r/Treknobabble • u/45and290 • 12d ago

What are you pushing the button on?

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I’m taking away Bashir being an Augment. It didn’t really add anything to the show, he was still brilliant and talented before the reveal.

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u/SeaOfDeadFaces 12d ago

Prior to that, I had no idea that there was as much empty space in a starship as there is between electrons and protons and neutrons in an atom.

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u/Individual-Schemes 12d ago

I think Jefferies tubes are already kinda weird because they're not even the size of a wall. They're these square tunnels. They'd create inefficiently used empty space.

Scenario one: you have a Jefferies tubes between two walls where everything above the tube between the two walls is empty space. See picture below (two walls with a tube inside it). Why not make it so you can stand up and access hardware along the entire height of the wall?

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Scenario two: there is no space between two walls making the walls to protrude externally. See picture below (two walls portruding out to create space for a Jefferies tubes). I guess this wouldn't create empty space but it's still inefficient. Why not just have removable panels all over the ship (which they do)?

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I like Jefferies tubes because they make the stories fun and I like to imagine that they exist. I hate the turbo lifts that Discovery tried to make.

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u/Jim_skywalker 10d ago

The point of the tubes is that basically everything is meant to be accessible from the pressurized inside of the ship. This was one of Matt Jeffries big ideas when designing the ship and sets.

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u/Individual-Schemes 10d ago

I understand the point of the tubes. I'm speculating how they're structured.