Holodecks and Ship sizes

[playloud]

Now that Voyager is back home, if Starfleet could copy the portable holo emitter that the Doctor is using, they could make an army of holographic soldiers at a rate far higher than cloning Storm Troopers. Mwuhaha

That assumes they can arbitrarily copy technology which is a century more advanced than their own. It also presumes that you couldn't just take them all out with an EMP.

I did say if, as I agree they may not be able to. You bring up a good point with the EMP. It all depends on the technology employed.

[Enigma]

The Holodeck has it uses but the moral benefits could be done with things that require less power and mainanence.

Not to mention less risk to all. What the fuck kind of "safety interlock" routinely fails? Do they even know what an interlock is?

The Holodeck can be used to Train troops but a linit has to be set. The problem is that the thing is always on!

Not to mention the aforementioned safety interlocks. If you do all your training in "God mode" against opponents where you can arbitrarily set the difficulty level, you will get a rude surprise during real combat.

Holographic opponents are pathetic; the holodeck's idea of Nazis was easily overrun by bat'leth-wielding Klingons.

You can't blame the holodeck for that. The blame should be placed on the person that programs the holodeck for the simulation.

What I'd do with the holodeck in a training scenario would be to make it that if they get 'fatally hit' during the training mission, then they just be knocked out (i.e. the bullet would act as a tranq.) and be left where they got hit until the training program is over. Plus if someone is hit but it isn't fatal then they'd get a shock or temporarilly lose the use of that limb until they are treated.

It all depends on how the holodeck is programmed. But then again this is ST, where Fed captains try to talk their way through a battle rather than just fight.

[Sarevok]

Now that Voyager is back home, if Starfleet could copy the portable holo emitter that the Doctor is using, they could make an army of holographic soldiers at a rate far higher than cloning Storm Troopers. Mwuhaha

That assumes they can arbitrarily copy technology which is a century more advanced than their own. It also presumes that you couldn't just take them all out with an EMP.

5 centuries more advanced to be precise.

[Isolder74]

The Holodeck has it uses but the moral benefits could be done with things that require less power and mainanence.

Not to mention less risk to all. What the fuck kind of "safety interlock" routinely fails? Do they even know what an interlock is?

The Holodeck can be used to Train troops but a linit has to be set. The problem is that the thing is always on!

Not to mention the aforementioned safety interlocks. If you do all your training in "God mode" against opponents where you can arbitrarily set the difficulty level, you will get a rude surprise during real combat.

Holographic opponents are pathetic; the holodeck's idea of Nazis was easily overrun by bat'leth-wielding Klingons.

You can't blame the holodeck for that. The blame should be placed on the person that programs the holodeck for the simulation.

What I'd do with the holodeck in a training scenario would be to make it that if they get 'fatally hit' during the training mission, then they just be knocked out (i.e. the bullet would act as a tranq.) and be left where they got hit until the training program is over. Plus if someone is hit but it isn't fatal then they'd get a shock or temporarilly lose the use of that limb until they are treated.

It all depends on how the holodeck is programmed. But then again this is ST, where Fed captains try to talk their way through a battle rather than just fight.

It also come from the are more advanced so old stuff is not as deadly as out fancy Swords are. Our Armor is more advanced so bullets are not as effective. The Machine Guns the Nazi used in WWII could fire up to 1,000 rounds in a minute. Of course this could only be done in short bursts. Yet this sort of fire should have cut through the Klingons like a hot knofe through butter.