yeah but he’s downright skinny when you accound for his diet
Fair point. Lots of potatoes….
He’s not overweight either.
Scotty only made it to captain
Scotty probably lost his former exercise time when he took on Chief Engineering Officer responsibilities
Being trapped in a teleporter pattern buffer for a few decades also wasn’t very helpful.
Oh, that’s because Rick Berman is a fatphobic and misogynist piece of shit. He wouldn’t let Troi wear a Starfleet uniform until she lost weight.
Jankom Pog and Rok-Tahk are Starfleet officers in New Trek who have a wider build.
Or maybe because serving as an officer has a fitness requirement, as is expected in any fleet or navy?
Oh no! The ship needs crucial repairs, the conduit is down this Jefries tube! Quick, before the ship explodes! Except you can’t fit and everyone dies.
NuTrek is garbage in any regard, and this would be something else to add to the ever growing NuTrek garbage pile.
So you’re gonna tell the giant rock lady she needs to lose weight because she can’t fit in a jeffries tube?
Does her species even store energy as fat? I ask because you’re clearly claiming expertise in this subject.
Giant rock little girl is a NuTrek invention, and NuTrek fucks so much shit up due to incompetence combined with trying to earn brownie points, while simultaneously playing it super safe.
I will disregard NuTrek in its entirety, and any argument based on NuTrek is illegitimate.