It would really tie your ready room together, captain.

ummthatguy , 8 months ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/95e3979d-9d1c-4b34-a626-735e1f7aa6fb.jpeg

teft , 8 months ago

Tea, Earl Grey, splash of Kahlua, hot.

urda , 8 months ago

The bar’s over there

canis_majoris , 8 months ago

Do people put rugs over carpet?

I always thought it was weird that most of the D is carpet. Very late 70s in theory as there are an abundance of carpets, but early 80s in execution as the carpets are not shag.

The_Picard_Maneuver OP , 8 months ago

I see it sometimes. It sort of works if the first layer of carpet is thin, otherwise it just gets lumpy and won’t stay flat.

ummthatguy , 8 months ago

You know what’s more comfortable to land on in the event of turbulence or attack?

https://media.tenor.com/LkDoKJIWPB4AAAAC/picard-red-carpet.gif

Stamets , 8 months ago

God I love that gif.

urda , 8 months ago

… you mean Enterprise?

umbraroze , 8 months ago

The indoors aesthetics of sci-fi spaceships are really a topic that has not been studied enough. I loved it when Mass Effect series went full hard into captain's quarters customisation and I was like "ooh! aah!"

The_Picard_Maneuver OP , 8 months ago

I’ve found that I really enjoy it in sci-fi when ships are designed to be comfortable. In TNG, the Enterprise is like one gigantic carpeted lounge.

I’ve gotten a little bored of the whole spartan, exposed metal, tubes, and access panels aesthetic. If humans get to the point that we’re building starships for people to live on, we would probably try make them comfortable.

NielsBohron , 8 months ago

The Expanse series went into a fair bit of detail on the “form follows function” aspect of spaceship aesthetics, but it was a lot more near-future than Trek.

In most cases, The Expanse postulates that the most important aspect of spaceship design is cleanliness and the ability to protect the air filters and purification systems. In this case, I would assume that carpets are likely going to cause more of a headache than comfort, but who knows. Also, they’d probably want something that would not interfere with magnetic boots when the ship is in zero-g.

Jesus_666 , 8 months ago

Cleanliness is an argument, although it still doesn’t excuse the terrible lighting some shows tend to have. You absolutely do not want your ship to have dark corners everywhere; that just increases the likelihood of accidents for no good reason. You want uniform, diffuse lighting as much an possible.

agent_flounder , 8 months ago

I would hope. Sort of military ship vs cruise ship in terms of decor, I guess. But with far bigger quarters hopefully.

The_Picard_Maneuver OP , 8 months ago

That’s a really good distinction, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s precisely what they were going for. They really hammer home that they’re not a warship - their mission is exploration.

Kolanaki , 8 months ago

I like both the clean, comfortable, luxury of the Enterprise or an Imperial Battle Cruiser, but at the same time I also love dirty, rugged, lived-in, utilitarian designed ships like Firefly or Farscape. In reality, I think there would be both. The rich people would have the former, while the not so rich would have the latter.

urda , 8 months ago

Also the !achievers consider !risa our friends <3

The_Picard_Maneuver OP , 8 months ago

Here’s to both having full-fledged instances dedicated to a very specific interest

https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/0154ab0d-fcc9-465a-90a0-f7dcbadff84c.jpeg

urda , 8 months ago

We believe in the Federation Mr. Lebowski.

NoiseColor , 8 months ago

Hurray!

negativenull , 8 months ago

Replicator: Another White Russian, double

Zeram , 8 months ago

It would really tie the room together