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Star Trek's Greatest Hypermiler

Obviously NOT Capt Kirk :p

I would almost have to give that award to B'Lana Torres. Although, there was an episode of TNG where LaForge came up with the idea of giving the engines a quick, full power, pulse then cutting them off and coasting when they were stuck in the energy dampening field.

I would almost have to give that award to B'Lana Torres.Added to poll

BTW, we know your favorite ST pet. :p

I'm kind of biased towards Porthos on "Enterprise.";)

At first I thought this had to be one of the chief engineer's then I remembered Seven of Nine's mapping efforts in the Astrometrics lab. She was always trying to make the ship more efficient so thats where my vote goes. Plus I liked her uniform.

I'm going to have to vote Seven of Nine. Her desire for efficiency was hard to beat.

I'm going to have to vote Seven of Nine. Her desire for efficiency was hard to beat.
That and her "efficient" uniform.;):D

LOL I always wondered about her uniforms. It probably wasn't an efficient use of time fitting into those every day, and the effects it had on the crew members couldn't have been beneficial either.

I'm going to have to vote Seven of Nine. Her desire for efficiency was hard to beat.I was talked out of naming her Seven of Nine...she is independent and looks good in a blue cat suit. :D

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It just can't be Scotty!! Remember all the times he said "but captain I'm giving her all shes got". Sounds better in a Scottish brogue. kevin

It just can't be Scotty!! Remember all the times he said "but captain I'm giving her all shes got". Sounds better in a Scottish brogue. kevin

This is why I think it has to be Scotty, because he was always lying to the captain. Do you remember the STNG episode where they found Scotty in a transporter buffer and he saw LaForge giving Picard accurate information about timelines, power etc, and he told LaForge never tell the captain the truth always double the time needed etc so you come out looking good for getting it done early, rather then looking bad and taking more time than you estimated?

I think Scotty is one those guys who can't drive 55.

I must be Picard. Remember the episode where they were trapped in a strange part of space (ok, that was every episode, but anyway) where every action was mirrored, so the harder they tried to accelerate out, the more it pushed them back into the center?

Well to get out, Jean-Luc had to take the helm, rare but necessary in this case. He only gave a very short burst/pulse, then he used a FAS to glide into the gravitational pull of a moon that he used to slung-shot and back-out of the anaomly. I remember during the maneuver, the crew was holding its breath and even the background hum of the warp core was silent for the 20 second interval. It was as quiet as EV driving on fresh asphalt when all you can hear is your own breathing.

He also crashed a couple of starships. :p

I think Scotty is one those guys who can't drive 55.

Well... He can, if he is absolutely forced into it.

Unfortunately I can't vote in this poll. I don't watch any ST other than the original so I don't recognize most of the names.

Of those I know, Spock or Scotty would be the choices.

Scotty because of the reasons already mentioned, and Spock because "it's logical".

Captain Kirk.

Seriously -- he's the only one who I recall actually driving a real car! ("A Piece of the Action"). Holodeck doesn't count.

Can't decide on who's the best Star Trek hypermiler, but today in the Hallmark store, my daughter pointed out the Tribbles ornament they have for sale. The thing is funny. It depicts Captain Kirk standing beneath that bin, surrounded by a pile of tribbles. When you push the button, there's a slow trickle of tribbles that fall on his head from the overhead bin.

Can't decide on who's the best Star Trek hypermiler, but today in the Hallmark store, my daughter pointed out the Tribbles ornament they have for sale. The thing is funny. It depicts Captain Kirk standing beneath that bin, surrounded by a pile of tribbles. When you push the button, there's a slow trickle of tribbles that fall on his head from the overhead bin.Anyone have Damonk's address? :p

It turns out the Human brain will bring the final solution. Instead of trying to overpower the engines, a minimal energy boost and minimal thrusters were used to drift the ship clear from the booby-trapped field, while shutting down all non-essential systems. Captain Picard takes the conn and is successful in using the asteroid's gravitational field and the Enterprise's thrusters to catapult the Enterprise clear.

Here is the link (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Booby_Trap_(episode)) to Jean-Luc's greatest Hypermiling feat. I looked for a video clip, but couldn't find one.

I'm showing how much of a nerd and Voyager fan I am with this:

If we could vote for alien species for efficiency I would vote

1. Sikarians (had technology which folded space, and allowed one to transport great distances at one time)
2. Borg (for their quest for perfection although I feel like they wasted alot to)
3. Caretaker (can bring ships great distances...not sure how much power the array required or possibly didn't require any)
4. Species 8472 (they had bioships and their ability to kill borg cubes with just a couple shots)
5. the Think Tank guys (their collective brainpower should be very efficient)

No consideration for Q and all of Q-kind? He/They could do anything they wanted... He was even in a few episodes of Voyager.

