As fun as the holodeck sounds, you need a security camera in their at all times. Seriously, if you can’t see what is happening, someone might die.
Probably for physics experiments. The holodeck isn’t just used for entertainment. They might use it to simulate new engines or technologies they are working on. If the forcefields can interact to work just like a prototype engine would, it becomes possible to prototype new tech in the holodeck then fabricating the real thing.
I was blown when I found out that liquid can be drank in the holodeck, and went down a rabbit hole where I found out that modern holodecks have replicators built in, and mix/match when to create real water, and when just to simulate a virtual (but hard) liquid.
Whenever you see a waterfall in the holodeck, it’s likely just rendered scenery until you interact with it, in which case they switch to using a replicator to give the real effect.
TL;DR – Video game mipmapping hasn’t changed essentially
That, and why do the doors not have a manual override?
I think they do but the problem is finding them
It’s also getting to them. Holodecks appear larger than they are because as you move around the projections move with you.
And they can even isolate individuals inside the holodeck in smaller “rooms” that move the projections relative to that person so people can be spread around in the virtual space while remaining in the room.
It’s like the SafeSearch off option in Google Chrome
So you can pull out emergency Tommy guns if the ship ever gets boarded.
Clearly you are someone who knows where the line must be drawn.
Because safety protocols would inherently be a software issue and you might need to turn them off to calibrate it from time to time. Also, what might be safe for one species could be dangerous to another.
BDSM fans of course
It runs on linux so it’s just one sudo away.
Why is our power source named “the demon core”?
Cause motherfuckers get horny, thats why
Whoops, we accidentally a supervillain!
“Computer, create me a conundrum so enigmatic it is a paradox.”
Because porn. It’s always porn guys…
Because they trust their crew to make wise use of it and have advanced, free medical treatment available for the risks involved?
So you can masturbate!! Duh!!
I seem to recall seeing a newtrek episode where it was literally a switch under the bar that could accidentally be flipped (er, tapped?).
