Trekmiss Videos: Back Online!

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2006-01-29 04:57am

New section at the USVSD:

USVSD MULTIMEDIA

Here you'll find Trek Miss 1, Trek Miss 2, and "The Canon Argument" short film!

OmegaGuy · Post by **OmegaGuy** » 2006-01-29 06:42am

Well, to be fair, Klaa was using manual targeting.

Pax Britannia · Post by **Pax Britannia** » 2006-01-29 06:45am

Thats awesome. I love the video about the accuracy of Star Trek ships.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-01-29 08:06am

OmegaGuy wrote:Well, to be fair, Klaa was using manual targeting.

He was using his periscope, and there was a clear lock-on graphic before he fired, in much the same manner as when Chang's BoP was firing on the Enterprise-A and the Excelsior in ST6. Really, it's unbelievable that a barely mobile satellite within spitting distance should've presented an "extremely difficult" challenge, and it's even more unbelievable that his first salvo missed.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-01-29 08:13am

One thing that soooo belongs in TrekMiss2:

Get Down!

Hmmm, it's a phaser beam!

Your auto-aim fu is weak, foolish gold shirt!

The funny thing is, I have it frame by frame, and really, it looks like the Individual-Borg didn't look like it even needed to move.

AK_Jedi · Post by **AK_Jedi** » 2006-01-29 02:07pm

Its interesting how they always fire short bursts from their hand phasers instead of the sweeping tactic that trekkies insist that they use.

LongVin · Post by **LongVin** » 2006-01-29 02:10pm

Wow so its possible to dodge phaser beams by just leaning backwards. Either Phasers suck and the marksmanship of the users suck or Humans in the Trek universe has superhuman reflexes...I wonder which it could be.

OmegaGuy · Post by **OmegaGuy** » 2006-01-29 02:24pm

You know which one the Trekkies wil claim.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-01-29 04:14pm

LongVin wrote:Wow so its possible to dodge phaser beams by just leaning backwards. Either Phasers suck and the marksmanship of the users suck or Humans in the Trek universe has superhuman reflexes...I wonder which it could be.

Observe the propagation speeds of hand phaser beams as ocasionally shown on-screen and think again. It's entirely possible to dodge out of the way with purely human reflexes. Trekmiss2 has several such occurences IIRC.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-01-29 05:56pm

Batman wrote:
LongVin wrote:Wow so its possible to dodge phaser beams by just leaning backwards. Either Phasers suck and the marksmanship of the users suck or Humans in the Trek universe has superhuman reflexes...I wonder which it could be.
Observe the propagation speeds of hand phaser beams as ocasionally shown on-screen and think again. It's entirely possible to dodge out of the way with purely human reflexes. Trekmiss2 has several such occurences IIRC.

Honestly, Trekkies deride blaster bolts for being slow. At least those can't be doged without Jedi-reflexes. Phasers seem to be vastly slower than even arrows.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2006-01-29 06:13pm

Vympel wrote:
OmegaGuy wrote:Well, to be fair, Klaa was using manual targeting.
He was using his periscope, and there was a clear lock-on graphic before he fired, in much the same manner as when Chang's BoP was firing on the Enterprise-A and the Excelsior in ST6. Really, it's unbelievable that a barely mobile satellite within spitting distance should've presented an "extremely difficult" challenge, and it's even more unbelievable that his first salvo missed.

He indicated it was small and difficult to hit. The lock on graphic doesn't necessarily mean that a targeting solution was fed into the computer. He was obviously looking for sport.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2006-01-29 06:14pm

Batman wrote:
LongVin wrote:Wow so its possible to dodge phaser beams by just leaning backwards. Either Phasers suck and the marksmanship of the users suck or Humans in the Trek universe has superhuman reflexes...I wonder which it could be.
Observe the propagation speeds of hand phaser beams as ocasionally shown on-screen and think again. It's entirely possible to dodge out of the way with purely human reflexes. Trekmiss2 has several such occurences IIRC.

Phaser speed is one of those inconsistent things so common in Trek.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-01-29 06:20pm

Kamakazie Sith wrote: Phaser speed is one of those inconsistent things so common in Trek.

No kidding. Doesn't invalidate the fact that at least occasionally phaser speed is that pathetically low.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2006-01-29 07:22pm

Batman wrote: No kidding. Doesn't invalidate the fact that at least occasionally phaser speed is that pathetically low.

