TechNotes on Voyager: "Phage"
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Neelix's accident: hm. that's one heck of an accurate transporter -- not
to mention portable.
the Doc's holographic lung trick: interesting. they took advantage of
the fact that physical contact is based upon electromagnetic repulsion
between atomic particles and took the logical extension. if i understood
the Doc right, the holographic light is surrounded by a fine-point
magnetic field that simulates the same thing normal matter would generate
-- lots of technology, but nothing unrealistic considering it's the 24th
century. iron lung to hololung...
question, tho - the trek tech manual says they use micro-force fields and
some transported matter in the holodecks. mebbe it's just easier to use
the new technology, especially considering that the sick bay's a smaller
environment with much less holomatter to take care of. any opinions?
the alian medical toy: i was right, it is impressive. "right down to
their dna sequences"? kinda like those futuristic cyberpunk stories that
have gangs attacking pedestrians to steal their organs for donation banks
to buy.
hyperventelation problems: of course. if he tries breathing too fast and
irregularly, the computer can't keep up with the changes. good job,
writers.
the hall of mirrors: interesting trick. wonder how they got the
"mirrors" that big?
the doc's attitude: the program's giving him a lot of leeway for his
personality. must come from having all those medical backgrounds in his
data banks, he's too used to being just a backup doctor and assuming he
can handle anything whenever he's called up. i like Kes' comment, tho:
"I guess you'll just have to learn, _like the rest of us._"
the phaser trick: why search out the ship? why not just aim at one of
the reflections of it until they hit it? the phaser and viewscreen,
assuming they're in the same line with eachother, should allow them to
just look directly at the alien ship reflection and fire, no? -- just like
those three-mirror reflectors they put on the moon to calculate it's
distance from earth by laser beam.
the aliens: cripes. from the look of them, they're gonna need all the
spare organs they need. how'd they even grow up to adults, though, if
this phage has been attacking them for 2,000 years? "thousands die each
day"... they should be completely extinct, technology or not.
the transplant news: yeesh. talk about your medical dilemmas.
the donation: i almost can't believe they can't just clone the lungs -
but logically, i suppose that would involve cloning the whole body with it
so that they can grow properly, and the ethical dilemmas there are
panfully obvious.
afterward: so now they're both on one lung each? if we use two, though,
then they're not too likely to handle stress very long. anyone know just
how much of our lungs humans actually use? considering the pics i've seen
of lung cancer victims in my bio books, i suppose that's more than i'm
guessing here.
the warp engine question again: anyone find out where the impulse engines
are on the Voyager yet? i'm still waiting to see if my theory about the
tilt-engine design is right (one position for balanced thruster/reactive
engines, the other for optimal warp bubble design).
side note: kes as a nurse, huh? this ought to get the Doc's "character"
developed a lot faster. btw, anyone know if he _ever_ gets a name?
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--Blaze
"I'm not from here, I don't belong,
All I am I am is gone."
-dada, "All I Am"