The reason is because the engines produce this material as a waste product. So instead of venting it into space it's processed and funneled back through the ship to power everything from lights to equipment.
Very efficient and very VERY dangerous. Many Vulcans retired from the VSA because Humans pulled shit like this.
Everyone else in the minivan:
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I think the word you're looking for is "lanky".
He was, kind of. But those first episodes with the thinner beard (he was wearing fake facial hair to make it fuller) made him look even more like a pencil.
Riker, over comms: "'Sup, stupid."
Thomas: "I'm closing the channel."
Riker: "How would like to make some extra scratch and keep my Imzadi company for a few weeks?"
Thomas: "...I'm listening."
Good title for a trashy murder novel:
Cold Feet & Hot Lead
With beard: Stalwart ship's Captain
Without beard: Al Gore (before beard)
Bro, Shinzon was Nemesis. Riker lost the beard in Insurrection.
And you complain, but that super hot Trill Ops officer seemed to like it.
Constable irresponsible.
Captain Seinfeld: "It's like she has two faces!"
Commander Costanza, hands in the air: "SHE'S A TWO-FACE!"
"Damn Starfleet officers, they ruined Starfleet!"
I knew I could count on someone.
Risa has a legit GIF army.
"Inertial dampeners have failed."
Many times someone will say this while the ships is performing combat maneuvers at several hundred kilometers per second.
If that were true, everyone onboard would instantly become "chunky salsa." (Obscure Trek-related quote, for anyone that can place it.)