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Serious question here: isn't the Warp core not the best place to do this? They probably have the right equipment and sensors in the engineering section to do that test and I would also image that the warp core would be much safer because of its added protection systems than anywhere else on the ship, right? So if the weapon blows up, they shut that section off, wait for it to blow and dust off the consoles.
It also looks like they are firing away from the warp core and not at it.
As for data standing right behind it, I mean, he is an android who doesn't fear death or injury...
Counterpoint: doing anything at all with an unknown weapon next to a supply of antimatter is really bad idea. Sure, nothing might go wrong. However, the worst case scenario involves antimatter.
They have a literal firing range on the ship.
Interesting point but isn't that more for practice? I mean more in the range of a very controlled and secure environment in which those phasers are not being able to hurt anybody. So the actual area doesn't need to be highly shielded or protected because the phasers wouldn't do any damage.
It would 100% be set up for livefire and over engineered. they FIND CRAZY SHIT UNDER EVERY ROCK. they are always in there drunk off their asses firing off borg weapons and doin lines.
They also have a warp core breach like every other week on the show.
Not sure why you’re here trying to defend an objectively idiotic setting for that scene. It could’ve happened in the observation lounge and still have been more acceptable of a location.
How is asking a question "defending it"?