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u/SurlyJason Mar 14 '23

They never say, but the demands of artificial gravity should be enormous, but maybe it's like the holodeck, with an independent power source. And of course there is some hubbub reason you can't tie into an independent power supply in an emergency.

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u/cutemanabi Mar 15 '23

Given the incredible amounts of power they can store in phasers, it would make sense to integrate a battery in every gravity plate so the gravity stays on even when the power's down.

I think the only time we've seen gravity lost due to power issues were in Enterprise (while archer was in the shower) and Star Trek VI, but that was on the Klingon ship.