What was Harry thinking??

TurboPhaser · Post by **TurboPhaser** » 2004-01-06 11:53am

I don't usually do this, but I realise the most utterly stupid and ridiculous thing done by a Starfleet Officer has been done by Harry. He shoulda been thrown in the brig for dereliction of duty!

This is what he did.

Episode: Fair Haven.

Crew has created a quaint Irish village. Janeway falls in love. Ship is caught in a space storm.

Towards the end of the episode, the ship was having trouble escaping and they began to divert power to the deflector to 'cut' a path through the storm. The ship was barely holding together when the power transfer order was given.

Harry however, obviously had other things on his mind. He said something like:

'Captain, there isnt enough time to deactivate the holodeck, we'll lose most of Fair Haven!'

Argh! Hello? The ship is about to be destroyed! Hello?! Who cares about the freaking holodeck! Even if his concern was for Janeway and her boyfriend, that was not the time!
If the ship explodes, there wont be any Fair Haven anyway!

Does anybody else think this was utterly incomprehensible behaviour? For someone who had 6 years experience, in the DQ no less.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2004-01-06 11:59am

Mabye that's why he's still an ensign?

Still nothing compared to the caffinated bitch

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-01-06 12:14pm

Part of the problem was that Voyager added a new piece of uber dork technobable: "photonic." Since "photonic" life forms all of the sudden became common (we even see some in Boobyprise), these Fair Haven holos were like real life forms.

Lameway should have executed his stupid ass for even saying something that stupid. I would have.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2004-01-06 05:05pm

Starfleet Regulations wrote:If in a tricky situation always use the course of action most likely to cause death or maiming to the ship and crew

harry was just folowing the regulations.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-01-06 06:44pm

They should've just saved the "photonic lifeforms" onto the computer. They've done that in TNG.

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2004-01-06 06:49pm

Modern Star Trek writers like to force drama into places where it doesn't belong. They're crazy like that.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-01-06 09:29pm

Shinova wrote:They should've just saved the "photonic lifeforms" onto the computer. They've done that in TNG.

If you're referring to Professor Moriartie (I apologize for my hideous spelling), I believe he nearly went insane while he was just data in the E-D's computer and nearly destroyed the ship when Barclay loaded him up while trying to fix the problems to the holodecks he'd caused. Though, that was a damn stupid thing Harry did.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-01-06 10:03pm

I don't think he went insane... I think he was just pissed that he was basically tucked away and forgotten.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2004-01-07 04:57am

I'll also note that Janeway for once didn't hesitate. She actualy sounded somewhat pissed at Harry for bringing up Fair Haven when she asked for the power.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-07 05:14am

Demiurge wrote:Modern Star Trek writers like to force drama into places where it doesn't belong. They're crazy like that.

Insurrection and Nemesis are good examples.

Akira · Post by **Akira** » 2004-01-07 07:50am

But wasn’t the reason they had to start rationing replicator power, but not holo power because the power used to run the holodecks “incompatible” with the rest of the ships power systems? In that case, the power from the holodeck wouldn’t have worked anyway.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2004-01-09 02:04am

Akira wrote:But wasn’t the reason they had to start rationing replicator power, but not holo power because the power used to run the holodecks “incompatible” with the rest of the ships power systems? In that case, the power from the holodeck wouldn’t have worked anyway.

Um , I think they had to ration the replicator not because of power supply limit but because of the limit of available materials for the replicator to use to replicate from. Plus the mess hall also would serve to help the crew bond better and make them a better team.