this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2026
225 points (98.3% liked)
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name
7349 readers
538 users here now
/c/TenForward: Your home-away-from-home for all things Star Trek!
Re-route power to the shields, emit a tachyon pulse through the deflector, and post all the nonsense you want. Within reason of course.
~ 1. No bigotry. This is a Star Trek community. Remember that diversity and coexistence are Star Trek values. Any post/comments that are racist, anti-LGBT, or generally "othering" of a group will result in removal/ban.
~ 2. Keep it civil. Disagreements will happen both on lore and preferences. That's okay! Just don't let it make you forget that the person you are talking to is also a person.
~ 3. Use spoiler tags.
Use spoiler tags in comments, and NSFW checkbox for posts.
This applies to any episodes that have dropped within 3 months prior of your posting. After that it's free game.
~ 4. Keep it Trek related. This one is kind of a gimme but keep as on topic as possible.
~ 5. Keep posts to a limit. We all love Star Trek stuff but 3-4 posts in an hour is plenty enough.
~ 6. Try to not repost. Mistakes happen, we get it! But try to not repost anything from within the past 1-2 months.
~ 7. No General AI Art. Posts of simple AI art do not 'inspire jamaharon'
~ 8. No Political Upheaval. Political commentary is allowed, but please keep discussions civil. Read here for our community's expectations.
Fun will now commence.
Sister Communities:
Want your community to be added to the sidebar? Just ask one of our mods!
Creator Resources:
Looking for a Star Trek screencap? (TrekCore)
Looking for the right Star Trek typeface/font for your meme? (Thank you @kellyaster for putting this together!)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Question: in all of the shows, particularly the TNG era 24th century ones, did they ever depict using a wrench to turn a bolt or anything like that? Occasionally they'll fire a little laser at something...
Is the Enterprise entirely toolless?
The bolts are self sealing, so they probably don't need a lot of tools.
It's part of Trek philosophy: everything has to be futuristic and unfamiliar, even if it makes no sense, like palm flashlights.
My favorite Star Trek commentary is found on Ronald D. Moore's audio track to the BSG mini-series.
I mean just simply...how is the thing held together? The crew just walks up to a wall, grabs a panel and yanks it off. You can peel the Enterprise like an orange.
And how do the doors always know your intent? The answer is don't think about it, Morty.
they don't
Magnets. Perhaps keyed into the biometrics of certain personnel? Honestly, I just assumed that they were basically a much more technologically developed version of those cabinets at my aunt's house that you push the corners to open.
I think the tools you see O'Brien and others using do do that, just with directed energy.