• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    51 year ago

    Given that they have the ability to select pretty much whatever material they want with the transporters, I imagine it wouldn’t be too hard for them to do a once a day transport for all dust/debris particles directly into space, or some containment unit of their choosing. Same goes for pretty much any other cleaning task.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      71 year ago

      It is mentioned in that one episode where they have a small village of “back to the land” type people staying in the cargo bay, along with their farm animals that they don’t have to keep sweeping up all the time, the bays will clean themselves. They just have to stop lighting cooking fires.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        5
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        That actually makes me think, would it theoretically be possible to automate ship repair with transporter technology? All the time they have ships coming in with giant chunks missing.

        If you are able to get a high resolution scan of the current state of the vessel, and have the plans to build it, couldn’t they set up a specialized transporter to transport the damaged bits away, and transition area that is destroyed, and then replace it with new parts as needed?

        Basically do some a similar repair method from Space Engineers, just fancier with transporters.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    221 year ago

    I would be super dissapointed to learn that they figured out FTL travel and the ability to simply materialise food and all the other amazing technological feats but still hadn’t automated cleaning yet. I godamn hate cleaning.

    • The Barto
      link
      fedilink
      English
      101 year ago

      It’s easier to list whatever harry out ranks, which I think is a stembolt on an upper pylon on Empok Nor.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    51 year ago

    Is that the Paramount set or is that Star Trek The Experience? A lot of the proportions seem off.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      21 year ago

      At the very least, the headrests are wrong and the carpet is the wrong color*. Probably the latter.

      (* maybe it looks “right” on those novelty VHS recordings you get at the end of the experience?)

  • AlexisFR
    link
    fedilink
    English
    6
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Don’t they have the DOTS robots for this?

    • Blaine
      link
      fedilink
      English
      91 year ago

      Thanks for reminding me of yet another reason why Star Trek: Discovery is not canon.

  • Gormadt
    link
    fedilink
    English
    17
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    At least they’re not in charge of cleaning out the holodeck, that place has to be pretty rough

  • IninewCrow
    link
    fedilink
    English
    20
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Vacuum machines starts whirling really loud … rumbles … starts smoking … shuts down

    Tears apart the unit and discovers six Captains com badges in the hose

    Yes we’re looking at you @[email protected]

  • circuitfarmer
    link
    fedilink
    English
    141 year ago

    And his needs are met. He’s got a place to live. He’s got replicators.

    I’d vacuum every damned deck if it gave me a place on a starship where all my needs were met.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      3
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      100%. I have a nice cushy work from home desk job right now but I’ve also worked service jobs and manual labor jobs and I would absolutely jump at the chance for a job as janitorial staff on a starship exploring the galaxy for nothing more than accommodations and the amenities of replicators and holodecks aboard said starship exploring the galaxy. Space shitter clogged? I’m all over it for a chance to just be out there with my needs met.