However, it can be faster. So why is this way, why is it fast and then only slow when people dodge? Are we seeing some kind of bullet time?

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-01-29 07:54pm

Kamakazie Sith wrote: He indicated it was small and difficult to hit.

Which is exactly why it's so silly. It's barely moving and is within spitting distance of the disruptor cannon.

The lock on graphic doesn't necessarily mean that a targeting solution was fed into the computer. He was obviously looking for sport.

At absolute least, it means he was getting a firing solution from the gunnery system. Whether it was automatic or manual (like the predicting gunsights on modern fighters when you switch to guns) it's still unbelievalbe it was considered a difficult target.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2006-01-29 08:00pm

Vympel wrote:
Kamakazie Sith wrote: He indicated it was small and difficult to hit.
Which is exactly why it's so silly. It's barely moving and is within spitting distance of the disruptor cannon.

The lock on graphic doesn't necessarily mean that a targeting solution was fed into the computer. He was obviously looking for sport.
At absolute least, it means he was getting a firing solution from the gunnery system. Whether it was automatic or manual (like the predicting gunsights on modern fighters when you switch to guns) it's still unbelievalbe it was considered a difficult target.

Agreed, and he always struck me as a Klingon Captain with a lot to prove and no real skills to speak of. In other words....that Captain sucked. I got the impression that if Captain Kirk was looking for a fight that Klingon would have been an easy kill.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2006-01-29 10:33pm

Hip-hip-huzzah. Trek-miss is my favorite part of your webpage, Wayne.

LongVin · Post by **LongVin** » 2006-01-29 11:05pm

Vympel wrote:
Kamakazie Sith wrote: He indicated it was small and difficult to hit.
Which is exactly why it's so silly. It's barely moving and is within spitting distance of the disruptor cannon.

The lock on graphic doesn't necessarily mean that a targeting solution was fed into the computer. He was obviously looking for sport.
At absolute least, it means he was getting a firing solution from the gunnery system. Whether it was automatic or manual (like the predicting gunsights on modern fighters when you switch to guns) it's still unbelievalbe it was considered a difficult target.

Maybe the guns weren't calibrated right?

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2006-01-29 11:42pm

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Batman wrote: No kidding. Doesn't invalidate the fact that at least occasionally phaser speed is that pathetically low.
However, it can be faster. So why is this way, why is it fast and then only slow when people dodge? Are we seeing some kind of bullet time?

So can blaster bolts.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2006-01-30 12:01am

Connor MacLeod wrote:
So can blaster bolts.

Indeed, but I don't recall any moving as slow as some phaser beams have. The one from TNG Contagion is just ridiculous....

They should have fired their FX people.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-01-30 03:03am

Kamakazie Sith wrote: Indeed, but I don't recall any moving as slow as some phaser beams have. The one from TNG Contagion is just ridiculous....

They should have fired their FX people.

I think it's the way they shot Picard dodging- it looked very forced, and that's what they had to work with I suppose. I'm just speculating.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-01-30 05:51am

Agreed, and he always struck me as a Klingon Captain with a lot to prove and no real skills to speak of. In other words....that Captain sucked. I got the impression that if Captain Kirk was looking for a fight that Klingon would have been an easy kill.

Klaa's an incompetent idiot. He never grasped the sheer idiocy of attacking a Federation heavy cruiser, completely botched his attack at Nimbus III, and crumbled the moment he got orders from the ambassador. Probably a kid with important parents who fell upwards through the ranks.

The Klingons must've realised this too, because by the time of ST6 he's a lowly translator (!) at Kirk's trial

nightmare · Post by **nightmare** » 2006-01-30 07:02pm

Vympel wrote:Hmmm, it's a phaser beam!

Is it just me, or is that Borg a female? I've heard of them (well, aside from the obvious 7/9) but can't recall seeing one until now.

Gildor · Post by **Gildor** » 2006-01-30 07:09pm

Well, there was the female Borg in Q Who?, that walked past Data aboard the cube.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2006-01-30 08:00pm

nightmare wrote:
Vympel wrote:Hmmm, it's a phaser beam!
Is it just me, or is that Borg a female? I've heard of them (well, aside from the obvious 7/9) but can't recall seeing one until now.

the Borg have always been a mix of males and females but the diffencies have been so small that females have been hard to spot.