VOY s1e12 "Cathexis"
The survivors of AR-558 coming home and being asked why they didn’t use the wide beam setting.
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Tuvok knows that nothing beats the Spread Gun
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my favorite example of "we can do this extraordinary thing and we will never talk about it again":
- starfleet can create copy of dead or lost people using transporter
- seven is literally necromancer and can resurrect dead...
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Things that hand phasers can do:
- Stun
- Kill
- Disintegrate
- Explode
- Sick lightshow that impresses everybody
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Like Kira said, "... It's a little more complicated, so it's not as good a field weapon. Too many things can go wrong with it. I think you should stick with the Cardassian rifle. Smaller, easier to use, and if we get boarded I don't want you to have to think too much about the weapon you're using."
Maybe people in starfleet forget the features available in the pinch of the moment. (&/or writers "forget" for convenient writing devices).
... Or maybe starfleet academy['s training] is not as great as the much lauded (but lacking merit (?)) "competence porn" selection bias that we see gives the impression of.
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Misreading that as Turok really threw me off for a second
What is this, Abrams Star Trek?!!
I think the next time we see the wide beam setting is LD.
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