Transporting may be the safest way to travel, but when things go wrong, they go really, really wrong. Let’s look at some of Star Trek’s most traumatic transporter accidents. 1/
The Safest Way to Travel
Star Trek Facepalms
Star Trek Facepalms, a Thread
Facepalms and #TrekProblems go hand in hand. Let’s look at a few times our heroes were just so over it.
First up: Kirk stresses about power levels in Mudd’s Women. (1/18)
Trek’s Most Explosive Console Explosions
Star Trek’s Most Explosive Console Explosions, a Thread
10. TNG S5E5 Disaster – Impressive sparks but clearly harmless. Monroe doesn’t even flinch.
Trek Problem: Weird Energy Discharges
Trek Problem: Weird Energy Discharges
Log Entry: Is it an alien lifeform? An attempt to communicate? A plain old electric shock? With #TrekProblems you just never know.
Examples:
TNG 1×7 Lonely Among Us
TNG 2×11 Contagion
TNG 5×15 Power Play
TNG 7×2 Liaisons
Trek Problem: Destruction of the Enterprise
Trek Problem: Destruction of the Enterprise
Log Entry: They say fate protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise. Does it though?
Examples:
ST3 The Search for Spock
TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise
ST7 Generations
ST13 Beyond
Trek Problem: Sentient Spaceships
Trek Problem: Sentient Spaceships
Log Entry: When a spaceship goes sentient you never know what can happen, but it’ll probably cause #TrekProblems.
Examples:
ST1 The Motion Picture
TNG 7×23 Emergence
VOY 6×5 Alice
DSC 3×4 Forget Me Not
Trek Problem: Prime Directive Violations
Trek Problem: Prime Directive Violations
Log Entry: The Prime Directive is our highest law and must never be violated (unless you have #TrekProblems).
Examples:
TNG 1×8 Justice
TNG 3×4 Who Watches the Watchers
TNG 4×15 First Contact
TNG 7×13 Homeward
Trek Problem: Alien Interrogations
Trek Problem: Alien Interrogations
Log Entry: Explore strange new worlds, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.
Examples:
ENT 3×18 Azati Prime
TNG 6×11 Chain of Command, Part II
DS9 2×25 Tribunal
ST11 Star Trek
My face when I’m starving and the only thing to eat is live taspar.
Trek Problem: Out of Phase
Trek Problem: Out of Phase
Log Entry: If you’re feeling a bit “out of phase” with the universe lately it could be a sign of serious #TrekProblems.
Examples:
TOS 3×9 The Tholian Web
TNG 5×24 The Next Phase
DS9 4×3 The Visitor
VOY 2×21 Deadlock
Sometimes all we really want is to be seen, you know?
Trek Problem: Sparks
Trek Problem: Sparks
Log Entry: Trek problems are pretty much like normal problems, just with a lot more sparking.
Examples:
TOS 1×13 The Galileo Seven
TNG 5×5 Disaster
ENT 3×18 Azati Prime
DSC 2×14 Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2
Trek Problem: Tubes
Trek Problem: Tubes
Log Entry: Why do we have to crawl through tubes all the time? Because #TrekProblems, that’s why.
Examples:
ENT 2×23 Regeneration
TOS 2×6 The Doomsday Machine
TNG 4×19 The Nth Degree
SNW 1×10 A Quality of Mercy
Trek Problem: Misadventures on Risa
Trek Problem: Misadventures on Risa
Log Entry: Looking to get away for the weekend? I recommend Casperia Prime. Risa is nothing but #TrekProblems.
Examples:
ENT 1×25 Two Days and Two Nights
TNG 3×19 Captain’s Holiday
TNG 5×6 The Game
DS9 5×7 Let He Who is Without Sin
Trek Problem: Seat Belts (Lack of)
Trek Problem: Seat Belts (Lack of)
Log Entry: When the inertial dampers fail there’s only one thing you can do: hold on tight!
Examples:
ENT 1×12 Silent Enemy
TOS 1×8 Balance of Terror
ST6 The Undiscovered Country
TNG 5×10 New Ground
