Trekkies, question
 

I've always liked the various movies and series but one question I've always had is why do all the ships have to have a "saucer" section?

It's a flying saucer. :leaving:

I read that at the time, they wanted to break out of the cigar shaped rocket design off all the more cheesy sci fi from before. They sort of combined flying saucer with cigar shape and BAM Enterprise.

Is coffee being served within said section?

Every coffee cup needs a saucer.

Later they retconned the shape as being the best design for warp-field efficiency.

It is.

Saucer separation - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

It detaches for emergency landing:

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...separation.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...milie/borg.gif

It's supposed to represent a giant penis entering a giant vagina.

truth.

Final frontier, indeed.......

They are probing Uranis....

Which is stupid seeing as if that were the case, everyone would be doing it.

Must be a virgin vag, then... if the giant penis is boldly going "where no man has gone before." :lol:

I see what you did there. :)

The shape reduces drag in space.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9.../Borg-ship.jpg

There is no drag in the vacuum of space. Hell, a cube would be the perfect vehicle, hence the Borg ship concept.

How can you have drag in a vacuum?

Edit: OD bmti.

:rolleyes:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9w-0b9-Ipd...20/sarcasm.jpg

that's why I said ".....in space" instead of just "......reduces drag".

try to keep up people.

Here's another quote by me "The subtlety of my sarcasm makes me look the fool when in all actuality I'm a genius."

Run with that. :cheers:

Then, in true Trek lore fashion, my response to you is, "Don't play the wounded Klingon for me, Duras. You don't do it very well."

And shit. :D

Do you know who said that? What episode? What Stardate?

Nah, we cool. Just feckin' witcha. :cheers:

or at least I tell myself that everyday in the mirror when I wake up.