Which seems to happen quite frequently on starship bridges. Also, evidently inertial dampers are more difficult to get working right than transporters, replicators, and warp cores...no, strike that--warp cores regularly go into a breach overload countdown. Wonder if the Romulans have the same kind of problems with their Quantum Singularity Reactors.
And how come they don't just replicate some dilithium crystals? Science Fiction, the story of "what if.." What if they solved the problem of people wandering around in dark tunnels with flashlights? Like transporter drones, for instance. The dead-horse flogging x-files suspense scene would be removed. Isn't that an improvement in the quality of life? Isn't that what trek technology is all about?
