Transporter Room 3 ( @Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website ) English22•5 months agoA couple problems:
Some of these “settings” go on completely different weapons, or even different centuries.
Some of them are also “they rigged the phaser to do X” which would not be a button.
I’m a big fan of the Vaporize Acqueduct setting, though. You wouldn’t think you’d get to use it often, but you might be surprised!
Infynis ( @Infynis@midwest.social ) English19•5 months agoThey need more wide beam settings. Every time they clean something with a phaser in Lower Decks, using the precise beam, I die a little inside
Transporter Room 3 ( @Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website ) English7•5 months agoTo be fairrrrrrrr…
The beams are wider than normal phasers in most situations. Like mariner cleaning carbon off slightly harder carbon or the crew cleaning the crystal graffiti off the ship.
I could see that being an energy-intensives thing though, and having worked on handheld high-current devices, I could totally see limiting the beam power/width settings to ensure you don’t melt your hand. Or accidentally trip the overload setting…
here’s a crazy idea: dedicated cleaning beams that make that kind of thing a "boop and we’re done" situation. Or like… Use the rifles. Those have to be able to handle more power, right?
Venator ( @Venator@lemmy.nz ) English5•5 months agoIt’s probably easier to animate that way.
Destide ( @sirico@feddit.uk ) English18•5 months agoWhat if phasers are just low powered teleporters? That’s an O’brien fact
567PrimeMover ( @567PrimeMover@kbin.social ) 18•5 months agoOof. So You’re not actually vaporized like a regular phaser, just sent to O’Brien’s shadow realm
hallettj ( @hallettj@beehaw.org ) English8•5 months agoThis is basically the plot of Loki
Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English15•5 months ago“Vaporize the pot but not the potatoes”
Best part of that scene is how Uhura just barges in there before security even arrives
unalivejoy ( @joyjoy@lemm.ee ) English12•5 months agoUse the 2 side buttons to switch modes and the big button to fire. The lights will change depending on the mode.
Melllvar ( @charonn0@startrek.website ) English5•5 months agoWhich one to shatter my delusions of an alien mental hospital?
Atelopus-zeteki ( @Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run ) 3•5 months agoLevel 2 Charger for EV?