Enterprise *sob*
I should probably clarify – this is the first series of Trek I’ve seen where the technobabble has been confusing, because … well, it’s just not working properly any more. At least previously when LaForge said “you can’t go above warp 10” there a consistent reason why, even if it wouldn’t make any sense to the average viewer. The Universal Translator, for example – previously, it was established that the computer held the translator in their communicators / comnbadges. Now Hoshi seems to carry this large device around for ten minutes before suddenly everyone’s speaking fluently to the aliens of the week whether she’s there or not.
The fact that they’re all scared of the transporter really annoys me. Would Starfleet really include one if it wasn’t safe technology? Wouldn’t they have been trained to use the things routinely back on Earth?
When in other series was it established that Klingons had the holodeck technology? I must have missed it…