No consideration for Q and all of Q-kind? He/They could do anything they wanted... He was even in a few episodes of Voyager.

I considered the Continuum but your right they could do anything so conserving energy isn't high on their list. Hypermiling would be a waste of time to a Q since they can go anywhere they want with just a thought.

I considered the Continuum but your right they could do anything so conserving energy isn't high on their list. Hypermiling would be a waste of time to a Q since they can go anywhere they want with just a thought.

Yes, but what is the energy consumption of their thoughts???? They never really addressed the Continuum's source of power (that I can recall anyway)

Yes, but what is the energy consumption of their thoughts???? They never really addressed the Continuum's source of power (that I can recall anyway)

True, remember in that Voyager episode where the Continuum was in a Civil war and Q seemed to be tired or injured in some way. So its possible they had some power limitations while fighting other Q.

I've been thinking about Q since it was brought up and have a thought: Q seems like he would be the person in an SUV/Hummer driving 90+ mph down the highway just because he can afford it.:p

Some say that introducing Seven of Nine was a sign the Star Trek franchise was playing the sex card to improve their ratings....then Jessica Simpson was on ST: Enterprise. It could have been worse :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/v/DoP3C76ioTU&hl=en&fs=1

Love the U-tube vid.

I was watching TV (Ninotchka) and could not help but to think this is a Seven of Nine part.

obsessed with efficiency
Issues with Paris and other men
obsessed with time between police whistles :D
"I am only interested in the shortest distances between two points"
Script change: "Are you an explorer" "No - I'm with Voyager"
"Your type will soon be extinct" - forgot "Resistance is futile :Dhttp://www.youtube.com/v/WYIHWJYhCno&hl=en&fs=1

Some say that introducing Seven of Nine was a sign the Star Trek franchise was playing the sex card to improve their ratings...
Aww, heck they used to play that card all the way back to the original series. I mean, for the time, consider the outfits the women wore. And that yeoman to Captain Kirk, jeesh.

Some say that introducing Seven of Nine was a sign the Star Trek franchise was playing the sex card to improve their ratings....then Jessica Simpson was on ST: Enterprise. It could have been worse :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/v/DoP3C76ioTU&hl=en&fs=1
Chuck, I think you were right about that. Kes left at about the same time as the arrival of Seven-of-9.

Star Trek, The Next Generatrion, and Deep Space Nine were on a higher level than the two Star Trek TV series that followed it. Granted, following actors like Shatner, Nimoy, Stewart, Brooks are hard acts to follow, but if you were to list the top ten Star Trek episodes, how many of them would be from Voyager or Enterprise? I can't think of many interesting alien races from the last two either. Bermann apparently tried to prop up Voyager ratings by injecting Next Gen matrial like The Borg. Along with a loss of creativity and rival series like Babylon 5 and StarGate, it's hard to find new material after 722 hours of Star Trek on five TV series and nine movies.

I was glad toward the end when Councilor Troi had a more standard uniform - she did not need a catsuit to get my attention - trust me. :D

http://www.youtube.com/v/WYIHWJYhCno&hl=en&fs=1http://www.youtube.com/v/1k2wJZFDkYI&hl=en&fs=1
I think the characters Ninotchka and Seven of Nine have been assimilated :D

I'll be blunt ("efficient" :D ) - they could have told Jerri Ryan to see the video above of Ninotchka and tell her to "do this" when playing Seven of Nine....it kind of confirms the speculation The Borg may have been a commentary on Communism, the Ferengi a commentary on Capitalism - notice the Ferengi sort of look like Ross Perot? :D

This poll has made me realize that eveyone here needs a new theme song. I submit the following...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw

All that did was make me remember that I actually saw the Star Wars Holiday Special on broadcast TV. In 1978 (or was it '79?)

Hmm...does that mean to imply that some of us here are geeks?
How could that be? :eyebrow:

Data, by far. He could pulse & glide that Galaxy-class starship better than the best of them, if he needed to.
I did not just say that by the way :o

The "Voyager" and "Enterprise" series were not Star Trek either, they were just terrible.


Oh, I did not just say that either :o

The "Voyager" and "Enterprise" series were not Star Trek either, they were just terrible.


:eek: Blasphemy

What about the traveller? All he did was have a little think and the Enterprise went a damn sight further and faster than ever and didn't use any energy.

Ah, but the Traveller was always exhausted after the journey, so he must have been tapping into some extreme energy force somewhere???