• SirDerpy@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I remember that episode. Kirk didn’t follow protocol and got caught with his pants down. Before he knew what was going on the Romulans had knocked out warp drive and impulse. Scotty used the deflector dish to make a kilt of energy to catch solar radiation, moving the ship into a gaseous anomaly and then out of the neutral zone.

      Spock then convinced Scotty to pretend it was dumb luck. Despite the obvious and large magnitude advantages of kilts, everyone was better off if Kirk kept his pants on.