What is the worst technobabble of all?

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2003-10-08 08:15pm

SirNitram wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:DS9 had a "flux capacitor" once. You know its gotten bad when they're ripping off 'Back to the Future'.
They went lower. The Infinite Improbability Drive was ripped off for VOY: Threshold.(Yes, that is a sore spot for me)

VGR also had a flux capacitate or something like that in one of the early episodes....

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-10-08 11:00pm

I absolutly hate the word "Photonic." What is it with Voyager and Photons? Photonic, Photonic Life Form, Photonic Cannon, Portable Photon Generator, etc.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-10-09 12:28am

Macross, AMEN BROTHER. We see a fucking photonic doctor on Voyager and suddenly 'photonic life forms' are popping up all over the fucking place. 90% of the pathetic species in the Delta quandrant can't replicate, transport, or even develop weaponry even close to Voyager, but they can sure make 'photonic' shit.

Not only that, but we even saw 'photonic' people on Enterprise! Good fucking lord, holograms before Kirk and Spock's time? I'm really thinking that B & B have some major boners for 'photonic life forms.'

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2003-10-09 06:52pm

Superman wrote:I'm really thinking that B & B have some major boners for 'photonic life forms.'

What they really have a boner for is profits and pissing off fans.

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2003-10-09 10:14pm

Turbolift. Just call it a fucking lift!

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-10-10 07:13am

paladin wrote:Turbolift. Just call it a fucking lift!

They Should Call it a Quantulift, because Quantum sounds way cooler than Turbo. (e.g. Turbolaser)

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-10-10 08:30am

Photon torpedoes of course. Why not call them anti-matter torpedoes since that's what they realy are ?

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2003-10-10 10:08am

Col. Crackpot wrote:Oh! i can use all of those words in one babbling command!

Reroute the quantum radiation through the holographic generator sub-routine to stabilize the singualrity. Compensate for polarity phasing by utilizing a level one diagnostic algorithm on the teritary computer matrix! If we modulate the phase variance with a netrino beam we should be able to inhibit the formation of chronoton particles on the event horizon!

Jesus Cthulhu but that sounds just like actual dialogue from an episode of V'ger.

My own nominations: a "quantum fissure" in an event horizon, and "deuterium ore". Takes the cake for stupid.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-10-10 02:17pm

evilcat4000 wrote:Photon torpedoes of course. Why not call them anti-matter torpedoes since that's what they realy are ?

That doesn't sound nearly as cool.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-10-10 03:15pm

Uraniun235 wrote:
evilcat4000 wrote:Photon torpedoes of course. Why not call them anti-matter torpedoes since that's what they realy are ?
That doesn't sound nearly as cool.

Actually, I think that "Anti-Matter Torpedo" sounds much more bad-ass than "Photon Torpedo".

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-10-10 09:56pm

Too many syllables.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-10-10 10:25pm

Patrick Degan wrote:My own nominations: a "quantum fissure" in an event horizon, and "deuterium ore". Takes the cake for stupid.

Ah yes, "Deuterium Ore," which can only be mined on those inhospitable and rare Class Y planets.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-10-11 02:08am

Uraniun235 wrote:Too many syllables.

I thought that when it came to technobabble, excessive syllables were a good thing?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-10-11 02:18am

Not when you're trying to make it sound badass.

Publius · Post by **Publius** » 2003-10-11 06:08am

The worst part about a "quantum fissure in the event horizon" is that there are people that try to defend it as a meaningful concept. This is second quite possibly only to the use of the word "transport" to refer to teleportation as a barbarous assault on the English language.

PUBLIUS

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-10-11 04:20pm

Publius wrote:The worst part about a "quantum fissure in the event horizon" is that there are people that try to defend it as a meaningful concept.

I never thought about what "quantum fissure" was meant to mean in the first place - I just think it sounds silly.

Uraniun235 wrote:Not when you're trying to make it sound badass.

"Anti-Matter Torpedo" is still only 7 syllables. It could be far worse.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-11 05:33pm

Macross wrote:I absolutly hate the word "Photonic." What is it with Voyager and Photons? Photonic, Photonic Life Form, Photonic Cannon, Portable Photon Generator, etc.

I have a portable photon generator in my pocket

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-10-12 10:17am

"Anti-Matter Torpedo" is still only 7 syllables. It could be far worse.

Example ?

Mutant Headcrab · Post by **Mutant Headcrab** » 2003-10-12 01:20pm

evilcat4000 wrote:
"Anti-Matter Torpedo" is still only 7 syllables. It could be far worse.
Example ?

How about:

"Regulated Matter/Anti-Matter Offensive Reaction Device"

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 2003-10-12 02:46pm

Regulated Matter/Anti-Matter Offensive Reaction Device

Self Propelled Regulated Matter/Anti-Matter Offensive Reaction Device
Can't forge that propulsion

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-12 03:53pm

Theyre not even torpedos, they're missiles. How about you call them AP missiles and be done with it. Or AP torps if you wanna keep the torpedo thing. Not like they are actual torpedos or anything.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-12 09:06pm

kojikun wrote:Theyre not even torpedos, they're missiles. How about you call them AP missiles and be done with it. Or AP torps if you wanna keep the torpedo thing. Not like they are actual torpedos or anything.

What is the difference between a torpedo and a missile? Is it any worse then calling something a phaser canon?

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-10-12 09:12pm

The Kernel wrote:
kojikun wrote:Theyre not even torpedos, they're missiles. How about you call them AP missiles and be done with it. Or AP torps if you wanna keep the torpedo thing. Not like they are actual torpedos or anything.
What is the difference between a torpedo and a missile? Is it any worse then calling something a phaser canon?

A torpedo goes in the water. A missle is a better term.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-12 09:27pm

Torpedos also tend to use an external working fluid as opposed to being rocket or jet based (as cruise missiles are). Torpedos are the water based equivalent of propeller missiles (none of which exist).

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-10-12 09:29pm

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:DS9 had a "flux capacitor" once. You know its gotten bad when they're ripping off 'Back to the Future'.
LOL are you sure, that's a bit much. What episode?

I think it's from "What You Leave Behind" (not sure which part), spoken by O'Brien.

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