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From: je...@cs.mcgill.ca (Gerald (Jerry) KUCH)
Date: 23 Feb 92 21:52:36 GMT
Local: Sun, Feb 23 1992 4:52 pm
Subject: Re: Amnesia episode proves Troi is a fake.
In article <1992Feb23.093941.2...@clarinet.com> b...@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes: These are some of my least favorite Troi moments. I'm just waiting for Picard >For years we've always been a bit concerned with the fact that Troi never >actually does anything remotely psychic. Picard will come out of >the ready room, pace the bridge, sit in his chair and release a heavy >sigh, and Troi the betazoid will say, "You're worried, Captain." to turn to her and say something like: "Counsellor, the Enterprise is gravely damaged, a third of the crew has died, >Ferrengi traders will say, "no, our intentions are peaceful, yeah, that's John Lovitts as a Ferengei. This I would like to see sometime. >the ticket, ...yeah!" and Troi will say, "I think they're hiding >something, captain." >So finally Troi gets a chance. The crew has amnesia and she reminds us Yep. Did she ever actually end up in Macduff's presence? Yeah, I guess >all she still has her Troi-powers. Yet there's an alien ringer on the >ship pretending to be a human 1st officer with amnesia, and not once does >Troi detect that he's lying, or hiding something, or in a massively >completely different mental state from everybody else -- or simply an alien! she did. Okay, she sucks. You're right. >Troi's been shown as a fraud. Fire her. furtively around the room while she copies the answers off the "Empath's Competency Exam" scoring sheet of the person in the seat next to her. >(Of course, this was not even the biggest hole in this interesting, but Data was a problem. The ship's computers were a problem. But then again, >underlying silly episode. Any race that had a weapon that could go >through the Enterprise's shields and not just remove everybody's memory, >but also break all computer security codes and then destroy and *edit* >computer records selectively, even the backups, then lower the shields >for transport onboard -- they would have one of the most powerful weapons >around, and Ferrengi (and tons of other races) would gladly trade warships or >mercenary services for it. The episode also ignored the fact that ships, >even today, keep copies of the logs in ultra-protected uneraseable black >box type units -- we presume the Enterprise's would be one that could >survive an antimatter explosion, if that's possible. Data has similar >backups in unwritable storage.) we've seen that Ferengei expertise with mind control is fairly formidable ("The Battle") so who knows....the Sutterans may have BOUGHT the equipment they needed to seize the Enterprise from the Ferengei. And it must have some limitations....has anybody thought that Macduff may have been hidden aboard earlier, and only put on the extra pips and come to the bridge when the ship got zotted? Still, the point stands that any race with a weapon like this might not need >-- -- >Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Sunnyvale, CA 408/296-0366 J. Kuch (je...@cs.mcgill.ca) | "Objects are a poor man's Closures." --N. Adams "I was wrong to play God. Life is precious, not a thing to be toyed with. Now take out that brain and flush it down the toilet." --- M. Burns "Treehouse of Horror II" You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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